Berta

[Abe111]

Berta --

You and the elders here on hadit are a wealth of knowledge. I have been reading your prior post and have learned a great deal. I read much more than I post but felt compelled to write this for you and the elders. I have been dealing with the VA for a long time. If the site was available 20 years (was the internet around then?) ago I would have been so much farther ahead in life by securing a much higher rating than I began with. You and the elders are appreciated by myself and I am sure by others. Abe

[Berta]

Thank you Abe- Hadit has been around for over ten years-

Pete and I met on the Prodigy vets BBS when the internet was invented-

before that I was on Vet link-modem to modem-

it took me years to learn what I know and I have to keep up to date too- as new decisions from the CAVC and even new regs have changed over the years-

I think every single person here helps other vets or widows -

someone might ask a question that a guest out there needed an answer to-or bring a link that others can use-

and by having so many diversified claims too- makes us all put on our thinking caps-

I have learned a lot from hadit myself - no one knows it all but one thing is for sure-

in my opinion-

there is by far more solid claims advise and knowledge here than from many vet reps out there who get paid to handle claims.

[danang_1969]

I want to Amen this post, on the at-a-girl to Bertha's knowledge and willingness to help others on hadit. There are so many others, Pete and many others, that are so knowledgeable and use share that superior knowledge in helping others. Yall are a God sent to many of us vets. May GOD bless your life.

Danang_1969

[Pete53]

Thanks to TBird we have this great web site. Appreciate the kudos to Berta and Elders but what makes this site work best is for input from all. There are many here who help and the people who ask the questions help the people who watch.

Like Berta said if advice is not backed up by regulations its an opinion and fortunately when one is off base someone usually jumps in and adds a correction or asks a new question.

I think that the best part of Hadit is you can ask any question that is bothering you and feel relatively safe that your claim will not be compromised but strengthened.

There is a lot of stuff I don't know but I do know that just someone offering support and just the wish that you can win your claim is a great boon for many. When I fought for 5 years most people told me why bother they are going to say know anyway.

[danang_1969]

Thanks to TBird we have this great web site. Appreciate the kudos to Berta and Elders but what makes this site work best is for input from all. There are many here who help and the people who ask the questions help the people who watch.

Like Berta said if advice is not backed up by regulations its an opinion and fortunately when one is off base someone usually jumps in and adds a correction or asks a new question.

I think that the best part of Hadit is you can ask any question that is bothering you and feel relatively safe that your claim will not be compromised but strengthened.

There is a lot of stuff I don't know but I do know that just someone offering support and just the wish that you can win your claim is a great boon for many. When I fought for 5 years most people told me why bother they are going to say know anyway.

I have worked with constructing and building some basic and simple websites but not to the level TBIRD has achieved in this site on hadit.com. I can tell you that web building takes a great deal of knowledge and head banging to get you to a place you even know what is going on with a site. After you get everything set, it is a little more enjoyable, but until then it's an exhaustive task. Of course, sometimes a software glitch or something else, a new feature that you are adding on the site, can take many hours to perfect. Add me in too, in having a thankful heart and saying," well done good and faithful servant to TBIRD" for building a great site that helps and benefits so many veterans with info, they could not otherwise get access to.

Danang_1969

[john999]

When I first posted on Hadit I did not know what TDIU was and a year later I rated it. 25 years of dealing with the DAV amounted to nothing I could not have gotten here in one day.

[luvHIM]

I wanted to just say thanks for the thread Abe111. This site has helped me tremendously. Even in times when I thought I was right but not applying the regs, provisions, and or law the right way. Stung a little to know, after four years, what I was seeing and reading was not correct by regulation or at best...by interpretation.

However, I just bounced back and "perfected" my appeal through the assistance of those who serve on this site. And, I was able to use what I've been learning to launch a "new" claim. I don't know how they will turn out. I believe God for the victory.

I thank TBird and commend her for going with the vision that was given to her over ten (I believe Berta said) years ago.

I thank Berta for all of her input and the incredible source of help she is to veteran spouses (still living or not).

And, a big thank you to all the others who jump in from time to time (just to name a few: Pete, Jbasser, cowgirl, Allen, vaf, and so many others).

May all of you have a wonderfully joyous Thanksgiving and God Bless!

Edited November 21, 2007 by luvHIM