Man Claims Va Stalling Is Deliberate

[broncovet]

Here is the story, pretty much an editorial, but he seems to have hit it about right:

http://www.trib.com/news/opinion/mailbag/a...57d75e20a2.html

[Pete53]

The man is correct.

[carlie]

Watch 60 minutes - Sunday evening - Jan 3, 2010.

carlie

[jbasser]

What did Foxworthy say "If it takes you an Hour and a Half to watch 60 minutes, you might be a ???"

Going to be a great show as the public will hear what a lot of us have personally witnessed.

J

[Berta]

I think in some cases it is,in fact, deliberate.

I received a letter from the General COunsel recently-they had acted on my complaint as to the way the VARO was stalling on my AO retro.

As well as stalling on payment of an FTCA offset in 1997 against my DIC - that has been rendered moot by my recent AO death award.

I complained as well to other entities at VA too and contacted NVLSP.

The OGC contacted the VARO right away and significant action has occurred on my claim-which was awarded in April but nothing was done about the AO retro or the FTCA offset.

The OGC rattled off (per a letter I got the other day from General COunsel-to the VA the very same regulations I did numerous times for the past 8 months-evfen in letters and fax to their director- all which was ignored-

after I asked them to CUE their decision -I got another award letter but still no rating,no SMC statement and and no statement as to the retro DIC under Nehmer and the offset-

However the VARO has taken considerable action since hearing from the OGC.

As I said to one of the lawyers I spoke to at OGC this is Bull S--T plain and simple- I dont mince words and I told them it is unconscionable for any Nehmer Class Action member to have to go through this crap.

I posted recently some info as to where a 4138 can be filed in DC if VA has failed to make retro active payments under a AO award if the circumstances warrant an EED determined by Nehmer.

(That EED could be the date of any past claim for same AO condition that was denied in the past as well as certain DIC claims-date of death of veteran as EED)

However I expect that info MIGHT change after the new regs are formally in 38 CFR.

I made quite a stink about my situation in VACO too- if it is deliberate on these AO retro claims-to ignore the provisions of the Nehmer Class Action lawsuit----as the VA historically did in the past- it better stop!