2008 And Hadit.com

[Tbird]

2008

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

We are now going into our 11th year, hard to believe but here we are!

Some Statistics from 2007 I think you might find interesting are attached to this post as a pdf.

I usually like to have a new look on the main site (http://www.hadit.com) each new year. However, the past few months have presented me with some challenges I was unable to overcome to work on the site.

So I will work on the site, however it will be sometime this year rather than the beginning of the year.

I have plans for more demonstration movies, perhaps some podcasts, more content, better navigation and so on.

Thank you Brothers and Sisters for hanging in there with me.

Tbird



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[Jazona]

As many know, I am one who can say very, very little positive about the whole VA experience. I definitely feel that I have been treated shabbily by VA employees, whether RO or VAMC, for just about my entire experience with them.

HOWEVER, and this is a big however, I finally got the message, after many sessions behind the woodshed, ouch, that constant railing against the VA serves no one well. It doesn't win claims, it doesn't get that x-ray or surgery, it doesn't move anyone in a positive direction. It's negativity simply for negativity's sake.

So, I've finally learned that the one positive thing I can do to help my fellow veteran, is to keep my yap shut. Don't post. Don't slip in that little jab. Just keep those little fingers off the keyboard. Period!

Yes, I do backslide from time to time, because it is so easy to say something negative about a purely negative subject but the good folks here tolerate villiage idiots so well that I've been allowed to stay.

I owe a great deal to this site, so the least I can do is not be disruptive.

jaz

[Tbird]

thank you,

As many know, I am one who can say very, very little positive about the whole VA experience. I definitely feel that I have been treated shabbily by VA employees, whether RO or VAMC, for just about my entire experience with them.

HOWEVER, and this is a big however, I finally got the message, after many sessions behind the woodshed, ouch, that constant railing against the VA serves no one well. It doesn't win claims, it doesn't get that x-ray or surgery, it doesn't move anyone in a positive direction. It's negativity simply for negativity's sake.

So, I've finally learned that the one positive thing I can do to help my fellow veteran, is to keep my yap shut. Don't post. Don't slip in that little jab. Just keep those little fingers off the keyboard. Period!

Yes, I do backslide from time to time, because it is so easy to say something negative about a purely negative subject but the good folks here tolerate villiage idiots so well that I've been allowed to stay.

I owe a great deal to this site, so the least I can do is not be disruptive.

jaz

[Capt.]

Hello everyone. I am also a guest here and certainly only having the rank of seaman(lol) I take orders and say YESMAM. to Tbird . Though she hasn't had a problem with me.......as of yet.Nor do I think I have had a problem with anyone else. It is not my place to attack someone for their having a tough day or something they write that may invoke a response of anger. If I can't be a blessing then I need to be quiet. I at times have trouble with that too in my everyday life but I know that Jesus is working on that lump of clay. I would like to say that though the VA system as a whole is broken, I have met some very fine people, both in the offices of the clinics and the Hospitals and most people now know me. I just got out of a VA hospital about 7 months ago and the people were wonderful. I still go for my checkups and followups and test and have at least 3-4 times so far go and find my nurses and doctors and personally say hello and thank you for taking care of me and how appreciative I was for having them watch over me during my stay. I know we sound like we all have our horror stories at the VA, but not all of it is bad. I guess the machine is working but there does need to be some oil put on a few of the parts to get it working better. Yes I have had a few bad apples , and a few that either were having a bad day at the VA. But overall , it has been fine at the VAMC and the nurses at the Outpatient clinics too. Again it may be the way the system is running and most, but not all of our problems come within the legal/clerical part or court systems of the VA. Usually this is the VARO which as 1968 Nam pointed out is totally different. SO , I hope I don't sound like I am always complaining because I am trying not to. And I don't want to flame anybody and please let me know if I do. I gotta lot to work on in my own court. I also believe that FRUSTRATION is part of being a VETERAN and it is something each of us is dealing with. Thats why this place ...HADIT works so well with all of us. Because we all are going to have those days at some point of our battle with the VA. Boy ....there is so much help here and actually most everyone here seems to be a Doctor in their own rights ....trying to cheer up or help or fix a Vet that is having tough day....I have had plenty of those too. God Bless, Thank you all...C.C.

