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Caluza Triangle defines what is necessary for service connection
Tbird posted a record in VA Claims and Benefits Information,
Caluza Triangle – Caluza vs Brown defined what is necessary for service connection. See COVA– CALUZA V. BROWN–TOTAL RECALL
This has to be MEDICALLY Documented in your records:
Current Diagnosis. (No diagnosis, no Service Connection.)
In-Service Event or Aggravation.
Nexus (link- cause and effect- connection) or Doctor’s Statement close to: “The Veteran’s (current diagnosis) is at least as likely due to x Event in military service”-
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Do the sct codes help or hurt my disability ratingPicked By
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Post in Chevron Deference overruled by Supreme Court
broncovet posted a post in a topic,
VA has gotten away with (mis) interpreting their ambigious, , vague regulations, then enforcing them willy nilly never in Veterans favor.
They justify all this to congress by calling themselves a "pro claimant Veteran friendly organization" who grants the benefit of the doubt to Veterans.
This is not true,
Proof:
About 80-90 percent of Veterans are initially denied by VA, pushing us into a massive backlog of appeals, or worse, sending impoverished Veterans "to the homeless streets" because when they cant work, they can not keep their home. I was one of those Veterans who they denied for a bogus reason: "Its been too long since military service". This is bogus because its not one of the criteria for service connection, but simply made up by VA. And, I was a homeless Vet, albeit a short time, mostly due to the kindness of strangers and friends.
Hadit would not be necessary if, indeed, VA gave Veterans the benefit of the doubt, and processed our claims efficiently and paid us promptly. The VA is broken.
A huge percentage (nearly 100 percent) of Veterans who do get 100 percent, do so only after lengthy appeals. I have answered questions for thousands of Veterans, and can only name ONE person who got their benefits correct on the first Regional Office decision. All of the rest of us pretty much had lengthy frustrating appeals, mostly having to appeal multiple multiple times like I did.
I wish I know how VA gets away with lying to congress about how "VA is a claimant friendly system, where the Veteran is given the benefit of the doubt". Then how come so many Veterans are homeless, and how come 22 Veterans take their life each day? Va likes to blame the Veterans, not their system.Picked By
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Post in Re-embursement for non VA Medical care.
broncovet posted an answer to a question,
Welcome to hadit!
There are certain rules about community care reimbursement, and I have no idea if you met them or not. Try reading this:
https://www.va.gov/resources/getting-emergency-care-at-non-va-facilities/
However, (and I have no idea of knowing whether or not you would likely succeed) Im unsure of why you seem to be so adamant against getting an increase in disability compensation.
When I buy stuff, say at Kroger, or pay bills, I have never had anyone say, "Wait! Is this money from disability compensation, or did you earn it working at a regular job?" Not once. Thus, if you did get an increase, likely you would have no trouble paying this with the increase compensation.
However, there are many false rumors out there that suggest if you apply for an increase, the VA will reduce your benefits instead.
That rumor is false but I do hear people tell Veterans that a lot. There are strict rules VA has to reduce you and, NOT ONE of those rules have anything to do with applying for an increase.
Yes, the VA can reduce your benefits, but generally only when your condition has "actually improved" under ordinary conditions of life.
Unless you contacted the VA within 72 hours of your medical treatment, you may not be eligible for reimbursement, or at least that is how I read the link, I posted above. Here are SOME of the rules the VA must comply with in order to reduce your compensation benefits:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/3.344
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Post in What is the DIC timeline?
broncovet posted an answer to a question,
Good question.
Maybe I can clear it up.
The spouse is eligible for DIC if you die of a SC condition OR any condition if you are P and T for 10 years or more. (my paraphrase).
More here:
Source:
https://www.va.gov/disability/dependency-indemnity-compensation/
NOTE: TO PROVE CAUSE OF DEATH WILL LIKELY REQUIRE AN AUTOPSY. This means if you die of a SC condtion, your spouse would need to do an autopsy to prove cause of death to be from a SC condtiond. If you were P and T for 10 full years, then the cause of death may not matter so much.Picked By
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Subject: [VeteranIssues] Colorado Veteran's Alliance Disbanded, Founder a FraudDate: May 20, 2009 6:44 AM
o www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30768735
http://www.gazette.com/articles/veterans-5...p-colorado.html
Ex-Nevadan ousted; allegedly posing as ex-Marine
By ALYSIA PATTERSON
(Published May 15, 2009)
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/566274.html
DENVER — A Colorado-based veterans organization has voted to disband after members accused its founder - a former Nevada man - of fabricating an identity as a former Marine captain who served three tours in Iraq and was at the Pentagon on 9/11.
Richard Glen Strandlof, 32, who used the name Rick Duncan, founded the Colorado Veterans Alliance in Colorado Springs about two years ago. Major Carl Redding, spokesman for the U.S. Marines, said there is no record of Richard Glen Strandlof or Rick Duncan serving in the Marines.
The accusations were first reported by The Gazette of Colorado Springs.
Strandlof's grandfather, Richard Kenneth Strandlof of Dayton, Mont., also said his grandson never served in the military.
Alliance Spokesman Dan Warvi said, "We feel his actions permanently damaged the reputation of Colorado Veterans Alliance to the point that no future efforts can go forward."
Police arrested Strandlof Tuesday night on an outstanding traffic warrant from El Paso County. He is in custody at Denver City Jail on $1,000 bond.
David Walsh, a member of the alliance, told the Denver Post the group found evidence that Strandlof was a patient in a mental hospital in Washoe County, Nev., at the time of the roadside bombing in Fallujah, Iraq, that he claimed left him severely wounded.
The group contacted the FBI field office in Denver, which began investigating in early May and arrested Strandlof on Tuesday night in downtown Denver on a traffic warrant originating in El Paso County.
According to Walsh, federal authorities are looking into fundraising by Strandlof conducted under his real name in Nevada. He purportedly raised $25,000 during a New Year's Eve event near Reno on Dec. 31, 2006.
Strandlof declined an Associated Press request for an interview made through the Denver sheriff's office.
Strandlof was quoted as Duncan - a wounded veteran and advocate - by numerous news media organizations, including The Associated Press, and was featured in a commercial sponsored by a veterans' group on behalf of Sen. Mark Udall, a Democrat from Colorado.
"It's sad to see someone take advantage of veterans and their causes. It's not right," Udall spokeswoman Tara Trujillo said. "Our bigger concern is that his actions should in no way reflect on the credibility of real veterans and the important issues they work on."
Strandlof also brought attention to the plight of homeless veterans in Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs city council member Jerry Heimlicher said, "He acted as a spokesperson and was responsible for good things happening for the homeless veterans."
Strandlof lived with his grandparents in Montana as a teenager.
"He could have been really brilliant. I think he was a child prodigy," the elder Strandlof said, adding that Rick would use the Internet to create aliases and fake identities. "It was amazing the stuff he would come up with - that he had a Ph.D. from Europe. And people would believe him!"
"Keep on, Keepin' on"
Dan Cedusky, Champaign IL "Colonel Dan"
See my web site at:
http://www.angelfire.com/il2/VeteranIssues/
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