trailblazer

A winner never quits and a loser never wins.

I am happy for you and thanks for your service. We can win if we keep the faith and use the knowledge on hadit which is available and WORKS. Enjoy and spend wisely. Btw the hadit members got me to 100% P&T and now you.

I like to read post like this and good for you. Like you I got info here at hadit to win my 100% P&T. enjoy, you are not broke any more.

I agree, its not wise to tell people if you are awarded benefits unless you really want to know who your real friends are. Just say you are retired and have been a good money manager. It works for me.

Go for it. If all the info is in your treatment records. Some doctors won't write a letter, be it VA doctors or outside the system doctors due to their job security. Get another rep. I never did get any help from the DAV, just request for more money. Get letters from family, your last employer or people you who know you can't work and send them to the VA. They will accept lay statements as evidence in your claim. Good luck.

I can't answer your questions but someone on this site can and will. Remember this, a question is never dumb except when its never asked.

When I got 100% P&T I got the retro in less than 10 days. It maybe the RO where your claim is being processed that,s holding it up. My claims have all been processed at the Nashville TN. VA. and the retro has always showed up in less than 10 days. My last retro payment exceeded the S25000.00 limit for more processing. A congress man might be of some help. jmo

Good for you and thanks for you service to this great country. We are still free.

We never know how many veterans we help with the infomation this site provides, but if we were successful with our claims we know they can be won. We owe it to others to help them. We will never knon the full extent of where agent orange was used or how long its effect will affect other people. During a C&P exam at the Nashville Tn va the docter told me the other agents used were ten times more toxit than agent orange and the government dosen't even want to discusse it. So maybe agent onange isn't the big problem but the other chemiical used are. This problem could be around for generations to come. I have stuided and been trained in the hazards of chemicals and all chemicals are toxit when used improperely.

Good for you and enjoy your benefits.

If the you are taking meds for depression are form your PCP then ask to see a psych. Meanwhile file a claim for depression and follow Philip Rogers advice. The VA may give you additional percentages for disabilities you already have plus depression and increase your disability to 100% P&T. This happen to me. Good luck

Good for you and thanks for your service.You did the right thing and it does take a lot of work and research and getting your claim together so its easy for the VA to understand. It took me some time but I was awared 100% P&T in January 2013 going back to 2009. I am happy for you.

Good for you. You deserve it and thanks for your service.

I got my travel pay from the Nashville Tn . VA in the bank in three days.

I found the hadit site a few years ago and begain reading the post on how to work the va system and make it work for me. It worked and today I am 100 % P&T. A road to be traveled is a lot eaiser if you listen to someone who has traveled it before you. Thank you hadit members for all your help. I recomend this site to all my veteran buddies.

Good for you and thanks for your service. You deserve the benefits and the retro pay. Enjoy

I would say your chances are very good you will get iu. Ebenfite has improved over the last few months and is more accurate and update. give it a few days and I bet you will get abrown envelope explaining all yourbenefits and of course your back pay. Good luck.

Welcome to hadit and thanks for yourr service. Follow Johns 999 's advise. An injury at a young age will most likely show up and be more bothersome at an older age. See the doctor when problems come up and get a copy of your medical records. Records are very important when you file a claim. also if you can get your buddies addrress and phone number; they can be of great hel[p if you need a buddy statement.

Got a brown envelope this week and good news. A decision for P&T and IU. They cued theirsells and changed some of the disability ratings to a higher level back to 2006. That means a higher back pay deposit. That will come in handy in the spring as I have to close in the deck for the grand kids. I can't thank the hadit familey enough for educating me on how to navigate the VA system. Everone has contributed to my sucess in some way.THANKS ALL. Its took some time and some failures but I stayed with it and you all stayed with me.

I received a brown envelope from VA and was awarded 100%. Pretty good christmas present. It has took time and a lot of reading information on hadit. Thanks hadit members, without all of your help I would still be walking around in the dark.

Don't trust ebenefits to be a fact as I have learned from my experence it never is. Call the RO for information on your claim and never get a congress person involved in your claim unless it is last resort. It stops all claims you have filed untill the investigation by the congress person is complete. I did this and it took two yeaes for the investigation to be complete.

I have had two claims decided with good results in the last 3 months, and another claim which has been on appeal fof the last 2 years is being processed at the present time. It seems as though the Nashville tn RO is speeding up the process of deciding claims faster. I also talked to a VSO and he said the people filing claims were geting decisions back in about 3 months after filing. I wish you the best of luck on your claim.

Got a brown envelope today. 50% for PTSD and that put me at 90%. I still have two claims pending, one for depression and one forTDIU. Thanks hadit members for all your help. I could never have got this far without it. Would a moderator change my disability rating, please. For those of you still working your claims, never give up.

I will be elgible for medicare in November of this year. I have insurance from the department of labor and the VA supplies me with all of my meds. Do I have to enroll in medicare? Seems like a waist of money to me.

It's good to know I am not in this club by myself. Been having the same problem. I have called the 800 number and get a recording telling me that my call may take some time as they currently enrolling ebenifit members. I had to go to RO to enroll. At any rate the program don't impress with its current service.