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Caluza Triangle defines what is necessary for service connection
Tbird posted a record in VA Claims and Benefits Information,
Caluza Triangle – Caluza vs Brown defined what is necessary for service connection. See COVA– CALUZA V. BROWN–TOTAL RECALL
This has to be MEDICALLY Documented in your records:
Current Diagnosis. (No diagnosis, no Service Connection.)
In-Service Event or Aggravation.
Nexus (link- cause and effect- connection) or Doctor’s Statement close to: “The Veteran’s (current diagnosis) is at least as likely due to x Event in military service”-
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Post in ICD Codes and SCT CODES?WHAT THEY MEAN?
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Do the sct codes help or hurt my disability rating
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Post in Chevron Deference overruled by Supreme Court
broncovet posted a post in a topic,
VA has gotten away with (mis) interpreting their ambigious, , vague regulations, then enforcing them willy nilly never in Veterans favor.
They justify all this to congress by calling themselves a "pro claimant Veteran friendly organization" who grants the benefit of the doubt to Veterans.
This is not true,
Proof:
About 80-90 percent of Veterans are initially denied by VA, pushing us into a massive backlog of appeals, or worse, sending impoverished Veterans "to the homeless streets" because when they cant work, they can not keep their home. I was one of those Veterans who they denied for a bogus reason: "Its been too long since military service". This is bogus because its not one of the criteria for service connection, but simply made up by VA. And, I was a homeless Vet, albeit a short time, mostly due to the kindness of strangers and friends.
Hadit would not be necessary if, indeed, VA gave Veterans the benefit of the doubt, and processed our claims efficiently and paid us promptly. The VA is broken.
A huge percentage (nearly 100 percent) of Veterans who do get 100 percent, do so only after lengthy appeals. I have answered questions for thousands of Veterans, and can only name ONE person who got their benefits correct on the first Regional Office decision. All of the rest of us pretty much had lengthy frustrating appeals, mostly having to appeal multiple multiple times like I did.
I wish I know how VA gets away with lying to congress about how "VA is a claimant friendly system, where the Veteran is given the benefit of the doubt". Then how come so many Veterans are homeless, and how come 22 Veterans take their life each day? Va likes to blame the Veterans, not their system.
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Post in Re-embursement for non VA Medical care.
broncovet posted an answer to a question,
Welcome to hadit!
There are certain rules about community care reimbursement, and I have no idea if you met them or not. Try reading this:
https://www.va.gov/resources/getting-emergency-care-at-non-va-facilities/
However, (and I have no idea of knowing whether or not you would likely succeed) Im unsure of why you seem to be so adamant against getting an increase in disability compensation.
When I buy stuff, say at Kroger, or pay bills, I have never had anyone say, "Wait! Is this money from disability compensation, or did you earn it working at a regular job?" Not once. Thus, if you did get an increase, likely you would have no trouble paying this with the increase compensation.
However, there are many false rumors out there that suggest if you apply for an increase, the VA will reduce your benefits instead.
That rumor is false but I do hear people tell Veterans that a lot. There are strict rules VA has to reduce you and, NOT ONE of those rules have anything to do with applying for an increase.
Yes, the VA can reduce your benefits, but generally only when your condition has "actually improved" under ordinary conditions of life.
Unless you contacted the VA within 72 hours of your medical treatment, you may not be eligible for reimbursement, or at least that is how I read the link, I posted above. Here are SOME of the rules the VA must comply with in order to reduce your compensation benefits:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/3.344
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Post in What is the DIC timeline?
broncovet posted an answer to a question,
Good question.
Maybe I can clear it up.
The spouse is eligible for DIC if you die of a SC condition OR any condition if you are P and T for 10 years or more. (my paraphrase).
More here:
Source:
https://www.va.gov/disability/dependency-indemnity-compensation/
NOTE: TO PROVE CAUSE OF DEATH WILL LIKELY REQUIRE AN AUTOPSY. This means if you die of a SC condtion, your spouse would need to do an autopsy to prove cause of death to be from a SC condtiond. If you were P and T for 10 full years, then the cause of death may not matter so much.
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I am currently SC at 100% P&T for PTSD, 60% CAD and 10% for hypertension, in June my PCP put me on oxygen this was shortly after a massive heart attack in April, I then spent from 10 June - 28 June in ICU for Congestive Heart failure, my wife got my PCP to get us a light weight wheel chair that she could handle me easier than fighting with the huge power chair they issued me back in Sep 2003.
Should I file for the Biventricular pacemaker/defib that was put in on Wed due to my ejection fraction of being 10%, they are hoping it will increase my ejection fraction over the next few months, since my wife basically does everything for me, meds, driving, showering should I file for A&A? The doors to the bathrooms need to be widened for the wheel chairs which program covers that? I can't walk more than 50 feet any longer the docs can't or won't give me a time frame just that I am "end stage congestive heart failure" any ideas will be appreciated, so I can point my wife in the right directions.
The night they did it Wed I was in quite a bit of pain my wife told them the percocet wasn't touching this pain, the nurse came in with demorol it wasn't but a few seconds later I was totally loopy and talking all kinds of BS Dori, my brother and the nurse were all cracking up, I slept like a baby. The rep from Medtronic came by about 8 and waved a device over my chest and down loaded the data it has collected since the insertion just to see that it was firing on all cylinders, they told me that they did not do the big test where they stop your heart to see if the defib works right or not but that the pacemaker function was doing it right but stopping my heart and hoping it would restart just didn't make a lot of sense to anyone, works for me with my luck it wouldn't have restarted.
My wife said the doctor told her I can't swim or take a bath to get the incision soaking wet and not to over use my left arm for the next few weeks 2-3 so the leads will have a chance to start having tissue grow around them to hold them in place. Now I can't even carry in the bread lol life is rough and I have a wife that I don't deserve she treats me so well and I know I am a pain in the azz
Hopefully now with this new gizmo I will be able to offer my 2 cents here for years to come a few months ago I wouldn't have bet any amount of money I would live to Xmas, now I am wiling to make that bet
100% SC P&T PTSD 100% CAD 10% Hypertension and A&A = SMC L, SSD
a disabled American veteran certified lol
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