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I am in the process of contacting Lawyers, and will not use a VSO once I get a new attornwy for Veterans claims, I will change my POA to the lawyer..
it is appaarent even with a DRO hearing and evidence they VA is not able to be truthful and doe snot use al eveidence presented. I will find a ,awyer that will make sure the VA does see and use al evidence. I am not sure why they ignored the evidence, and how thye get away wit it.. but I am powerless to talk to anyone at teh VA.. they do not talk to the Veteran,s they only talk down to them and had out wrong decsions, and do not read al evidence. Period.
I only have to decide to continue on with the next step which is supposed to be a BVA hearing using only the audio and trandscript fom my DRO hearing, or cancel that and go full BVA video hearing. I wil consult with a new lawyer once I get one. I am awaiting to talk to the lawyers I have contacted. I do understand that I maybe adding a couple years to my case, but I am in it to win. And if it takes more time, so be it. It is mor eimportatn justice is served. Evenif I become ill, I wil have least got the ball rolling, before I get to sick to fix the representation problem.
I am sick and freaking tired of whatever this communication problem is using VSO's but feel that if they can't communicate with the VA, I have little chance of communication. I feel the lawyers will do everything possible to earn their money. They will not let opportunities pass them by. I feel the VSO's are overwhemelmed and they may care, but they are in over their heads with 20,000 vets and 3 people per office. That means they can't possibly give the representation needed to win, especially when the VA ignores most of the evidence.
I wish I could expose the VA and that they blatantly ignore evidence. Expose this to the whole damned world, or anyone who cares.
I have discussed my options with my wife and a friends who does investiagations for insuanrce companies, and my friend who does legal, criminal investigations agrees it is better to go with a full lawyer. He has been mentioned in Washignton D.C. by congress in his investigations, so he is pretty knowledgable on presenting facts in investigations. No more screwing around with a salaried VSO. I need to get the big guns out.
Now, I just need the lawyers to get me an apppointment sO I can get the ball going.
Enough with the B.S.
Thank you, and I will try to give better details with docuemnts if I can clear my head once I make some changes. My wife read the VA papers and after a couple hours said the papers confused her too.
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I was sick for 2 years on active duty, and while on active duty the doctors found the cause to be the chemicals. So that has plenty of proof right there, the illnesses developed on active duty.
Those were the chmicals I was soaked in while I got sick, when I was removed form thsoe chemicals I got better, but when I was put back with them I was sick again, and when I mean sick I was very very sick, and disfigured,, swollen, limbs were so swollen, that my skin broke open and liquids and bloods were running down my arms and I was crying ina sceaming for days in apin.. when people saw me close to them they jumped back if I touched them like I was a monster and contagious, I had to explain to them I was not contagious,,, Those chmicals wer ein my blood stream, being that i was soaked in them all day every day.... the body soaks in chemicals, they run through your vital organs...
I was hospitalized for gastritis and have had gastritis since I left the USAF.. so there is that link... they gave me 50% for headaches form chemicals yet they can't see headaches,, even though they took mri's back in 1981.
What i am trying to say is I have two years illness on active duty with docotros saying what happened, during my my enlistment...
I have an IMO witha nexus from a toxicologist doctor.... the VA acknowledges that..
my problem is every time I get a denail it goes through the reasons, but int he denials it never once mentions any other chemicals, only jet fuel, (which they deny disability, even though they gave me 50% for it in 1997)
why don't they give reasons for deny the other chemicals? (Leaded gasoline, Diesel fuel, trichloroethylene) My IMO also has these in the report.
Jet Feul is the only chemical that is what you read, if you see my decsion papers,, I really don't feel like scanning hundreds of pages, at least right now..
I really want the VSO, or a lawyer to find out why they refuse to reason all the chemicals, not just Jet Fuel, after all I worked with all the chemicals every day,, it was cocktail of chemicals causing the problems,, not one of them... when I was moved from Fuels specialist to Repro-graphics, and got sick from the trichloroethylene (cleans the equipment... soaks into your skin..), that proved it is all petroleum chemicals used in industry to fuel, clean, lube machinery,,
in 1997, it appears that they worked with you not as adviserials, and they didn't delay, deny until you die..
and to anyone else who thinks, I might be around, when my case is done, I have a good chance of not being here, pancreas disease isn't so kind with time...
necrotizing pancreas disease with complications is much worse... no one know when, but the sureons told me it will happen they just don't know when, the next infection comes, and they must remove the pancreas... there are not other options left... so spending the time i have left being screwed by the va .... not much els eleft to say..
laying here for 20 years... sick when I go places,, family is pretty messed up with money problems, old cars that are always falling apart daughter taking out huge loans for school..
