Looking For A Responsive Rep

[HPSE-7]

Please forgive me if this is in the wrong forum.

I am trying to find a responsive representative in the Nashville/Spring Hill, TN area. I have recently sent in a NOD, and can not get the American Legion Rep to contact me back. Three emails and six unanswered voicemails later over the course of the last month is enough for me to realize I am not going to get any help from them.

So, if anyone can point me in the direction of someone they trust in my area I would greatly appreciate it.

[Pete53]

You don't have to limit yourself geographically. Any accredited VSO can represent you anywhere.

[john999]

Get yourself a lawyer. You will never find a really expert VSO. They are as rare as hen's teeth.

[Berta]

In the long run you might find you are going to be the best rep you ever will have.

In the NOD you filed did you attack, line by line, the SOC to point out to them anything they stated that was wrong?

Did you make sure the evidence list contained all the evidence you sent to them?

Even if they listed it ,did they refer to your evidence in the SOC narrative?

Did you base the NOD on having your own copy of the C & P exam?

VA almost had me believing their manipulation of a C & P doctor's statements over a decade ago until I compared the SOC to the actual C & P.Although the VA manipulation only involved one sentence,they denied and then awarded anyhow when I sent them the actual C & P and reminded them they again had failed to consider all of my medical evidence and I re sent that in again too.

[Testvet]

look in the mirror I was told by SOs from the American Legion, the PVA and VFW that I could not get my CAD and hypetension SC secondary to my PTSD the people here told me I could and how to do it as you can see I am now SC for PTSD and CAD and hypertension I did have to get a lawyer before it was over to handle the case at BVA I have this habit of mixing emotion with facts and the VA could care less about emotion going with the experienced vet lawyer was the smartest move I ever made

SOs get paid if they win lose or don't do anything they still have a roof over their heads, they go on vacations, heck most of them go to the national conventions on some one else's dime they all drive nice cars and eat well I have never met one that would call me back or even give me an e mail address for that matter yes the lawyer will get 20% of your back pay but getting 80% of an award is better than keeping 100% of nothing the lawyer does not get paid if you don't get SC so they are going to do everything they can to get you the proper award

don't get a lawyer involved until you get denied who knows you might get approved and you are not supposed to get a lawyer into it until you have been denied by the regional office but it seems like some of these "vet rep agencies" are getting vets to sign contracts on initial claims seems like they are throwing away good money because they might actually get approved on their initial claim but then again it does snow here in the south occasionally every once in awhile too :)

Like Berta said YOU are YOUR best rep you can do the same paperwork the SOs do.......