System Sucks

[Rizing Sun]

Gretting to all here at hadit:

The sun has risen..Filing for a VA claim is about the same

as tossing yourself in a garbage disposal..The people at the RO are nothing more than paper pushers period..All the time it takes to go from Triage team, to development team, to rating board, postdetermination team, to public contact..

Our claims might get looked a seriously by the raters for a brief moment, they either want to make quick decision or send it back to the pre-determinaton team, because we all know they have quotas!

I just cant believe all that other time is merely spent pushing around your claims folder..Here it is all these vets have claims in, but its nothing more than a paper chase until the rater sees your claim for that brief moment.

Now this seems very strange, going throurgh all these steps and procedures to ensure you have a proper claim, just to toss it in the VA's Garbage Disposal. At least we do get an effective date before the they turn on the disposal switch.

Now I know the VA is suppose to be there for you after disabiling injures , or disease..But suppose to be and being there a 2 very different things...

Dont get me wrong, I'm not the type of guy trying to get benefits that are not due!!Just trying to figure out why I even joined the military, oh I know, to be all I can be, and VA would have your back in case of serious injury..Yes they have my back, but waaaaaaaaaaay back...

All comments welcome espically those supporting todays VA

Please tell me, do I have a wrong opinion about them, and they way the system is designed.

Rize

[carlie]

Rize,

Welcome to hadit.

I am thankful for the health care I recieve from VA. I will feel justification when my claims are properly rated.

carlie

[huskerfanfl]

rize,

Like Carlie I am thankful for the health care that I receive. I have never had to wait long for an appointment. I have filed claims for numerous issues and have only been totally turned down for one of them. I have received 0% evaluations for some things and felt that others should be higher. I have asked for compensation to be increased on two of those that I received 0% for and received an increase for both. All of these things were done in what I consider a timely manner (less than 8 months) The VA even approved an inferred claim for temp 100% disability for me. All in all, I find it difficul to complain to much about the way I have been treated. Then again, I have new claims pending LOL

[Rizing Sun]

Huskerfanfl, Carlie,

Thanks for your input..Seems the system is working you guys.Hopefully over time it will work for me too..I'm on my reconsideration..

Currently rated at 40% for:Left Ankle 4 screws,RightLeg Rod and 4 screws

Right Eye Dosent Close, Deformed eyelid..And these are the

things that got rated (low but rated)..

Things that have not been rated.

My face scars right side of face covering from forehead to chin..

Muscle loss right calf about 70% gone

14x2 inch retangular scar on thigh(donor site for skin graft)...

I have a rep. now and submitted pictures/IMO..So I'm just hoping things will

finally get resovled. Everything is from a single accident and is s/c..

Rize

[Ricky]

Welcome - glad you now have a SO helping. Sounds pretty bad - what kind of accident were you in.

[Rizing Sun]

Ricky,

Was a MVA, on duty going base to base vehicle rolled several

times, few of us passengers were ejected. I survived.

Rize