Wife hates me... (personal and sad, but there, you have it....)..
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MY Big question , if I could ask the VA Claims people who work the claim, one question...
A Vet is unable to ask direct questions at the VA,,I have one simple question and I have had this same question all these years, why are they ignoring all the chemicals, why do they just refer to the JP-4 jet fuel in all decisions ????? (all of the chemicals are in the papers a thousand times..)
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Ok,
well the BVA process actually was requested in 2009....
second, I am seriously considering dumping my VSO and going full Lawyer.. the VSO just is outgunned and doesn't have the resources, at least the American Legion seems outgunned and overwhelmed...
i have contacted a lawyer by e-mail,, I really want to talk to them face-2-face because I have to much paperwork and stuff to do over the phone and e-mail.. I want a local lawyer ,, they can have offices evereywhere,,, but I really would like htem ot have a local office here in the San Diego area...
I already contacted one that advertises on Hadit.com . I don't expect an answer until next week....
I feel bad for my VSO, if I dump her, but I am losing confidence... I feel they don't have the resources... they have maybe 3 people int he office,,, vs, the whole damned va, actually the Amercan Legio does have an operastion in Washington DC, that supposedly handleds the BVA part.. but I haven't gotten any vibes they can win.... they seem like thye would do great for some, but not sure about mine. I feel mine is close to a slam dunk, if it were handled properly, but feel the Amercan Legion is overwhelemed with cases and claims.... and I can't afford to be screwed one more time.... I feel like i am at the end of my rope.... I don't want to do anything stupid.... but I am circling the drain...
I need to go full all out pro.. and no more testing the cheap route...
If the lawyer convinces me to change to them, I wil be sad but very thankful when I tell the VSO that I am going to a paid lawyer..
in 1997 I had the chance of a lifetime, but becuase I waited 10 more years the VA claims is a nightmare from hell... I blew the best time to do it.. now your must have golden cannons... brass cannon balls... etc..etc..
a bb gun will no longer work... the VA is dirty, crooked, and you (I need) the best I can get...
Even with everything I learned I can't fight these crooks.. the VA wil not communicate,,, it's a one way street, and there is no room to error any longer.. the last 3 years of claims and appeals was wasted... I only learned that you don't take a kinfe to a gunfight..
I appreciate the help, the help everyone here gives... I know I shoudl scan and paste my info, but there is to much and I am dumfounded about some things they do, no one seems to understand, no one can tel me why they do things, and how they can get awayw ith doing what they do, it's like they have their own watchdogs and no oversight... they get away with whatever they want...
Hopefully whatever lawyers I choose will know how to kick back.. and not take any B.S.
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Do you have a nexus stating that your conditions are at least as likely as not related to your exposure to those chemicals?
That sounds like this may be your anchor.
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I do have one IMO from a toxicologist doctor who works as a toxicologist for disability claims for corporations, to catch employees and potentila employees who file claims fo illnesses from chemicals ilnesses... she had experince with the VA working fo rhtme int he past and now has her own private practice. She did a nexus for me....
it is veyr large.. and well done... I had already presetned that in my cile as a nexus IMO... she was very expensive, or else I would have gotten more than i did..
Her specialialty is chemicals like fuels, and petroleum, inks, etc... chemicals that damage the body..
She has a professinal toxicology business with several offices in Southern California.. does testing for corporations,... She came highly recommended by a referral service..
She had already put a nexus of my illnesses in the IMO... and it is listed int he claim denails that she siad it was likely..
My main problem is everything I posted, they ignored almost all the chemicals, they keep rejecting the jet fuel but ignore the diesel fuel, leaded gas, and then the trichloroethylene (which I was soaked in for months after the doctors had told my command I could not work with chemicals... My DRO hearing has all my chemical claims on tape and transcripts, and my job despriptions show that's what was used and people in those field had no protection and were saoek in those chmicals yet, every time they do my claim Jet fuel is the only chemical they put int he denial, and omit all others..
these chemicals have benzene and were already put on the carcinigen list long before my claim...
I need the VA Regional office to be exposed on why they ignore evidence, they blatantly ignore it.... and no one stands up top them and asks why.. next week I am going back to my VSO and getting her to find out why the evidence was ignored..
I may have to fire her and find an attorney that will talk to me,,, I tried talking to one on the phone, but the just wanted me to send my papers... it would cost me a fortune to send the boxes of papers.
