ptsd 'we Have Received Your Application For Benefits'--fl 08-41

[peacecindia]

VARO NY Regional sent me a letter today saying 'We have

received your application for benefits'.

Hey, I didn't apply for anything new--I just sent my

service medical records, family statements, request to revoke

DAV poa and ptsd form for secondary and requested the

'special temporary handling procedures'.

This is their first communication since I sent documents

as a result of Fast Letter 08-41 on Nov. 21st. I also sent

my Form 9 for appealing everything.

Merry Christmas!

[john999]

That is encouraging since they did not lose the stuff.

[peacecindia]

That is encouraging since they did not lose the stuff.

All the stuff I sent was lost/missing/shredded/destroyed.

My claim is 30 months old.

*It is good to know that NY Regional is back in business.

Edited December 25, 2008 by peacecindia

[Stretch]

Peacecindia,

Haven't seen you for a while. Welcome back. I would suggest that you call you VSR (Veteran Service Rep.) at the VA, and ask that person what is going on.

Try to get hold of the Verteran Service Center manager, or their assistant, and ask. Probably won't get any answer until the first of the year. You have to stick with Hadit. You know what the DAV is, now.

Make an appointment with the DAV.

If you haven't burned your bridge with the DAV, you can ask them for a list of evidence that they have submitted for you. Also request, from the DAV, any evidence, that they have not submitted, that you have sent them.

I would also suggest that you make a request to see your C-File. Go and look at it, so you will know what is there and what isn't. Get this done ASAP.

Merry Christmas.

[peacecindia]

Hi Stretch,

Thanks for the welcome. It's snowing like

crazy here on New Years Eve and is a good

day for making a crockpot of chili and snuggling.

Hmm...well Stretch, part of my problem with

VA & DAV is my own crappy attitude. I've dealt

with being ignorant of VA, distrusting of VA, paranoid about VA

and viewed them as caring and then the enemy and now for what

they are. A government agency. The DAV is not for me. I cannot blindly

trust anyone. NY Regional is 100 miles away.

Funny how things come round full circle, coz

I'm right back where I started. A new claim that's old.

NY Regional management failed and the shake up of management surely

slowed things down there. So, who are you gonna call?

The old managers signature stamp is still being used on

NY Regional's correspondence.

I have a new old claim, a DRO claim and a Form 9 appeal all processing

simultaneously at NY Regional. IRIS told me I can't get my C file until

the DRO is complete. I can't revise my Form 9 until I see my C file.

My new old claim was opened when I supplied NY Regional with service

medical records. Is it a reopened or reviewed or revised claim?

I don't know and don't try to understand anymore.

All I know is Pete is/was right. Get the C file. Look at service records

and medical records. It's the best starting direction for a VA comp claim.

Happy New Years!

Cindy

[Stretch]

Peacecindia,

Do not delay. you only have 60 for the form 9 to be in. Get moving on the C-File. Call the your VSO tell them to make an appointment with VA, ASAP, to see your C-file, and do it. You can get a free copy latter.

You need to know what is in the C-File, now.

This is one of the Very few things that the VSO can do for you other than just being a filing clerk.

Don't get dissapointed, with the decision, and neglect this.