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[Torvald]

I just wanted to let everyone know that I agree with Tbird, Pete53 and Jbasser - being honest is the best policy, whether dealing with the VA or anybody else.

There's a lot of things we don't have control over in this life, and sometimes we get unfairly shafted by other people/organizations. (For example, I never got an exit physical, becasue the Doc got mad, said I was reporting too many new medical problems, and then tore up all my physical exam paperwork. But that's another story!)

However, maintaining our personal honor is definitely something we all have control over - sometimes it's the only thing we have control over. I'm proud of the military service that I gave my country, and I want my wife and kids to be proud of me too. Therefore, being honest when dealing with the VA is the right thing to do.

>> Torvald <<

[cloudcroft]

Maybe this bears repeating: A pre-exiting condition that was aggravated while in the service IS compensable...so all is not lost even if you can't prove the condition in question was not pre-existing. But then the VA has to prove it WAS pre-existing if that's what it decides.

Also, don't forget about the "Presumption of Soundness" doctrine. If it isn't listed in your service records that it was pre-existing, ESPECIALLY at the time you got your entrance physical and mental exams when they accepted you into the military, how can some physical ailment or mental disorder be "pre-existing?" Except in rare cases, of course, such as when someone had a congenital disease of some kind that was missed but the VA could PROVE it was congenital and therefore it CLEARLY MUST have been pre-existing. But how about other physical ailments that were NOT entered into the medical record at the time of entrance? And how about mental disorders? Is the military going to take a "nut case" into the service? I don't think so. But even if they did somehow, couldn't a pre-existing mental disorder be aggravated in the service? Couldn't a physical problem also be aggravated? Sure they could.

So even if something was pre-existing, it can be AGGRAVATED by the service, ESPECIALLY if the aggravation/progress of the disorder/diesease advanced more quickly/severely than it would have had the vet NOT been in the service. In this instance, it's compensable. Of course, it's best to have something that STARTED while in service because that's more clear to see that, but I'm just saying that if something is AGGRAVATED in service, that certainly is SC-able, too. And if it, whatever is is, wasn't entered into the record as being pre-existing, how can the VA prove that it was?

Sometimes, when vets hear that something was "pre-existing" they give up.

I'm saying maybe they shouldn't.

-- John D.

[cowgirl]

Hear ya on exit physical, sorry, mine was all paper while pregnant! smile.

Second your motion on "personal honor" and being honest when dealing with the VA, the right thing to do.cg

[cloudcroft]

Where's the EDIT button now?

I tend to need it...

-- John D.

[Pete53]

Edit has been disabled for now. It seems that it was being used to get some zingers in and than edited out. If you want to correct a mistake just reply and specify what needs correcting.