I need an attorney who will talk to me in person and listen... and attorney in the San Diego area.
my case is going to the BVA soon... and I need to find an attorney who will listen, and not tell me to send my (huge) boxes to them... I need someone who gives me the impression and reputation of not taking any B.S. from the V.A..
I am supposed to find out if my mri scan shows brain damage,. or M.S. or other for those problems.... I will add those results too in the coming days...
i don't have time for any more of this deny crap...
If you guys know of anything else,, let me know or a referal... of an attorney that is more agressive than my vso... she sdoesn't seem upset that they ignre evidece,, "blantantly ignore'
like rubbing my face in the fact they leave out key parts of evidence.. and yet there is no one that will answer to such dispicable actions...
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i am in a dreadful state, of terrible mental health... I am completely dumfounded why they ginored my evidence again, it cannot be by accudent that they ingore the evidence, even though I presented it all at a hearing, and it is on transcrips and tape,,, I told them and showed them job duties and al the chmicals I worked with daily, yet the decsions always come backout without mention of the complete list of chmicals the doctors had me removed form contact...
Please, I really don't understand, I am dumfounded... why and how coukld they leave out and ignore a large part of my evidence? How cant hey get away with ignoring it , and making decsions of lied about evidence, hiding evidence...
I sent mor epparers to my VSO shwoing what they did int hei decsions, and send (faxed the info to my VSO).. as she is busy and I wil probably have to drive to her office which happens to be at the VA San Diego regional office..
Is there a way to ask the DRO why they ingored a large part of the evidence? A clairification from a supervisors? Truth os all on my side! Dop I have to wait until my BVA hearing to get my evidence shown in the light? To show that the local R.O. and DRO and all in claims and appeals purposely ignored the evidence?
I would like to know how to expose this tregedy of justice...
there are to many pages to copy and post here, in the decsions they sent me...
What are my options.?
How can I get them to see they purposely ignored such a large part of my evidence.. it is no smal part is covers a lot of my claim... it is an intregal part..
it is like they took one chmical, used it to deny and purposely left all the other chemicals out... whichis extremely corrupt and bizzre...
I am unable to think straight, I can't live like this I would rather have the diseases kil me then to be put thought these lies and misery by the San Diego V.A. Calims and Appeals for Disabled Veterans... I am unable to be rational when I am getting ripped ioff, railroaded, screwed.... I need someone who can expose the crooks, the insane dispicalbe acts done to vets who file claims...
I am not lying about one damned things, I have history and proof on my side, but they bury it...
I know the BVA will be more htorough, at least that is what I am led to believe.. the problems is I need to make sure that the truth is out and no one can lie in the prcocess. Please, I bet everyone that knows that I can do to right the wrongs... how to correct the cwrongs done my the local VA.R.O.
To m,ake sure the BVA goes through all evidence... and if they expose then local process for corruption, how to make it so the exposure is not hidden and everyone corrects the wrongs..
I am in a very terrible state of mind.. I can't go running to the VA metal health crying about being screwed over my claim, I am hoping a couple days of releflection and rest will help me gather myself.. I am really at the end of my rope I need people who can fix corruption... I cannot do this on my pown,, people wil see me as irrational when I try to tel them... and I can't hand people boxe sof documents and think they would actually read them and help me... the process is so bad that people would tel me to get lost... and the sytem is so corrupt,,, that I a just a number with a complaint in a long line...
my Youtube channel, I make little video clips fowlloing my disability claims nightmare and exposing the Veterans claims nightmare for others to see.. to shine line of the
cockroaches..
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The DRO ignored the same evidence again!
I worked with Jet Fuel,
Leaded Gasoline
Diesel Fuel,
and Trichloroethylene
The doctors removed me from all contact with chemicals and and told my command to remove me from my job and find a jpob with no chemicals.
I worked in a Weather Squadron for about 3 weeks, and I started to get better, the swelling went down, the headaches were less frequent. Things were better. Then, after about three weeks they put me in repro-graphics, which required me to use chemicals, and petroleum chemicals to clean the machines and presses. That included Trichloroethylene. I became very sick all over again. At that point i had 4.5 years on active duty and left because I no longer had a job.
On active duty I had been hospitalized with pnuemonia, chronic migraine headaches, tremors and shaking, swollen limbs that were bleeding from extreme swelling and skin breakage. On active duty I was hospitalized with gastritis. I also had a TBI injury from an attack. And, I had delveloped a knee conditioned from jumping in and out of fuel tankers. I also had dental surgery to remove four teeth that were impacted.
