AnonyMousVet Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Service connected for Hepatitis C. Rating 0% as expected! Service connected for Major Depression Disorder. Rating 0% as expected. Increase to 50% PTSD from 30% for period of time prior to February 20, 2008 retroactive back to April 16th, 2002. Case was closed on November 19th, 2008! 6 years, 7 months, 8 days 208,569,600 seconds <LI>3,476,160 minutes <LI>57,936 hours <LI>344 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator broncovet Posted November 28, 2008 Moderator Share Posted November 28, 2008 Congratulations! Interestingly, I also applied for benefits in the same month you did, April 2002, and my claim has yet to be settled even tho I won a "complete grant of benefit sought" from the BVA in 2004. The Cleveland Regional Office has used every trick in the book to try to minimize/deny my benefits for as long as possible. One trick they used is they "interpreted" my 2004 Notice of Disagreement as a "claim for benefits" so they ignored my appeal! Did you have a lawyer? If anyone knows a good one, I would like his name and number. My guess is that my case will take at least another 6 years, since the end is no where in sight. Maybe I will go for the guiness book of World records for the slowest VA claim in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Pete53 Posted November 28, 2008 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted November 28, 2008 Hang in there Bronco never give up. You earned those benefits Veterans deserve real choice for their health care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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