tdiu I Took The Offer

[halos2]

VSO called within the last 2 hrs and DRO offered 100% IU PT Chapter 35 no future exams if I would drop all of my other claims. Thought about it, talked about it to my good friend Larryj, and to my daughter, and I settled for it today.

If not I was looking forward to 6+ new C&P exams...realizing 1 claim went back to 04, another 05, 2 more 07, and BVA remanded one , and knowing how dirty they have treated me, I asked the eight ball and rolled the dice and got "outlook looks favorable" so I decided I didn't want to risk them taking away what I already had, and took the 100% PT.

I am having second thoughts, but one never knows...it has been consuming me and engulfing me in its grip for all these years...and as we all know with them denying me/declaring me deceased/severing me/low balling me/remanding me...My great advisors said "Follow the yellow brick road to the bank now!"

So I just called my VSO and told him ok as the VA would not use my older TDIU claim dates as they said I was not meeting the criteria for these using those dates but did meet the criteria as of Nov last yr.

So within the last 4 1/2 weeks I went from 50% to 60% to 70% to 100%...

Come on fellow friends tell me you would have accepted this offer.

I am such a "RIGHT" person, and a strong one I was willing to battle on, but the system is not a fair one and they could last longer and hold out longer then I could live, so I accepted the offer also suggested by my VSO.

Why don't I feel great about it now though??

[halos2]

Wings,broncovet,Cruinthe,James Breckenridge,Just PLS,babyray,johnjjr,East, and hedgey, WOW the response to this post, but more the words of hope and encouragement are the essence of true feelings, caring, and sharing. Wild isn't it how the people you work with on your claims really know nothing about you(VSO's) and yet here with our private,secluded, space we get such an outporing of support and honest opinions/suggestions/empathy/compassion from others we really know little about except one's pllight to have justice. Justice is everything to me. Getting your true justice. Guess my "obsession" with my claim/claims has possibly overruled my objectivity. The ultimate goal or capturing the golden ring has been placed at my feet, and yet I want to be acknowledged with some sort of validation from someone at the varo level, "yes we screwed with your claims and are SORRY, but go on take the money and run!! Never happen. At my age it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks...I need to live in the here and now, all the what if's won't buy me anything but grief. So it is with open arms I respect and I do VALUE each and everyone on this site and thank everyone for the support and genuiness, and learn to practice the serentity prayer...wisdom to know the difference. Forever friends,halos2.

Edited July 28, 2010 by halos2

[MikeR]

Wings,broncovet,Cruinthe,James Breckenridge,Just PLS,babyray,johnjjr,East, and hedgey, WOW the response to this post, but more the words of hope and encouragement are the essence of true feelings, caring, and sharing. Wild isn't it how the people you work with on your claims really know nothing about you(VSO's) and yet here with our private,secluded, space we get such an outporing of support and honest opinions/suggestions/empathy/compassion from others we really know little about except one's pllight to have justice. Justice is everything to me. Getting your true justice. Guess my "obsession" with my claim/claims has possibly overruled my objectivity. The ultimate goal or capturing the golden ring has been placed at my feet, and yet I want to be acknowledged with some sort of validation from someone at the varo level, "yes we screwed with your claims and are SORRY, but go on take the money and run!! Never happen. At my age it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks...I need to live in the here and now, all the what if's won't buy me anything but grief. So it is with open arms I respect and I do VALUE each and everyone on this site and thank everyone for the support and genuiness, and learn to practice the serentity prayer...wisdom to know the difference. Forever friends,halos2.

I think the claims process has the potential to take over as an obsession, and not fighting would feel odd for some.

[halos2]

I have been doing a semi side line position in helping a few other vets with their claims, guess now I will spend all of my "free time" seeing whatelse needs to be done with their claims. Also will check in here too and give my 2 cents worth. Obessions can be good or bad, but this was obviously a good one.

[Capt.]

Halos , that is so good.....I have been looking for my eight ball and cannot find it. I can't believe you have one for all those years and that it still works. I would not ever look back. You said it that your not getting any younger and the VA can fight you forever if they want to. I am so glad to hear of another victory here at Hadit, it is sweet for all of us as we that are still in the fight have encouragement with each victory as yours. Please go out an eat a big juicy ribeye steak for me , even if I can't . You worked so hard and put up with alot of VA nonsense. CONGRATS......but remember NEVER GIVE UP. C.C.

[Testvet]

CC you can eat a ribeye if you really want to cook it put it in a blender and turn it on and put it into a form you can eat it may not look like a steak but I pormise you if you don't put anything other than the steak in the blender then what comes out will TASTE like the rib eye does it may not look like it but it WILL taste like it rofl I don't have any teeth unless I put my dentures in and I have been gumming ribeyes for years without using the blender method just cut the steak into pieces small enough that your gums can crush it and don't cook it until it's well done and as tough as a tennis shoe

[john999]

I make all major decision according to the Eight Ball. For any answer you get from the Eight Ball you can build a good case for action, inaction or come back later.