"hamster Wheel" Claims Process

[Berta]

Last week Bart Stichman of NVLSP gave the following testimony to the HCVA:

http://veterans.house.gov/hearings/schedul...7stichman.shtml

He raised the issue of the CAVC and how VA steps cause the 'hamster wheel' scenario to occur-

also he raised the fact that if a vet has a claim at the CAVC and then dies- the survivor has no legal standing at the CAVC.

This is why I made numerous posts here at time of Haas- to have vets file their claims-----

I posted at other web sites too----

To definitely file the claim if they were Blue Water.

This is the exact legal scenario I envisioned that can ultimate screw Blue Water AO vets again----

There was only a limited period of time-

I kept telling vets this is the law of the land- for now-----

I even had to explain this to my new vet rep-

Blue Waters had to get the claim at the RO---- Yesterday! After the Haas decision-but before VA moved on the moratorium-

to technically get into the Moratorium!

Otherwise their retro under Haas is done for-

as it stands- and if so- I sure will do what I can to support NVLSP on fighting that-

"Even if all this were done, the fact would remain that hundreds, if not thousands of similarly situated Navy blue water veterans and their survivors would never receive the benefits that those whose claims were subject to the moratorium would receive. That is because VA’s denial of their claims for disability or death benefits for an Agent Orange-related disease became final before Secretary Nicholson’s moratorium. To be specific, the following similarly situated VA claimants are not subject to Secretary Nicholson’s moratorium and will never receive benefits based on their claims:" etc----

Bart Stichman said it how it is----

The moratorium only covered any Blue Water with an AO claim filed.

I was outraged that many vet orgs did not push this issue to their claimants-

maybe they should cough up the retro-

Haas is one of the most important VA decisions since the VCAA became law-

and being fought by the VA at every step.

This testimony gives a good run down on it all.

Edited May 29, 2007 by Berta

[free_spirit_etc]

Very interesting article about the nonadvesarial pro-claimant nature of the VA.

Free

Last week Bart Stichman of NVLSP gave the following testimony to the HCVA:

http://veterans.house.gov/hearings/schedul...7stichman.shtml

He raised the issue of the CAVC and how VA steps cause the 'hamster wheel' scenario to occur-

also he raised the fact that if a vet has a claim at the CAVC and then dies- the survivor has no legal standing at the CAVC.

This is why I made numerous posts here at time of Haas- to have vets file their claims-----

I posted at other web sites too----

To definitely file the claim if they were Blue Water.

This is the exact legal scenario I envisioned that can ultimate screw Blue Water AO vets again----

There was only a limited period of time-

I kept telling vets this is the law of the land- for now-----

I even had to explain this to my new vet rep-

Blue Waters had to get the claim at the RO---- Yesterday! After the Haas decision-but before VA moved on the moratorium-

to technically get into the Moratorium!

Otherwise their retro under Haas is done for-

as it stands- and if so- I sure will do what I can to support NVLSP on fighting that-

"Even if all this were done, the fact would remain that hundreds, if not thousands of similarly situated Navy blue water veterans and their survivors would never receive the benefits that those whose claims were subject to the moratorium would receive. That is because VA’s denial of their claims for disability or death benefits for an Agent Orange-related disease became final before Secretary Nicholson’s moratorium. To be specific, the following similarly situated VA claimants are not subject to Secretary Nicholson’s moratorium and will never receive benefits based on their claims:" etc----

Bart Stichman said it how it is----

The moratorium only covered any Blue Water with an AO claim filed.

I was outraged that many vet orgs did not push this issue to their claimants-

maybe they should cough up the retro-

Haas is one of the most important VA decisions since the VCAA became law-

and being fought by the VA at every step.

This testimony gives a good run down on it all.

[SLEDGE]

Yea boy,

The administrators of the Military and veteran's comp and medical systems all let out a sigh of relief.

I'll bet they are passing out 50 dollar Cuban cigars and pouring imported booze.

They have just learned that everything that they have been, are doing, will do more of is working exactly as planned.

It came from an impeccable source too.

Their next bonus is set in stone.

We can all sleep good now since everything is under control and going exactly according to a well thought out plan.

sledge

[Berta]

I passed this on to John Rossie- Blue Water Navy-

http://bluewaternavy.org/

An Excellent site with lots and lots of info---

He has our link there too.