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You All Aint Going To Believe This........

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yoggie2

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Well as some here know I'm a awaiting a decision on my claim and a member I keep in contact with suggested I check on it and have my VSO check in on my claim too and see where there at with it...Well, I called my SO(VFW)a week ago and he said he'd get back with me so I called yesterday to see what was going on and this is what he dropped on me ... "well since you missed your C&P's there going a head and going to rate your claim as is, I did know you missed them (MY C&P's)?.."

This is where I freaked out on this guy (not his fault) I went to BOTH C&P'S!!!!! they are full of SH*T they are trying to skip my C&P's because they are both fully in my favor like you would not believe this is nothing more than a trick to drag my claim out another 2 years this is plane BS period. They VARO tried to screw me and got screwed and this is there way of "accidentally screwing up my claim." Then in 2 years I’ll need more C&P’s because mine are out dated. I faxed him (MY VSO the "VFW") my C&P’s to give to them that they suggested I missed and did not show up for..

This is a fine example yall, if you do not keep up with your claim “YOUR SELF” you can be screwed as easy as that! I was able to obtain a copy of my "PHSYC PTSD" exam and the only way you can get it is by request only! I requested it over 2 weeks ago and still did not receive it. How ever I was able to obtain a copy 2 weeks ago along with my "Nero Exam" and now they know I have it after yesterday and I am not suppose to so they tried to pass it off as I did not attend the exam, brother you can not relax for 1 minute you have to ride this sucker to the end and watch the VARO all the way to the end as well. My VSO called me back and the VARO wanted to thank me for the copies of the exams and they are going to rate part of my claim and send the rest back to the DRO officer, what a great bunch and very helpful that Indy VARO..Brother you go to sleep on them and you are screwed for sure.. Yog

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GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR.

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good catch Rich! I love it when we can shove their own evidence down their throats!

Now, when you finally win this claim, I want you to use your retro money to MOVE SOUTH!!!! LOL

I hear the Nashville, TN VARO takes pretty decent care of their vets. ;)

Thats the plan if I can manage the Indy RO from trying to screw me. When I wrap it up I'm there!! Rich

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WOW! That's the first time I ever heard of something like this.

GOOD LUCK!

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I was shocked really, I did think they had any thing more they could do to me. Yes Hoppy your correct they were just going to go over they same ol'crap but write it up as I bailed on them on the C&P's can you believe that, now that takes some big cahonies. Folk the lesson here is you stay in control of your claim! you don't take a break just because you have 2 or more killer c&p's they are still hard at work trying to preserve those bonuses even when it appears you got them follow through and watch your claim till its finished even mistakes do happen however I don't feel that my problem but they do happen, they know me there by name and some by face this was no accident. This is why we say and preach about being proactive in your claim...Yog
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So is the was the OIG investigates complaints mostly just to ask the Regional Office to provide an explaination (but not really investigate it themselves?)

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Where do you appeal when the regionla office ignores your NOD even after writing the VAOIG about it and the head of the regional office iginores it also? And the VAOIG turns the investigation over tot he regional office and never even akss for proof. And leaves the investigatino wiht the regional office which still does nothing.
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Good Save, Yog! Proud of ya.

I got a Call from my VSO after the VARO got my new C&P's and they wanted to thank me for bring it to there attention so now there going to let the rater rate only my foot instead of the entire claim since I in fact did show up for the C&P's and send it back to DRO when "she" is done rating my foot...Rich

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yoggi,

Did you ever get your SSD payment?

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Oh yeah, that faded away some time ago back pay and all and man what a trip that was but yeah SSD bellied up 3 or 4 weeks ago... Rich

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