For Veteran, Overdue $96,000 'like Winning The Lotto"

[carlie]

This is an article from Feb 2008 and I am posting it

to show others - Never Give Up !

I hope this gives some inspiration to VBA Claimants.

carlie

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/5576951.html

[john999]

When you think how long some of us have been fighting with the VA there must be a thousand years of experience here at Hadit. You can get a feel for how they think at the VA, but they can still surprise you by doing something really dumb. The last decision I got could have been written in crayon.

[Vync]

When you think how long some of us have been fighting with the VA there must be a thousand years of experience here at Hadit. You can get a feel for how they think at the VA, but they can still surprise you by doing something really dumb. The last decision I got could have been written in crayon.

I agree 100%, and then some...

[Pete53]

How do you make up for the years that this Veteran and many more had to do without while the VA dawdled on a job that really should be fairly simple

[deltaj]

How do you make up for the years that this Veteran and many more had to do without while the VA dawdled on a job that really should be fairly simple

How do you make up for the years of poverty that this veteran went through before V.A. acknowledged this error? I can relate to this story because in 1992 my husband had possession of his house back from a court following a divorce and was supposed to be fixing the house so it could be sold under court order and V.A. denied his claim for increase beyond 70%. In 1990 he was granted 100% for one month and reduced to 30%. There had been an earlier denial in 1971. After the 1992 denial my husband and I could not afford to buy his ex wife out to own his house 100%. We had to empty the house of all sorts of junk accumulated during their marriage. There was a ratty old couch and trash in the yard left by others. We spent months working really hard to empty out the house and move some possessions in to storage. My health deteriorated. I required a radio catheter ablation, had open heart surgery, developed blood clots in my right leg, and spent 33 straight days in 3 different hospitals. We both would have been bankrupt had I not belonged to Kaiser Permanente. (Now you know why I volunteer at hadit and why I have such a deep seated dislike of V.A. despite the fact my husband is rated 100%.) Recently I discovered that the 1971 and 1992 denials should not have taken place because VARO received service medical records in 1965 after my husband's 1966 V.A. rating exam. How did these jerks ever determine the 1965 claim was abandoned when service medical records were received after the 1966 rating examination?

Edited February 18, 2010 by deltaj