Thank You Berta!

[yoggie2]

I faxed them some of the fact surrounding my claim though our company was attached to many UNITS in Somalia the JSRRC did find something, a record of an attack that took place on our compound "Russian Tank Factory" that lasted 4 hours. I was really concerned at first when i sent the request because I had to pick 2 weeks of our tour there for them to investigate, so being it was constant engagements I just picked 2 week time frame. Now the VA don't have to look in my VA and private medical records for these incidents, when the VARO was suppose to do this search in the first place..I found a memo in my C-file stating they had no record at all, this was coming from the Dept of the VA that was supposed to contact the JSRRC for verification for the VARO they had not checked any records of incidents just my medical records, private and VA how about that crap!

Edited November 17, 2008 by yoggie2

[Berta]

Yoggie-I am just livid about the crap VA pulls on us-

and nothing surprises me at all!

Many every vet should contact JRSRRC themselves to get their stressors verified.

"I found a memo in my C-file stating they had no record at all, this was coming from the Dept of the VA that was supposed to contact the JSRRC for verification for the VARO they had not checked any records of incidents just my medical records, private and VA how about that crap"

HOW MANY TIMES HAS VA DONE THIS!!!!!!

How many vets lost their claims because VA failed to even contact JSRRC?

I am glad that the suggestion has helped you-

lets hope it helps----

and make sure you read the VA Fast Letter at VA Watchdog today- it made History.

[yoggie2]

I tell ya Berta the VARO has brought a whole new meaning to perfecting your claim. What they really mean is if you can come to a place to where you can stop us (VARO) from denying your claim and survive the vetting process and stop us cold because you have copies of evidence we shredded, document,claims,ect....and that to include putting your claim together and contacting the branches of government doing the research for documents your self to prove your own claim we are here to help you...If you have made copies,lol...

Thanks, Berta for the contacts that made the differance, JBasser, Rentalguy, Hoopy for putting together and locking the doors behind me to keep the VA in line. I could not have done this in no way shape or form by my self, I wouldn't bet against you. And John999 ,Pete53 ,Carlie being in my corner offering me help on how to attack the problems that confronted me and all for pushing me when I gave up and saw my end in site you gave me reason to drive on. I no longer feel I am counting my chickens. It is a matter of time now, this JSRRC letter is the icing I needed. I now have an air tight claim (I HAVE STAMPED COPIES,LOL)....one thing I will never forget is getting that brown envelope that had DENIAL all over it and shocked me to my core and brought me to my knees and the whole time thinking I would win on integrity a lone but I guess when they were shedding claims there integrity went in to the shredding bens along with the claims. You can't feel good about that in your own heart knowing you have just destroyed someones life or had part in it.

Edited November 17, 2008 by yoggie2

[Berta]

It really makes me wonder-

how they can damage OUR integrity is just unacceptable to me-

I found out recently that when I filed a Tort for wrongful death years ago -the VA had actually done 4 or 5 medical reviews on the claim-

I was aware of the first one- within months after filing the FTCA and Sec1511 claim the VA had obtained a medical review that supported my charges that they killed my husband-verified by the regional counsel and even the doctor who prepared the report-

The report which supported these claims vanished-so did they-

(the doc and the RC retired)

Then VACO prepared a report that was faulty and I questioned it aggressively and then -upon receipt of the evidence that I realised the RO had withheld from them(can you imagine that-the RO selectively sent the head cardiologist in DC only some of the C file and med recs)I won the FTCA and ultimately the DIC claim under 1151.

I just found out that two other medical reports were solicited by the VA-one from O LM VA in Buffalo and one fasked for by another VA attorney in VACO.I guess those reports too supported my claim- if they were negative this would have given the VA more Ammo to deny.

I have asked the VA Office of Legal Medical some tough questions.

Since when does the VA solicit medical reports on ANY type of claim and then the reports never see the light of day?

The more questions I have been asking lately , the more information I have found out as to just how determined VA was to deny my wrongful death claim.

This is wrong. And I believe this has happened to many others with FTCA or Section 1151 claims.

It just goes to show how defiant the VA is and this is a travesty against veterans and widows of vets.

Someone makes decisions at our ROs that determines whose claim will succeed and whose wont.(By determining if the evidence gets read)

That decision might be made by some new and yet fully untrained employee or an imbecle who can't read or perhaps by a very well seasoned employee with some bias against the claimant.

None of this crap happened overnight either and I think every single denied claim should be suspect for some sort of VA shinanigans.

[yoggie2]

Here is a fine example of the VA hard work to deny a claim, saying there is not enough info in my stressor statement or in Marine Corps records, being that I am Army and the Marines had already left I can see why it would be hard to get info from the JSRRC, My commander wrote a statement describing the same events and more than what was stated in the JSRRC his letter was ignored. I call, I fax, I receive letter from JSRRC describing events of combat I described in my stressor letter in 1 week. Yeah they really went out on a limb. As for my SMR's I was treated in the area of combat for fatigue and depression and on my return and anger mgt classes. Documented in my SMR Medical file but no record of anything in my mental health file, it was empty except for my MH exams to inter service. Now with the facts look what the VARO in indy had to offer. They didn't want to find a stressor they did not call or request crap, if I can find it in a week am I to beleive THEY being the VA could find nothing at all.

I have to add so when the VA just failed to look for a stressor "purposely" The sent me to a Mental Health Eval fast and requested the doctor not examine me for "PTSD or eating disorders"

so he gave me a "Borderline Personalty Disorder" GAF 40

Yeah,Jim I was so pissed I could not see straight after I had learned of what they did.

Edited November 18, 2008 by yoggie2

[Berta]

Jim- I need to contact you off the board-

you asked some very provocative questions-

and no one knows better then me- how low the VA will go to try to get out of FTCA settlement-

will try your email

Berta