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[gp747]

i fought since the early 70's for my service connected disability. for thirty years i did not know anything about the process and i trusted the va to do the right thing. i was really stupid and screwed up mentally big time.

i applied several times through the years and was living under bridges a lot of the time . so i did not have the means to stay on top of things. i was not a drug addict,i did have problems with alcohol.

finally after settling down thanks to my wonderful wife who pulled me off the street and got me to quit drinking i decided to get serious about my claim and i had the evidence .

they were just shoving me under the rug thinking i would go away. so i fought hard for around ten years and got lowballed at 30%. i raised hell asked for an increase and they immediately gave me 50%.

now right there i got screwed,because if they would have given me the 50% to start with i would have hhad that back pay back to 2002.

i guess i should be satisfied with what i have ,but i cant understand why when i applied back in the 70's and the 80's why i was not paid back until then.

AND BY GOD IT IS STICKING IN MY CRAW !!!!

[Pete53]

Not only do you have to file a NOD you have to complete and send a Form 9 in under 1 year No Form 9 and no appeal unless you can prove it should have been inferred

There was a movie I like in the 60;s called a Guide for the Married Man and in it was a scene that should have been written for the VA. The wofe comes home and caught the husband ion bed with another woman and while she is screaming at him he gets up and the other woman dress and she leaves all the while the wife is screaming and when the other woman is gone he asks the wife what she was screaming at and she walks off shaking her head.

The VA does the same thing

[gp747]

ok i just filed a nod just stating i disagreed with their decision will they send me a form 9?

[carlie]

ok i just filed a nod just stating i disagreed with their decision will they send me a form 9?

http://www.va.gov/vaforms/va/pdf/VA9.pdf

[gp747]

http://www.va.gov/vaforms/va/pdf/VA9.pdf

ok sent two nod's in to make sure downloaded a form 9 filled it out and sent it in .

I AM GOING TO SLEEP!

[carlie]

ok sent two nod's in to make sure downloaded a form 9 filled it out and sent it in .

I AM GOING TO SLEEP!

OK skunk,

At this point in the game your going to have to pay closer attention to these timeframes

a little better - or I'm going to pay you a visit and stink you up even more - lol.

Glad you got r done :)

carlie

[broncovet]

Well this is the first time I filed for an EED, but I really dont see how another C and P exam would have anything to do with it..you are appealing the date of your award, and your rating is already established. I think Cowgirl said she won an EED, maybe she could answer from actual experience...just because it makes sense to us, does not mean it makes sense to the VA..

Oh, yea..you will probably have an agonizing wait..I am guessing it will be at least 2 years..maybe more, because I doubt that a DRO will stick his neck out and award benefits back to 1987..thats about 22 years and a potential for a 6 figure retro, and you will almost certainly have to go to the BVA, at a minimum, for that. JMHO. The VA is not in the habit of handing out a hundred grand easily ...well, that is, unless you are a VA employee who has screwed up and is requesting a bonus, especially if you are sleeping with the IT manager....then they hand out big bonuses easily.

If you havent already read about this it is here:

http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfaug09/nf082109-2.htm