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you may still have a problem they dont talk to each other much i was on SDI but had not drawn it for over a year and the still offset my SSDI check It took 4 months to get it corrected. My wife hangs onto everything and I had a statement from my last Check From SDI and thats the only way it was corrected.
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PLEASE READ AND BEWARE
381sps replied to vet2010's question in Veterans Compensation & Pension Exams
I have a bunch of big dog shirts with various sayings on the back I happened to wear the one that said beer me on the back and faced relentless questions about my drinking even though I don't drink. I had two doctor appointments that day and doctor number two would not stop the questions about drinking. First doctor must have put something in there about my shirt. -
Bva Decision ?
381sps replied to 381sps's question in Appealing Your Veterans Compensation Disability Claims NOD, DRO, BVA, USCAVC
I have not moved in fact in may I was awarded another claim I was working on. On the appeal form 9 and all that filed in a timely fashion. And yes I don't have a docket number so I will contact the BVA ombudsman. -
Just Thought You All Might Like This.....
381sps replied to ranger11bv's question in VA Disability Claims Research
That's the best you got. At least under this pres these guys are not calling and writing home asking there parents to send them bullet proof vest or batteries to operate the equipment. The trucks and track equipment was not up to standards they new it and sent them anyway. The cost of upgrading equipment was more than the cost of human lives so the soldiers lost out.I never seen so much hatred for one man as Obama. They have not let up on him for the past 6 years. I did not vote for him but he is the president and the disrespect is appalling. -
Va Now Out Sourceing C&p
381sps replied to wingnut73's question in Veterans Compensation & Pension Exams
There is a new company out there called MSLA just had a C&P with them the other day. -
ptsd Non Combat Ptsd
381sps replied to 381sps's question in PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims
There is more to the story we had a couple of plane crashes one on the base and one off pilot killed off base another flamed out at the end of the runway crashed into a civilian car(F105) with a women and child in the car. could not tell what the car was. Supplied tail numbers and pilot names they did not mention one thing nothing about the stressors just that I had not seen mental health have seen them for depression and chronic pain. Seems like a couple of weekend pilots were falling out of the sky in those F105's at a alarming rate. The pilot that was killed they moved that wreckage to a hanger for an investigation Spent close to two weeks with that wreckage nights even thought the pilot was not with the wreckage he was still there in some sense without getting to vivid. The two civilians that the F105 crashed into survived and so did the pilot but how the civilians survived shear luck. -
ptsd Non Combat Ptsd
381sps replied to 381sps's question in PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims
Filed for PTSD June 2014 got my denial today. Guess I should have read up on it more I was only diagnosed by my pcp and not MH doc. I thought I would at least get a C&P but nope straight to denial. So now I got to get in and see MH for it which I really have been dragging my feet. Now I will see what MH says and hold off on the nod till I get some visits in and file my nod at the latest possible. My SSDI diagnoses PTSD was no help -
Januvia And Lisinpril
381sps replied to MikeR's topic in Medication – Prescription Drugs-Health Issues
I got the dreaded cough from that med thought I was going to cough a lung up. -
I cant seem to take that first step for treatment of PTSD. As much as I try I just can't seem to make myself do it. I refused treatment in 2008 when my primary doc said she thought I had PTSD and I refused treatment. I guess part of it is I don't want anymore pills so why is it so hard to make that first step. I was in group therapy for depression thought it sucked big time and the counselor never showed have the time or called off group when I was walking out the door to go to group. Is this part of PTSD
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Va Pushing To Decrease Pain Medication
381sps replied to JayBrown1's question in VA Disability Claims Research
It is not just the VA that is cutting off pain meds. Here in CA the work comp system has changed they are using the utilization review system to cut off pain meds and anything else they want to cut. Then you have to go thru the IMR process which is the fox guarding the hen house. I was on 15 mg of ms contain 3 times a day dialed in helps chronic pain some days not enough but had a good quality of life. They cut that off and now flexeril and just got word they cut off my pads for a very expensive rs4i plus machine they paid for a few months back. I guess that will sit on the shelf for awhile collecting dust at 2500.00 dollars. I have had urine test at every appointment with pain management doc's so that is not the problem. I have had two cervical surgeries that have failed and now the want to do my back and I am refusing that one. I have a service connected shoulder injury that I have not needed to get pain meds for because of the non connected injuries. Now it looks like I may not get them thru the VA. I was in a deep depression till I got the right combination of pain meds and I fear going back to that stage. -
ptsd Non Combat Ptsd
381sps replied to 381sps's question in PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims
I requested and received my c file went through it and nothing about it or a couple of other things were not there. I have some records from when I got out why I keep them all these years is beyond me but have a copy of some stuff that did not show up in the c file. I am not so sure I received it all. Not working in law enforcement not an issue. Seems as if as time goes by this issue gets worse for me. Oh and there was a couple of pages of another Vets records in with mine set them back with a note. -
