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Hi i just want to state va will not let you get a lawyer before it goes to bva WRONG YOU CAN NOT HIRE A LAWYER FOR YOURSELF BUT someone can hire a lawyer for you they and you must sign a statment you are not paying them anything so you can have a lawyer from the first day you file a claim ELIZABETH :(

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My point exactly Berta... Liz just does not realize how many Lawyers I have contacted over the last twenty years trying to fight my case. Also, as a poor black man I never stood a chance anyway. I had to finally buckle down and do the work myself but first I had to find a VA doctor willing to help me take that next step. I thank my lucky stars for meeting that person working for the VA because I'd be in the same boat and pain that I was in for so many years with nothing to show for it.
I state va will NOT let you get a lawyer by va law . but i have showed you how a person can get a lawyer and va can do nothing about it .I will repeat it again your brother goes to a lawyer he hires the lawyer he signs a statment stating he is paying the lawyer out of his own pocket.you sign a statment that you are no paying your brother anything for him to do this for you it what you would have done is legal .IT just going through a loophole any thing can be shot full of holes IT done every day ELIZABETH :mellow:
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breta. why you reply 3 times on the same topic check flordia viking quite maybe you;ll be able to understand what this topic is all about as for mr lenord you have his number i gave it to you ; mr lenord is in NORTH CAROLINA i don;t now how you laned in the mid west besides you don;t make much sence giving us a run down of the wrong lawyer in the mid west who cares whet he does get all the facts and right person before you answer the topic ; I see you are very good at what you have done with you own case and the other case you helped as well ;I rate you100% for suing the va all by yourself thank you for intrest to my topic we need people like you ELIZABETH

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Elizabeth, Since you are not the veteran, you can hire an attorney to represent your husband/veteran; hOWEVER, the attorney must be willing to work for free or for $10.00 total! Good luck! PLEASE let us know if you find attorney's willing to represent vets at the RO level! ~Wings

USAF 1980-1986, 70% SC PTSD, 100% TDIU (P&T)

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Sure, the lawyers did such a good job cleaning up the Social Security claims and state and federal asbestosis and mesothelioma litigation backlogs, I'm sure thay can do the same for VA! Get real!

I hope they do let lawyers in. I'd go into business for myself as a consultant and make a shitload of money!

If vets could hire lawyers from day one I bet this backlog and horrible mess of a VA system could be turned around in a hurry. If it was like SSA there would be lawyers advertising on TV for veteran claims. Not paying interest on wrongly denied claims is a moral crime. If the VA just had to pay interest on back pay that would make a difference. As it is there is no incentive for the VA to not deny claims forever. Also, having the claim die with the veterans is BS. The spouse is left to try and get DIC on a wrongly denied or delayed claim. What a crime.

Sure, the lawyers did such a good job cleaning up the Social Security claims and state and federal asbestosis and mesothelioma litigation backlogs, I'm sure thay can do the same for VA! Get real!

I hope they do let lawyers in. I'd go into business for myself as a consultant and make a shitload of money!

If vets could hire lawyers from day one I bet this backlog and horrible mess of a VA system could be turned around in a hurry. If it was like SSA there would be lawyers advertising on TV for veteran claims. Not paying interest on wrongly denied claims is a moral crime. If the VA just had to pay interest on back pay that would make a difference. As it is there is no incentive for the VA to not deny claims forever. Also, having the claim die with the veterans is BS. The spouse is left to try and get DIC on a wrongly denied or delayed claim. What a crime.

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Where did I admit anything? VA is a huge bureaucracy with a claims backlog that will probably hit 1 million by 2009 and fewer bodies and less money to process them now than 5 years ago. VBA is too dysfunctional to pull of any conspiracies targeting veterans. Except you, of course.

Dear Jon

The fact that you could make a shit load of money as an consultant is an admission by you that you know the VA is wrongfully denying and delaying claims. I personally wish you could become a millionar at the VA level helping vets get there money. I would pay you.

Terry Higgins

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