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I have received a response concerning the effective of date of disability award and compensation. I have another request for consideration of my earlier effective of the disability awarded for prostate cancer. I have been requested to give VA the dates of diagnoses and the date of being considered clear of any cancer. I don't have a problem with providing the information, but in the award letter I received in November the VA stated in the letter the dates of diagnoses, operation, and date of being declared cancer free. I know that I might be the sharpest knife in the draw, but maybe I am the dullest knife in the world. This seems to me such a waste of time and effort for the VA to ask for information they also have in their possession.

I would like to say hello to everyone. I have been reading all the post to this forum and have received a lot good information. I received my claim approval for prostate cancer on November 23, 2010 and agree with the rating of 60%, but my problem with this is that I didn't receive retro pay back to my initial claim which was denied in 2001. I appealed this decision during the next couple years 2002 to 2004 and still was denied. I was originally denied based on I could not prove I had boots on the ground in the Nam. Through my searching the internet concerning this issue (Agent Orange) I found out that the boots on the ground in the Nam had been modified to include Security Policemen who served in Thailand during 1967 and 1968. How can the VA justify not paying the retro pay I think due me from March 2000 when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Anyone have any Idea about how to appeal for this retro pay. I have used the VA hospital since my discharge in 1970. I have only used VA medical system for all my illnesses. All medical operations performed on me has been at the VA hospital. Will I have any success with trying to obtain this retro back to March 2000.