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airdale

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  1. What is C&P? All of my doctors/psychologists (total 4 VA doctors/psychologists) were provided a form to complete, and all said that I could not work full-time but I might be able to work part-time. The form they completed was not made available to me, and my VocRehab Counselor kept me from reading it directly. I just learned that my IU clam is in the decision phase, but I have not received any correspondence regarding the claim.I also provided letters from private doctors and psychologists that mentioned that I could not work full-time as well.
  2. I did file the IU form. What is TDIU? Is there a difference? I filed what they had told me to file.
  3. Another thing about my IU claim is that my counselor at the VA rehab office has been urging me to file the IU. I had gone there to get help with finding employment, but they insist that I should file for the IU. The difficulty that I am having with the IU claim is that while doctors agree that I cannot work a full-time job, they ask if I think I could work at all. My answer was maybe a part-time job where my hours are very flexible. I don't know if my thinking that I might be able to work 15-20 hours per week would disqualify me although I actually am not working at all. The problem is that I could not possibly support my family with a part-time job. If anyone on this post can explain how the VA looks at this type situation, I would be very grateful.
  4. The difficulty that I am having with the IU claim is that while doctors agree that I cannot work a full-time job, they ask if I think I could work at all. My answer was maybe a part-time job where my hours are very flexible. I don't know if my thinking that I might be able to work 15-20 hours per week would disqualify me although I actually am not working at all. The problem is that I could not possibly support my family with a part-time job. If anyone on this post can explain how the VA looks at this type situation, I would be very grateful.
  5. I had a 10 percent VA disability, then the VA awarded me a 60 percent disability, which interprets to a total 60 percent disability. I had another claim, which has not yet received a determination. Along with that I have a dependent's claim which has not yet been awarded because the VA lost the paperwork and I had to refile for dependents in August. The VA has urged me to file a IU claim, and later, they advised that I file a Social Security disability claim. I am 60, have not worked a full time job since 2001, but I have worked some temporary or limited time jobs -- I just can't stay on a job for eight hours a day and definitely not a 40 hour work week. I filed the IU last year and it just seems to be floating around with no decision as is the case with my other claim. I had contacted the VA about the dependent claim and they had no knowledge of it, but I was told to fax the copy I had sent previously and they would get it done very quickly, using the original date that I filed it, but they have not done so. Any advice would be welcome.
  6. The VA closed my appeal on Oct. 18. My POA says it looks good because the outsourced psychiatrist submitted a report that he concurred with the fact that there was a sexual assault in the military. Also, because the VA then sent me to a pension rating examiner, the POA said it looks like the VA will grant a determination in my favor for PTSD. It will take from 10 to 40 days before I hear anything official.
  7. After going though what documents I have from an incomplete C-File, I have my Entry Medical Examination compared to my Exit Physical. A medical examination for November 1976 at the base dispensary shows aches and pains associated with SA as well as headaches, nausea and general malaise. They took Xrays of my head. At this time, I also reported what they called abdominal pains. Xrays showed fluid buildup and a call for another Xray in 10 days (I don't have those records). A medical exam within 30 days, Oct. 22, 1976 shows mouth ulceration and sores. I had also gone in to get relief for head injury (I find most of these notes to be very cryptic).
  8. I read that case you provided, and I don't think it fits well with my case because I do have medical reports from the time of the incident. My C-File was incomplete and contained many documents from other service members, I wonder what happened to documents that were missing from my C-File, but there were some documents that did show I was in to visit doctors because of the attack -- they just don't say SA. I don't know why but they just didn't mention it, but they do mention the symptoms I reported.
  9. Yes, VA diagnosed PTSD. I am claiming PTSD as direct result from SA. Going public is an option, like I said I have enough for a novel.
  10. I wrote up a report on my stressors and triggers at the request of POA. My biggest problem obtaining documents has been with Naval Investigative Service. They interviewed me as I explained, I know that they did and there was an investigation.
  11. I am new to this so I don't know what NOD is. I know that my appeal is with the DRO. My denial letter for the PTSD was dated 2004. I don't recall multiple issues in the denial, but at the time of filing, I did not have my C-File. With douments from my C-File, I filed my (I believe this is the NOD) appeal in late 2004. I do have a service rep -- that's the POA, right?