I continued with my injuries and treated in the 1980's and 1990's were I switched from Kaiser to the VA. I had lost my home, could no longer work and had gone through several operations for intestinal disease. My intestinal disease continued and they found a five inch cyst on my pancreas, and after two failed surgeirs and sic months in hopital bed I was released. I was uanble to walk and was in a wheelchair for one year and was tube fed for six months and nurses continued coming to my home for a couple months while I received physical therapy to walk and eat. I am left with necrotizing pancreatitis for the rest of my life, there is no cure.
in 1997 I won a claim for headaches but was denied for my left knee and intestinal disease. In 2009, after I was able to leave the house I got an appointmnet with the American Legion (VSO) and filed six new claims, at least two were from those denied in 1997. Intestinal disease and tremors.
Note, I also got an IMO form a Toxicologist Doctor who said my illnesses were likely at least partially a result of the Jet Fuel and other chemicals. (that was $1,600, because I could not afford to have any more IMO work done. She want $1,600 per 1/2 inch. I have a truckload. No joke.
I just got a new denial for all six issues, in my 2010 DRO hearing appeal (claim filed 2009), and they never once mention the Leaded Gasoline, the Diseal Fuel, or the Trichloroethylene. They only say denied for Jet Fuel. That is the same thing they did in my claim when I first filed, they ignored all the other chemicals.
I called my VSO, and sent her a copy of a form (sent to me with my denial) and I again explained why I am appealing, and again, for the umptteth time I said ' the VA has ignored almost all of the evidence including all of the chemicals I worked with and was soaked with daily, etc,,e tc,, even after the doctors gave my command medicla orders to remove me from chmical contact'.
Yes, I have requested a live video BVA hearing. I requested that in 2009 for all issues. The DRO hearing was in apprallel with the BVA hearing request. The BVA says they can and will use the Audio recording made at my DRO hearing in 2010.
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Your handbook may show a new rating for you. Take a look at it. I would say you should be getting a decision letter any day. If you have not claimed anxiety and depression like John says I would sure do that next.
John999
Like I said, the VA is sending these out to everyone,, the wording is evil that is on on the form... saying that verbage ( ' a decision on your claim has been reached..'), and sending it out to people in deep shat, is really evil,, it's just a g$$##dam health booklet with a generic letter...
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Update:
It appears the VA is sending these out with whatever your current coverage is...
I did a search and see others are posting the same thing in forums wondering why they got this envelope, freaking them out while they are in the claims and appeals process....
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I am still
very confused:
Today I received:
)One yellow envelop:
)'Notice of Privacy Practices' form, (4 sides):
)'Right to appeal' form: 4107VHA. It says 'a Decision has been reached on you claim'...
)Personalized Health Benefits Handbook, with letter... (only paper that has my name and address... all other package contents were generic)..
There is no paper in this envelope package with any decision of any kind...
The medical health benefits booklet means nothing to me, because I have been under the care of the VA for 15 years... why did they send me a new one with these letters? (weird..)
Maybe there is a second envelope with decision(s) that is in the mail or hasn't been mailed,, or ... ???
That's pretty cruel to put this out with no real info... just what I said was in this 8.5" x 11' yellow envelope...
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Here's a couple things I found out about diagnosing MS.
They look for certain bands in the spinal fluid sample. But 20% of all MS patients show normal spinal fluid samples.
They also look for scatered lesions in the white matter with at least one lesion in the corpus callosum in your MRI.
Have they performed an MRI on you?
Check out this link for MS symptoms you may have.
Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
http://www.mult-scle...mssymptoms.html
Allan
My VA Neurologist kept doing/taking tests,,(he also has bene subsribing me proponolo and Cloneazepam) and calling in his superiors to checks me... then, last week they did a new brain MRI to check to see if that will tell them more of what i suffer from....
so, hopefully, later this coming week the Brain MRI will show if it is MS..) in about 1981 I had an MRI of the brain for trmeors, headaches, and ote rproblems on active duty from chmicalc exposure. Over the last few years the doctors and nurses have noted al the neuro problems I suffer from, including periods of time where i am unable to care for myself because I lose ocntrol of muscles, arms, legs, hands, speech..
I had lost most of my ,uscles and weight becaus eof pancreas disease, and was even diagnosis with mytonic dystrophy when that was severe.. but the involuneteray movements and intestinal disease, balnce, gait, enuropathy numb limbs... swollen limbs.. and hte list goes forever... maybe the brain MRI wil help clear up what helse is wrong,,
then I can add the diagnosis to my current claims... (during or after the appeals.. I don't want the appeals to be stopped... only if thye can be added before they make new decsions..
