Recieved A Decision On My Initial Claim Today

[TANKERJOE0]

HELLO EVERYONE,I RECIEVED A DECISION ON MY INITIAL CLAIM TODAY.

I AM DISSAPPOINTED WITH THE DECISION AND AM IN NEED OF HELP ON WHAT MY NEXT STEPS ARE AS FAR AS AN APPEAL??

IM NOT SURE WHAT TO POST OR TELL SO EVERYONE CAN BE FAMILIAR WITH MY CLAIM??

ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANKS SO MUCH

TANKERJOE0

[broncovet]

Carlie

Ok, yes it was meant as a joke, however, many Vets who have had the RO shred their evidence are not laffing. But..after submitting your evidence 5 or 6 times..like I have..DRASTIC ACTION IS REQUIRED....and submitting stuff to the Cleveland RO is a JOKE....you may as well shred the stuff yourself. I have lost all confidence in the Cleveland RO. This is no joke.

READ THIS:

http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfdec08/nf120408-1.htm

The 55 Documents confirmed shredded by the VAOIG in Cleveland is JUST ONE DAY.

Insurance companies say that each "ticket" by a police officer represents 1000 violations. That is, you only get caught speeding about one time in a thousand, on average. If you applied this, then the RO shredded about 55000 claims JUST IN CLEVELAND, which is probably about accurate.

As Berta has pointed out, NY RO is also VERY VERY bad at shredding evidence.

[carlie]

bronco,

Shredding = VA term Spoliation is old news.

The hearing is March3.

carlie

[TANKERJOE0]

thanks to everyone for there vast knowledge and experience with the va system.

i would be lost without you all.

i also feel as if i have a support umbrella in case i have bad days which i have alot of.

thanks again for everything

tankerjoe0

[poolguy11550]

I agree with rentalguy. The DRO hearing is the best move in this case.

Tankerjoe- You have some claims that not specific conditions. Are you claiming these as maybe GWS? If not, you may be better served to obtain a specific diagnoses. If I remember right, the bilateral arm and leg pain.

[Berta]

Cleveland VARO employees even filed a greivance against their bosses because they were pressured into denying claims rather then take the time to actually work on them.

I still dont have permission to post the source for this info-but I think this fact will come out at the March 3rd hearings in DC.

I agree with poolgut that these other conditions are not specific enough as to exact diagnosis and they would all require a service nexus.

[Berta]

Tankerjoe- I saw your PM but I dont give out my email addy.

I cannot accept lots of paperwork on claims.

I only am at the public forum here.

Someone here will be glad to help you off the board. Many PMs and email addys are open.

I think you should try to organize your evidence and medical records, and your SMRS, and try to obtain an Independent Medical Opinion and be able to prove a link (nexus) between the conditions you listed and your service.

The decision contained VA's exact reasons for denial.

This is what you need to overcome by medical evidence.