Back in May 2008 my PCP said I was positive for PTSD and I denied that I was to avoid meds and the mental health people. She then put in the medical record that I declined further evaluation/ treatment/ and a referral for PTSD which is all true. I was a very young airman at the time and the guy I rode with a lot in missile security I kind of looked up to he took time with me and showing me the ropes. In the middle of the shift he told me he was calling the shift supervisor that he was sick and needed to go home for the day. Okay not a problem. The next day I come in from duty I find out he had went home quietly went into the apartment he shared with his wife took his kids across the street went back in shot his wife in the face 6 times with a 22 pistol with longs she was seeing another airman he reloaded 3 times chasing him through the complex. The final shots was when the airman he was chasing broke into another apt trying to get away and the finals shots took place there. This was all over the news and was the big news for the day. Some one questioned me about it and asked me if I had any idea he was going to do this of coarse I had know idea. Turns out he was planning this thing for awhile. This was back in about 1976 and this thing just keeps coming back to life with me. A lot of times I wonder if they did not let him go home would he have shot me to complete his deal that day. I have pretty much put there names out of my head and the exact date had a visit with a VSO in the past week and she seen it in my records and asked me about it. I broke into tears about it felt like an idiot she said I should file for it and I am considering it. I really hate to see MH about it. I have no idea where in the world to get this information from to back it up. If I remember right he only got 4 years tried as a civilian goof Kansas law. Any ideas
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As long as the Cpap is used and not put in the closet then I think death is taken of the table.
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I did the program as a way to give back hopefully it may help some one down the road. It is just blood work and questionnaires that's it the boogie man isn't going to get you no one going to inject you with anything. If you don't think some where in the DOD don't have your DNA I have some swamp land in Florida for you.
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Claim Approved In 1996 But Va Couldn't Find Me
381sps replied to Hrizio's question in Eligibility - Veterans Compensation Benefit Claims
Don't know about the time line but I do know one thing for sure if you owed them money they would have found you. -
Anybody Had The Euflexxa Injections
381sps replied to jeffs17's topic in Medication – Prescription Drugs-Health Issues
I have had them for the last couple of years with no real help -
What If You Can Not Get Use To Cpap Machine
381sps replied to adkins7b's question in Eligibility - Veterans Compensation Benefit Claims
You can get a tooth paste scrip from your dentist that helps with dry mouth and you can buy mouth wash over the counter that helps to. Getting use to the equipment is not an overnight thing it takes time. I have been at it two years now and it works great. Sleep lab at the va has been wonderful to work with. My pressure was at 25/27 when I started now have it at 15/17 working much better. Could it be your pressure is to high you may want to look into that. -
Claimed Disibilities Now "vbms"?
381sps replied to TiredCoastie's question in VA.gov Questions (formerly E-Benefits)
I have not moved anywhere last year it went to Denver for a few weeks for adim review and back dont know what that was about either. I thought it was a mistake cause the Manila thing was gone but its back listed as temp jurisdiction. They tacked on 6-8 months more time. American legion is handling it but I never here from them. I will just sit back and wait it out. -
Claimed Disibilities Now "vbms"?
381sps replied to TiredCoastie's question in VA.gov Questions (formerly E-Benefits)
Mine chnaged also to the VBNS system tacked on about 8 months of time and Manilaha has temp jurisdiction. I dont get that part my claim was filed san diego -
I was diagnosed with DB II , PCT over thirty years of dealing with this little number and no one could tell me what was wrong till I went to hematology this year and the PA seen the scaring on my arms and said she was testing me for PCT. Stage II liver disease, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities C/w diabetes II. I have three nodule's in my lungs they say I will have to have a CT every six months to keep and eye on them. Like I said never set foot in VN but have these problems I have seen articles where they did spray in Labrador but nothing says where and when seems to be the end of that. The reason I asked about Goose bay I was flight line security and the perimeter of the base was bare so many yards out and the missile sites I was at in Kansas not a weed in sight.
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I have been trying to get some info on a us air base Goose bay Labrador on agent orange and purple. I think its a commercial airport these days was there tdy in the mid seventies. Seems to me they were spraying every where from New Brunswick up north. It seems I have some type of herbicide exposure and did not serve in VN.
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I am glad I have a good sleep center at the VA hospital. They have worked with me a lot on getting the right pressure and setting the Bipap machine up and different mask's. I just ordered a new mask, hose, and filter on my healthy vet site secure messaging received them in a couple of days. It was not easy but I have got use to it now and can'tsleep with out it.