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Can a event at work (taunting a accepted VA condition) That results in Mental issues that retire a person be of service connection due to constant pain and depression due to pain? Along with mental events brought by constant harrassment?
in my DRO hearing I brought up the fact that people would jump back if I was going to touch them, like shake their hand, they would jump back yell don't touch me... because my arms and hands were so disfigured by chemicals... I had a horrible time, no dates, or going out were not possible when my arms and hands were swollena dn bleeding,, and could not work.... it would take several weeks for the sweeling ot go down and the wounds to stop weeping blood and fluids.. the DRO hearing let me explain the pain and emotionel problems that went with disfiguement, with chemical exposures...
that is just a little of what I brought ot heir attention at the dro hearing. I also had to bring upt he fact that after I was almos thealed, te forced me ot work with more chmicals causing the same health issues to come back... so not only ruined my work life, but left me with a terrbiel social life,, it left me pretty lonely...
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Very soon, I should know if it is MS I suffer from. In the coming few days or maybe a couple of weeks, I should find out from my neurologist doctor if it is (Multiple sclerosis) MS that I have been suffering from. I had a new MRI of the brain today. I Had a brain mri 30 years ago on active duty, because I was very sick from chemicals on active duty in the U.S.A.F.. I have had all kinds of neurological symtoms, and mostly tremors all these years, but it has been progressing, I have gone through so many symptoms that could be Parkinsons, Myotonic Dystrophy, MS,, and others.. I have had severe muscle wasting, and to go with all theat, have had myclonic seazures, body parts jerking, stumbling, unblanced, Intestinal disease, eye disease, Pancreas disease, back disease, severe headache, speech issues, and the list goes on forever... chronic pain, fibromyalgia, I take morhine daily, I have been on strong pain killing narcotics for 20 years.. I have not been able to work for 20 years.
I am only rated at 50% fpr headaches, the VA denied al the other claims 15 years ago, I put new claim in in 2009, and spending 2008 in the hsopital for 6 months, and a wheelchir for one year and learning to walk and eat again after the feeding tube was removed... I have necroctizing pancreatitis, the next infection, they have to remove my pancreas..
I have those claims in at the VA to ge the full 100% P&T, but they denied my claims , thye ignored the evoidence, and had a DRO hearing 2010, and awaiting the decsions on 6 issues.. but they just keep dealying, and I don't know how long i have to live, as the pancreas disease has no cure.. I await my decisions, My family need the benefits badly... I have even asked my congressman ot help get my claim moving.. (the VA is deny, deny, until I die)..
I hope to find out if I Have MS, because it wil help immensly for both my wel beeing and for my disability claim to get a more solid diagnosis.. I take several medcines to stop the violent jerks and tremors.. I filed for MS, in 1997, bu tthey only approve dmy claim for headaches back then.. out of all symptoms they mostly fit MS... hopefully the MS wil show what the doctors need to finally decide what I suffered from in neurological problems.. it is very scary when you lose control of your body. The doctors and nurses saw my neuro problems daily whenI was an inpatient and was unable to care fro myself for 6 months. I fought to learn to walk again, and have a lot of problems walking.
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If the military looked back over last 50 years they would probably find 100,000 cases where mentally ill servicemen and women were discharged as PD's, pre-existing conditions, bad conduct etc. Why just look from 2001. Many RVN vets with roaring cases of PTSD were booted out as PD's. After Vietnam the military downsized and what better way to do it than boot sick soldiers out as PD's. You get an Article 15 for missing formation and you become sociopath and get the boot.
when I was in they were hell bent on keeping some really bad people,, the people who drank and fought wer enot kicked out until they were sent through re-habs, and theymight have lost a stripe, but the usaf kept them at al costs,, these people made the good gi's miserable because of their drinking and fighting making the lives of others miserable.. after they had a year of counseling and all avenues of help were exhausted then, they got the boot,, but after they had scerewed with everyone else in their path... but that was from the 1970's and 1980's. The command did everything they could to keep everyone... but some people were just out of control... you can't have out of control people ruining the lives of others just to meet some quota..
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Retired, do you have a claim in for depression and anxiety? If not you should file.
Basser
I have that claim in...
I have records for depression going back since the 1980's from many doctor's..
the doctors have had me seeing mental docs for many, many years..
In the DRO hearing in 2010, I gave them much more info, and a lot of it is in my records..
btw.. I had my MRI for the neurogolist today, I had it the brain MRI this morning,, maybe it will show what happened..
I should know in a week or two, my neurologist said he will contact me a few days after my MRI..
I better not guess what it might show... or night not.. on active duty I had a bran scan MRI for chemicals damage.. at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. 30 years ago..
Until then, just lay around taking meds..
