Why Does It Take Sooo Long For A Decision

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I have been waiting a year for a decisions on a c&p comp.claim why so long and why do they make it sk hard. Just when I thought everything was in they ask for more paper work. I checked the e benifits page daily and it said no action needed then wham they ask for something else. I had even called and asked if it was all in and my packet complete and thy said yes and boom we news this or that. I didn't ask for anything when I served but thy ask for everything it just seems wrong.

[autumn]

Corrupt or Covert ?

honestly, i'm not sure Carlie. my vocabulary decreases with age and illness so maybe i should look up a word that better describes my experiences and thoughts?

corrupt in the sense that many times i've seen the VA minimize diagnoses and flat out ignore the medical evidence. i can only guess this is simply a money saving tactic on their part. yu see, i think that is deliberate, not a medical error. such practices i would say come from upper management/lawyers and not doctors. i can't fathom a doctor wanting to spend that much time and effort to become a doctor only to minimize veteran's medical concerns to ensure no compensation. There are lazy doctors for sure, but for the most part i think their hands are tied by upper management in DC.

one basically has to fight just to get the medical truth inserted in the records -- may be that is them being a bit covert. the adversarial posture that we veterans run up against at many VA's and RO's is downright inexcusable. and i say that, as not being small isolated cases across the board. IMHO

yet, i have no idea how to fix that system, but i always know when i get stung.

my nervous system gets a little worse every year so i very well could be way off base, yet i believe there is some truth in my experiences and many others.

[autumn]

Occupy the VA since we are treated worse than homeless and college students on break. They get headlines and we just get lines. It is congress to blame for this mess. 20% of returning OIF/OEF vets have PTSD and will probably file claims. This is what happens when you have two wars that have lasted almost ten years. We may be in Syria or Iran next so do you think the VA is ready for that? This is not just some VA employees, but a system that has failed. Vets should not be divided. All of us are being mistreated if one of us is mistreated.

>> All of us are being mistreated if one of us is mistreated.

John999 is so right.

please veterans, no division, we'll only hurt ourselves as a group if we do that. its the buddy system, young or old, male or female, we wore those uniforms and got injured and/or with hit with illness(es) while serving. we need to stick together now, now more than ever. we'll be trampled under foot otherwise.

[autumn]

Hey, Bob

Oh, I am quite sure VA cops would mace and shock and beat any vet who stepped one inch out of line at a VA facility. I have seen them do it. To get attention for vets is the problem. It seems no matter how many news stories I read or see on TV the same crap continues. I cannot solve a simple problem at the VA. I can't get my pain drugs on time. This makes me want to occupy the pain clinic.

so true. i wrote all the committees/sub-committees in DC, local head of VA, local newspapers with VA beats...as most of you have done...and what changed? a few new smiles for a few visits at local VA. just superficial band-aids. honestly, nothing else changed from my perspective, but i could be wrong.

i sent with those letters, links to many CSPAN, major cable news, major magazine stories concerning the VA and mis-treatment of veterans and their disability plights. most Senators and Congress people replied with boilerplate letters of all the work and bills they have initiated to help the veterans. you know the type. i take it most never really read my letters, just forwarded them to some unaccountable bit bucket.

i do have a darn good Congressman and his veteran staff now. that was the only way i got the correct C&P exams. and he was the 3rd i contacted in this state. i'm sure it helps he wore a uniform and served overseas.

i wouldn't advocate confrontations with VA police. for one, their training program wouldn't prepare them for peaceful protesting by veterans (IMHO) . but the Web is a very powerful tool for first line offense. bombard your local newspapers, national mags, major cable media, DoD, VA, Senate & Congress, etc. Someone, someday will take notice and hopefully see large scale changes are certainly in order. not just money and band-aids.

[autumn]

I think we should Occupy the congress hall, because nobody there!!!

you're right, i think R2D2 is there mass mailing boilerplate letters when a veteran writes them.

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you're right, i think R2D2 is there mass mailing boilerplate letters when a veteran writes them.

Now were thinking!

[stinger]

I feel your pain. My case was filed back in September 2010. One of the issues is cancer due to AO. I have sent in the evidence. They even sent a bunch back to me, asking for further evidence. However, the evidence they were asking for was included in what they returned to me. At times I feel like that was a delay tactic. I try to be patient, but it is very difficult. I have the cancer surgery in January, and I have sent proof of that, but there is no word that I will at least get the temporary 100%. I don't know where to go next. Any suggestions.......

Edited December 15, 2011 by stinger