  12. I thought that's what I did, how do I do that?
  13. E5 on discharge, and 59-years-old in October 2010.

  14. I posted here a few years back but can't find anything beyond 2010. Anyway, I am in need of assistance or direction with what now is my PTSD sexual assault appeal. The VA has been delaying any type of decision in my case. They have sent me to outsourced psychiatrists who have sided with my claim; they've sent me to a benefits psychiatrist for clarification, and countless doctors under the same reasoning. I was in the navy from 1974-78 and was stationed in Calfornia. I am a male who was sexually assaulted in New York in September 1976. The circumstances surrounding the assault were that I flew on military flights to NAS Lakehurst, which is or was also an airforce base. Two guys approached me, they were in dark-green fatigues with their names on them. They asked me if I wanted a ride because I was on my way to England and had to meet up with other squadron memebers to fly on a commercial flight from Kennedy airport the day after I arrived. Basically, they got me to an abandoned building in an area called the battery where they assaulted me and raped me -- it's still difficult to say that because men are not raped. Of course, I was embarassed, confused and in denial. However, I had injuries including severe bruising on my face and head as well as anal bleeding, which was not apparent. When I got to England, I was treated for my apparent injuries and I did not confide in anyone because it was just too horrible (I was married with child), but this event took everything from me -- there was this vacancy in me. I got back to my home base in California where I was treated but I have only one medical record dated April 1977, that simply says: "head injury." I had been to sickbay prior to that but no other records that I can find exist. I also because of fear, went to a free clinic to find out if I had a disease because I developed a serious rash in my private area. In May 1977 after confiding in my wife in September 1976, she left me. Of course, this sexual assault made me homophobic, and there was this guy about the same time, April 1977, who someone told me he was being discharged because he was gay. That guy said "what's the difference to me," referring to the fact that he was gay and I attempted to attack him. A YN1 stopped me. I explained some of what had happened to the YN1, and he told me not to tell anyone -- he would take care of it. Well, about a month later, a Naval Investigative Service investigator was at my squadron,and my supervisor told me they were investigating me to see if I was gay. Meanwhile, the YN1 calls me and asks me to meet him, which I did, and it turned out to be a gay bar. He told me I needed a sensitivity lesson so I don't go attacking anyone else. After about a month of grueling investigative questioning, NIS I suppose, determined I was not gay. I tried to forget it all. I received an honorable discharge in July 1978 and reported to the VA for an ongoing problem with what I thought was some sort of intestinal problem. The VA was just as maddening. I did file two cVA claims, one for a "hearing problem" and one for "stomach problems." This is what the interpretation of my medical problems were to the VA rep. I was shoved around the VA for about 3 mos, with no satisfaction. They denied my claims. I kept having recurent severe pain in my rectum, and since I had a job and insurance went to a regular doctor. I was treated for about a year with an inflamed spincter and ultimately hd to have an operation for an anal fistula, which was severe bruising caused by the SA. I tried to forget, and continued trying. I went to counseling in the 1980s because I couldn't, but there was no infrastructure for male SA. Again, in early 90s went to sexual addiction counseling -- I was acting out. I approached the VA and filed new more direct claims in 2000 when I was diagnosed with PTSD. To step back a little, in mid-80s began having unusual symptoms then from 1992-2000 lost lots of weight -- I was a skelton. I was diagnosed with AIDs in 2001. I had been sero-converting since about 1984, and never thought this could happen. My claim took on another inquisition and now is in appeal. VA psychiatrists have analyzed me and stuffed me with medications that make me a stump. Found out that my first wife died of AIDs in 2007, and the VA now says she gave it to me. The insanity builds but there is no recognition from the VA, instead they allude to me that it was my fault. I flied a supporting claim for HIV to support my PTSD claim, they told me it was necessary after they had denied the PTSD claim. I have been taking drugs and my HIV is no longer AIDS status -- so I am doing fine there, but I remain frustrated and tired of all the delays.
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