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I really need to say thank you tell everyone for help, and having to listen to my emotions being put here for al to read, and it most liely givesd people a headache when they see my name... the hell is more than I can say, just being able to voice my frustration helps... and I trying amnot hear to give others a headache... I am just going crazy from this nightmare,,, if I dfon't pot, don't ask for help, don't read other experiences.. I will never get the help I need... and I reallysincerely hope my experiences, whether good or bad, help others so they learn from my problems..
I now I made mistakes, even though people told me to do or not do things... but it appears on size does not fit all...
int he end I hope that everyone gets what they are after... snd if I succeed I wil try to continue posting to tel people what i learned.. while some may think I am a drama queen, when I say I could get sick and disappear at any time.. it's true.. I suffer from diseases which will have me gone so quick I will not have time to say goodye to my own family... there is a possibility it might not be for a coupe years,, but there is also a good possibility it could ahppen at any time..
the doctors and surgeons let me know what my chances are.. which you might imaginze is very scary...
so, thankyou, for everyone...
Next stop, tomorrow for my long awaited brain mri...
what I expext and what they find or don't find,, who knows...
Thank you,
you all have been kind for listening...
Steven
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I have come to believe this thing about trying to treat any request as a new claim is a stall technique.
they took my hardship request (April 11, 2012) and tried to say I was making new claims,, and I told them , in the letter form back that I was not opening new claims I was asking my claims to be looked at and expedited as hardship..
I have not gotten any info back from them... after this fiasco...
It made me angry because in the letter after my hardship request (for serious health issues) they said they would not work on my claim until I told them if it was a new claim... it was like they were saying they were holding my claim hostage if I did file a new claim...
'Hell, they were not moving forward anyways,,, and there was no evidence that they were going to move my claim forward... it just sounded nasty, snotty, and belligerent, the nerve of me asking for my claim to be 'considered' hardship and moved along..
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retired,
If I remember right, the Necrotizing Pancreatitis has not been adjudicated as SC'd yet.
Is this correct?
correct, it is one of the issues with no decision.
2009 started with 6 issues:
all denied in 2009:
After DRO appeal hearing Decmber 2010:
3 had an SOC with 'denied'
3 no decision at all (one of those with no decision is pancreas disease).
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I don't want to muddy this up... but in 1997, I filed claims and intestinal disease was denied back then, I was stupid and never followed with appeals back then.. I was ignorant and actually thought they read the evidence..
They only gave me the 50% in 1997, for headaches..
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I have questions,,
I have has neuro problems and they were treated on active duty,, I was taking proponol that was prscribed to me on active duty for shaking and tremors,, and also was sick from chemicals I worked with,, the problems are getting very bad with body problems..
My VA Neuro doctors are doing a new mri of the brain in 2 days, Thurday, today is Tuesday.
Origingal claim 1997, only headaches approved 50%
left knee and multiple sclerosis, and tremors, intestinal disease, were all denied
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in 2009,
I have claims in for the problems I had with the neurolgical problems..
I was also diagonsed with neuropathy, myotonic dystrophy, take cloneazapam, and proponol, uncontrollable boby movements weakness, etc...
after I get the results, the doctors says about one weeks after the brian mri..
as soon as I can get result, not sure how long for diagnosis,it could be 2 week or more.. great if only 2 weeks...
should I get copies give to my vso, and she might send it in as additional evidence to my appeal with the va,,
my appeal still hasn't gotten decsions from my 2010 dro appeal hearing, and whenit's finishes here, any outstanding appeals move to BVA..
so, I take the diagnosis to her,, whether it shows tbi, ms, parkinsons, etc... get the copies of the diagnsois to her my VSO, she sends them to va,,
also was told to send individual seperate diagnsosi for each ssymtoms, and each part of my body, etc...
not just a plain diagnosis... loist each sysmptom?
Ihave listed each sysmptom and each test in previous paperwork medical submissions...
thanx...
btw, I have claims for necrotizing pancreas disease, neurological disease, nueropathy, tremors. depression, and more..
actually 6 issues (3 issues have no decisions yet since dro hearing 2010.).
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I sent in a stroy of my claims nightmare to this website listed
http://www.blogs.va....process-faster/
not sure when it will be posted...
I will never be able to give the long version, because it it just too too much info to put into forums.. and at some point it has go to be crazy to do so, it feels good, but it also feels like I am baring all naked for incoming mortars from detractors and/or people that think it dumb to post your life info in the open..
I think it should help others,, maybe it will help others if I succeed, or let others know they are not alone in their struggles...
