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"It is cold and we have no blankets.

The little children are freezing to death.

My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death.

I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find.

Maybe I shall find them among the dead.

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Chief Joseph

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Kind of reminds me about the soldier who went to Boot and they ran out of M1's and bayonets.He asked" what am I supposed to do, go ang bang and stab stab"?.They DI said "yes".

He gets to the battlefield and comes up against a German soldier, He points his finger and says Bang, bang, stab, stab,. The German fall over dead.

He did this acouple of hundred times with the same results.

One day he saw a German soldier on the top of a hill overlooking the battle. He ran up the hill and screamed bang bang, stab stab. Nothing happened.

He inched closer to the German and he heard the german say " Panzer,Panzer.

J

A Veteran is a person who served this country. Treat them with respect.

A Disabled Veteran is a person who served this country and bears the scars of that service regardless of when or where they served.

Treat them with the upmost respect. I do. Rejection is not a sign of failure. Failure is not an option, Medical opinions and evidence wins claims. Trust in others is a virtue but you take the T out of Trust and you are left with Rust so be wise about who you are dealing with.

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Like I said before, I learned I could not trust 'em....

"Do one thing every day that scares you." Eleanor Roosevelt

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Hey Larry, I am slow but not that slow. My medication messes with my concentration but not to the point that I would sign that form. It's like shooting yourself in the foot and then say, nope that don't hurt and then walk away bleeding to death. Do they really think veterans are that stupid? OK, I am stupid but not that stupid.

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My intentions are to help, my advice maybe wrong, be your own advocate and know what is in your C-File and the 38 CFR that governs your disabilities and conditions.

Do your own homework. No one knows the veteran’s symptoms like the veteran. Never Give Up.

I do not give my consent for anyone to view my personal VA records.

 

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I don't know but I think if I was just separated and had ALL of my records,

etc... I would probably submit the claim with my copies and sign the

Certification of Fully Developed Claim as everything was there.

If you've recently been separated and have all of your medical evidence

that would get the claim and issues granted then no C&P should be needed.

Now of course any evidence produced AFTER the date you sign the

Certification of Fully Developed Claim would be considered as fair game

to be included in further adjudication.

But in a case like above you'd think the issues would have been addressed by

the BDD, MEB or PEB programs.

jmho,

carlie

Carlie passed away in November 2015 she is missed.

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I signed that Form when I took my last C&P almost a year ago. I got a quick approval and a retro check for 3 months. My appeal for an earlier effective date is going much slower.

I would sign tyhat form and send it if the VA was sitting on the claim and I was convinced that they hjad all the info that was needed but I would want to be very sure I had my ducks lined up.

Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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For well over a year the VA said I needed to send them evidence, but never would say what kind.

Having MS, TBI, Bipolar & so messed up on the medications I could barely spell my name, it was near imposible to work my claim for some time.

The VA hopes a vet so messed up will only have NSO's who could care less.

I wish I had some of the SO's that come to hadit working my claim when I first filed in 1975. When your SO requested a copy of your records back then, it wasn't likely you or them would ever hear anything more about it.

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