[timetowinarace]

First and foremost, Hadit is the place to be for claims advice. Tbird has made it that way.

As for negative opinions of the VA, I do have them. And voice them. But it is not to vent(usually). Overall I am very gratefull that these benifits are available to me now that I have them. That is not where the negativity comes from.

If I had not come across Hadit when I did and read that others were experiencing difficulties with the VA I would have given up my claims. I was beginning to think that it was just me that was having problems with healthcare and claims. Hadit did not just give me the tools to succeed, it gave me the will to succeed. It gave me hope.

Others that find their way here need to know that their experience is not unique. If they are looking for a place like Hadit it's fair to say that it's unlikely their VA experience has been all positive. If we only provide a positive picture of the VA, others may give up pursueing the benifits they deserve thinking that they, not the VA, have errored in asking for them.

What I can say for sure is, there has always been negative comments about the VA here. Without them I would still be without benifits and in a much darker place.

Time

[sixthscents]

It is not a place to spout your opinion unless it's about a claim or VA law..." I have seen several opinions that have been authored by members of different ranks (to include moderators) that are not directly associated with the two areas you mention (cited above). In most cases however, it could be inferred that the statements could be indirectly applicable to the two areas. I suppose that the most common post of this type goes something like this, "The VA sucks and they're out to get us and cheat veterans out of their rightful benefits."

Yep that what I said, but... I also said:

Everyone has to blow off a little steam about the VA and it's systems.... that's fine to a point.

And I am just as guilty of that as anyone. Yeah sometimes we get sidetracked and so po'd over something the VA has done that we go into "rant" mode. I have I know... and so have others and thats OK to a point.... where is the line I think you are asking... well I'd say just dont do it evry day ya know, and try not to get a post totally off subject (yep I'm guilty of that too)... it's kind of a common sense thing. Like I said WE ALL vent sometimes, and no its not productive in the sense that it will directly help a claim, but it is necessary sometimes that we have someone to VENT too who understands what we are yelling about. So, as a caring community of veterans' we are going to listen to a rant now and again and say yeah your right....

That's important too... that people can share their experiences both positive and negative... to a point. Yet where is the line, I think you have to use common sense, and if you get too bad trust me someone will reign you in (Again - I have been)....

So I din't intend to say you can only say something about a claim etc... thats just the MAIN purpose of this community, but it does also serve as an outlet sometimes, and I think thats a good thing as well... to a point> HeHe..

Anyway, I hope I didn't make you think you CANT rant, just dont do it all the time huh?

[jimlane1949]

A good post.

It is not a place to spout your opinion unless it's about a claim or VA law..." I have seen several opinions that have been authored by members of different ranks (to include moderators) that are not directly associated with the two areas you mention (cited above). In most cases however, it could be inferred that the statements could be indirectly applicable to the two areas. I suppose that the most common post of this type goes something like this, "The VA sucks and they're out to get us and cheat veterans out of their rightful benefits."

Yep that what I said, but... I also said:

Everyone has to blow off a little steam about the VA and it's systems.... that's fine to a point.

And I am just as guilty of that as anyone. Yeah sometimes we get sidetracked and so po'd over something the VA has done that we go into "rant" mode. I have I know... and so have others and thats OK to a point.... where is the line I think you are asking... well I'd say just dont do it evry day ya know, and try not to get a post totally off subject (yep I'm guilty of that too)... it's kind of a common sense thing. Like I said WE ALL vent sometimes, and no its not productive in the sense that it will directly help a claim, but it is necessary sometimes that we have someone to VENT too who understands what we are yelling about. So, as a caring community of veterans' we are going to listen to a rant now and again and say yeah your right....

That's important too... that people can share their experiences both positive and negative... to a point. Yet where is the line, I think you have to use common sense, and if you get too bad trust me someone will reign you in (Again - I have been)....

So I din't intend to say you can only say something about a claim etc... thats just the MAIN purpose of this community, but it does also serve as an outlet sometimes, and I think thats a good thing as well... to a point> HeHe..

Anyway, I hope I didn't make you think you CANT rant, just dont do it all the time huh?