Over many years,, I have been chastized and treated badly for exposing my life in theopen and people have been both good to me a nasty to me in forums..'
I have bene so depressed that words have hurt me so bad I was really to die from the nastiness some people give out...
others lift me with encouragement...
I truly belive that there are others who would have kileld htemselves a long time ago if they have been through what I and others have been through...
whatever I say here, Ileave out parts of my life that are pathetic out of emabarassment, and how others have treated me.. people I thought we my closest,,, can bring the worst pain....
I have told my doctors int hepast, that I wish I could put what I have bene htrough aina needle and inject it into the people who are clueless to let them get a taste of hell...
now, I am no john McCain... I wasn't ina battle... not a pow,, I have been through things that I have never discussed...
I have been shot at I have shot back...
I have been spycaly attacked, weapons on me... I have livedd with diseases that are constantly trying to kil me.. I live with people who make mylife very hard (I an tryingot be kind.. I am not easy to live with everything hurts me, pain, npoise,,, I reached my limits but have not gone tottally mad yet.. or maybe I have..
I talk to myself... and I want to,,
I hold back from telling bad people how bad they are because am to sick to argue , fight,..
I want to move to a small town and live out the rest of my days in peace...
I am not afraid of dying, I am afraid of the long process of dying int e bed with people cutting me day and night...
losomng the abilityt o move my limbs and breath,, Ive been through it..
I had surgeons telling me that I wmightnot liv long, but then thy change their mid,, I have had religios people, and preists coming by to give my last rights, but since I am not religios I didn't let them continue the relationship.. but when I saw them I lioked them and talked to them I cared for them, I just don't beleive religious stuff. my mother tried bring me up Catholic.. and I did't by it,,infact, it scared me. (I believe in science) I jsut dont want to offend the good people who believe.. let them have their peace.
While a doctor never said what die I wil die, I have hundreds of one -on- one meetings with the surgeons every morning eveyr day from my bed telling me what what happening, wheat thye expecet, when they expect it...
There is no cure, they could not transpalnt because of complications... they could not give me any more answers because i my situation, the prognosis is poor.. that's the diagnosis officially in my files, and that's only for one of many bad conditions I have... there is no cure.... they don't knw which date it happens..
I ca only take so much and I break down for now reason with tears flwing, then they go away and cance come back at any time, it can be when I am watchigna moving, resting, driving... I get al kinds of pysical atacks or al kinds... and sudden onset with no wrning, so far I always have enough time to get home, go reast, lay down' etc.. nothing that blacks me out or total paralyzation, so I am safe if I can leave a store, get home, etc...
but the madness of having ot putup withkmy body, people who don't understandillness and a Veterans calims system with deny deny die die die,, leaveme really pissed and a total mess..
I hope I can get this resolved my big dreams are a car, a place up north, quiet, would love mountains,,,
no one stringing me along with claims...
the ability to eat and drink a little to live... (regualr food, nothing pecial, wel a special diet, because of the pancreas disease)
my daughter get her schooling money from my benefits, my wife gets medical care s,, she has none...
I wuold ike a better computer for my one and only hobby...
I would love a garage for my car.. I have not owned my own car for 20 years...
I always loved tools..
I never want to go back to being confined to wheel chair...
I don't want to lose my eyesight,, I have several eye diseases..
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I hope myletter on the Veterans websites work with the letters of all other vets who have been screwed, and helps bring enough attention for some powerful people to bring an emergency plan to fix the claims process very soon.. very very soon!
I am cyncial I hope the VA does ot retaliate for vets writing about hwo they have been mistreated..
I need to make sure people that might not understand it's the VA claims system broken, not the medical, not the hospitals. as far as I know, as I experienced the medical staffs and they are great, caring and work very hard working professionals...
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what state and how long did the process take form the date of filing? Was there an appeal involved?
thanx..
I just want to know what regional offices are doing... I have become so angry and cynical I really would like to know if anything is moving.. and if so where is it moving..
and congratulations !
I am unable to drink, so have a cold one for me!
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That has got to be the truest statement ever... think of every paper you could not find that would have saved your arse..
I don't think anything is more true, or it is at the top of the list..
......... I always believe that some piece of paper is either going to ruin me or save me so I save it all.
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Opinion on hardship request to VA to speed up claim.
I filed on basis of health hardship. I would like to now if others have experience on hardship claims...
I see people 'mention' either financial, or health.. or both..
My question has more to do with the type of health issues that the VA might take serious and speed up an appeal...
Has anyone gotten a claim sped up througha hrdship claim?
