ptsd Dro Hearing Today

[yoggie2]

It went well and I was able to stay on point as the cards feel as you guys intended. We got started on the PTSD and the stressor, and the Borderline Personality Disorder they tried to stick me with GONE! Soon as I started I had 4 IMO's for PTSD and the C&P "Examiner" stated my condition look more like PTSD but I had a "Borderline Personality Disorder" on a Mental Health eval and was talking about PTSD when he did have that exam sheet to work from only Mental Health had he had the right sheet he might have been in line with the rest of the Doc's, so he agreed it was screwed up he should have never mentioned PTSD,(he,he right he screwed up alright he was suppose to screw me permanently)and as for my stressor it was all a big misunderstanding the had 2 people working my claim and there was a mix up and my stressor or my commanders letter got missed they really didn't need the JSRRC letter so they granted the stressor, honest mistake that set me back a year plus and I came within a nat's ass of getting a "Borderline Personality Disorder" stuck on me for the rest of my life. He ask if I would take another exam but for PTSD, I answered that they don't need one you have Mental health records of constant treatment and I continue to receive treatment but if you want sure. He was very pleasant nice guy really wanted to help so what happen to me he had nothing to do with. and went over the back and the incapacitating episode and wants me to take another exam for that as well and he wants the SSD paper work before he makes his final decision, I have to say I think the hadit members put together one HEll of a tight case and saved me from a BVA, time is on my side now and it looks to be a lock once all is done..Thank you you long timers for getting your hands dirty and all for the help you all have provided over months and months worth.......Yog

Edited January 13, 2009 by yoggie2

[yoggie2]

Yeah I think your right pete53 listening to the chatter can get me going. I will take the exams again but I find I am mentally and emotionally drained from the my last weeks experiences. But I am no fool and haven't been fooled they could rate my claim wonderfully now with current medical evidence "that is current". Makes me wonder what are they looking for or are the just trying to bring the pain, well in any case I'll be ready for either because I can wait now with SSD on my side.

[Berta]

Yoggie-it is just great to see that you are in pretty high spirits at this point.

The SSA award and records- does the VA have this all yet?

"he wants the SSD paper work before he makes his final decision"

Have you signed an authorization form yet for VA to get these records?

Has anyone here ever been able to get their SSA records directly from the SSA?

My husband signed VA authorization forms in 1993 (SSA for PTSD) and sent the form to VA.

VA said SSA refused to release them-it wasnt true-they didnt get these critical records until I raised hell- they finally got them in 1997.

Edited January 14, 2009 by Berta

[john999]

I got my SSD records just by requesting them. It did not take that long. I sent the VA my award letter which I got right away. That seemed to be enough. The C&P exam may not even happen, but if it does look at it as an opportunity to get 100% rating and housebound. From the tone of the hearing I think the DRO just wants to justify the rating he will give you to cover his butt. I had a DRO Hearing for an AO presumptive claim, and it took two months for them to send me the letter of approval, but I knew it was coming. The DRO could have just awarded me the claim then, but they had to go through the song and dance first. It is all about their butts and not ours.

[Hoppy]

Rich,

Sorry I missed this post. The left side of my brain thought the right side had read it when in fact neither side read it and it got missed.

“as for my stressor it was all a big misunderstanding the had 2 people working my claim and there was a mix up and my stressor or my commanders letter got missed”

It got missed because Fred thought Barney read it and Barney thought Fred read it. The Big problem is that Wilma the supervisor told them that they were both supposed to read it because the guys who run the brick yard came under fire in the old days when they only had a single individual working claims and the one man teams were accused of purposely undermining claims.

We do know that Fred and Barney are totally incompetent or already conspired to undermine the claim from what they put in the decision about your mental health exam.

If they had two guys write the response in your denial then they should be separated and deposed to see which one should be put in jail. They would probably be so dumb that they would roll over on each or maybe both belong in Jail.

When they stated that you were given a mental health evaluation and that this evaluation determined that you did not have PTSD at least one of them should know that this was a misrepresentation of a material fact. The exam was not intended to make a diagnosis of PTSD. Their decision should have stated that you were not evaluated for PTSD. Not reading a report is one thing. However, stating in a letter to a claimant that you have evidence that does not exist can get a person in big trouble with the court if this was a private insurance carrier. In your case they advanced a determination of evidence that did not exist. Thus, their statement is misleading. Making false or misleading statements can be prosecuted as insurance carrier fraud if they were in a civil court system.

The fact that when you were at the DRO hearing that they did not explain to you what disciplinary action will be taken makes me think that no disciplinary action will be taken. In an insurance carrier made similar mistakes I guarantee you sanctions and disciplinary actions would have resulted and you would know about them when you walked out of the court room.

They should hold these guys pay checks for a year. After all they sent you home without pay for a year. The reason the courts have sanctions and disciplinary action is because without disciplinary actions these little problems get even worse.

[Chuck75]

Yes, after written request delivered in person to my local SSA office. Take a copy of the request, and have it date stamped. You will likely need to fill out one of the fromal request forms. I filed an appeal as to effective date with SSA, and used the documents on the CD to substantiate the request. SSA did assign an earlier date, and I ended up getting a 25+ K retro check. Dealing with SSA seemed like a cakewalk compared to fighting with the VA.

The records were delivered to me on a CD. Each page was scanned into a Tiff file or in other commonly readable formats. A multipage tiff file reader is needed for some documents. Some Office versions include such a reader, or you can use a freeware reader.

"Has anyone here ever been able to get their SSA records directly from the SSA?"

So far, the VA has not mentioned the SSA records or determinations in any denials. The CD shows that SSA sent records to them. Some say that the VA RO's make a stronger attempt to deny when they know that a veteran is collecting SSDI.

Yoggie-it is just great to see that you are in pretty high spirits at this point.

The SSA award and records- does the VA have this all yet?

"he wants the SSD paper work before he makes his final decision"

Have you signed an authorization form yet for VA to get these records?

Has anyone here ever been able to get their SSA records directly from the SSA?

My husband signed VA authorization forms in 1993 (SSA for PTSD) and sent the form to VA.

VA said SSA refused to release them-it wasnt true-they didnt get these critical records until I raised hell- they finally got them in 1997.

[yoggie2]

This is a very good way of putting it,lol it must have been why they handed me my stressor when I walked in and I did a ton of work to prove. This was a chop job that they thought they'd never see again. I really am starting to believe John999 has it right they belly'd up to fast on the stressor to shake loose of this mess they made for me and got caught up in and they will rate the claim now they have the SSD award letter. As for anyone getting in any trouble? I think they were doing there job Fred and Barny but got lazy and very sloppy smashing rocks (claims) and felt they were trying for there personal best to see if anything can fly or stick but your post says it like it happen. I can honestly say I don't think they are in any fear of loosing there jobs, smashing rocks is what they do.

The DRO cleaned up the mess then and there. When he saw I had educated my self, he didn't even want to touch it I mean literally gave me my stressor with out even going into as to why as I kept reading off the evidence. It was like he wanted to move on to something else fast......yog