While I suffer from a fatal disease that is killing me, but with no date when it will either kill me or send me back into a hospital bed. The surgeons told me my prognosis is poor, and that is only one of my health problems.. They just don't know when it going to happen... but necrotizing pancreas disease if usally fatal, within several years.. I also have many other complications cysts on the pancreas, the tissue is dying.. and I have thrombosis of the splenic vein.. my blood prossure can drop suddenly, and it has in the past sending me into the hospital by ambulance with sirens. The splenic vein is partially clogged, and if a clog breaks loose it can go into my heart or brain...
If someone has asay terminal cancer and is given a few months to live, they might file a hardship to speed their claim,, one difference is I don't have a date when...
but it is factually true that my disease has no cure and it is fatal.. plus I have several other health issues that are serious.. with long hospitalizations, on record...
along with hospitalizations tha that happened on active duty 30 years ago..
Do to other disabled Veterans Opinions on hardship requests, to the VA to speed up claims, do you think my request is enough to move them, or do you think they ignore a request unless you only have a solid diagnosis of only a few months to live.. Is my hardship enough?
I have read a lot of opinions about hardship requests,, and there are basically to opinions...
1)they help speed up the requests
2)the claim 'c-file' is pulled and then shuffled to the bottom of the deck and you actually lose your space and go nowhere with the hardship claim..
Of course I am financially screwed, have been for 20 years.., since I have bene usnable to work for 20 years,, and am on SSDI for permanent disability. But my Hardship request is for the health issues.
I am hoping there are opnions for people who have actually filed hardship requests and eithe got a repsonse or didn't get a response. Also, that it was a spereate paper I gave them a hardship request for my claim top be sped up... and only last thing, I waited intil more than 3 years has passed since my claim was file and 1.5 years since my DRO hearing and no decision. So, I did not just ge tupset after a short time.. I waited several years to give them plenty of time to do the right thing.. my request is that I want them to speed up my claim beofre I either die or become incapacitated. I do have a history of not being able to care for myself for long periods of time, and it will happen again... So, that is the short verison of my reason.
Do those with experience think what I did is right, and do you think it wil speed up my claim?
Also, I gave my hardship letter info to my congressmans office to look into my claim delay... and while the conressman isn't going to directly help, his staff will.
I already asked in other threads about this and some people said it just shuffles you stack to the bottom, other threads in Veerans forums say it helps.. But, like I said, I am asking about if the request on the bais of health issues helps..
Thanx..
I am looking forward to hearing from those with experience...
If it makes any difference, it is the San Diego office.
(yes I read some of those reports of which offices have the largest workloads..)
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I measure success with movement. Recently, my appeal has been certified to go to BVA.
Now I'm looking forward to a Docket #.
Bob
I can't agree more,,, success if definitely movement in the case of the VA...
which is very sad in it's own way... (oxymoronish..)
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Who has had success with appeals started around 2009-2010 ? Also, what state are you in?
I wish there was a breakdown, a chart that had data, so I could see if my area is just moving sower than other areas and states... without having to ask people to post info...
MY claim started in early 2009. I won my first claim in 1997. Several issues were denied. I re-opened and added new claims in 2009. Mine is the the usual story, they rubber stamped ignored evidence, and I appealed, I then presented the evidence at a DRO hearing in 2010. I am still awaiting decisions from that DRO hearing in 2010. San Diego.
Any others have VA Claim experience in San Diego? recently? Since this is the success section, I would expect success info from San Diego..
Did you appeal, did you have a DRO hearing in San Diego? etc..
Thanx.. I very much appreciate any info..
note:
I know that many have had appeals for 5 years and longer...
I have good reasons for asking after only 3 years... (very bad health..)
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I know it's a 'report' showing that the VA is trying to fix Veterans Claims problems, and i know you and others take the time to find useful info, but int he end, they always miss targets...
and I read it, well a good part of it... as usual, the numbers they give were pulled out of,,, well let's just say a hat... might as well double any number they give.. that's more accurate than whatever calculation they wrongly use...
what the the point of my studies and degrees in upper mathematics if the people that have control over my life can't pass basic math..
the numbers they used are complete hockey puck..
I wonder if there is any organization that crosschecked and audited their report to make sure they didn't make up numbers?
the last 3 years sure seemed longer than 444 days to me...
I Am Very Angry At Va Claims..
in Appealing Your Veterans Compensation Disability Claims NOD, DRO, BVA, USCAVC
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Off the top of my head:
Necrotizing Pancreatitis, Neuropathy, Tremors (shaking and seizures, uncontrollabel movements), Edema, Anxiety and Depression, etc..
I think I forgot something,,, Edema (swelling)...