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Last spring when I found Hadit I was abit cocky about my claim. I felt it was a No Brainer on the conclusion. Some of the folks here tried to shake me to wake up, but I stuck to my guns. I mean, I had no Hepatitis C before my colonoscopy which required a transfusion and the very next time they took blood out of me(about 6 months later) I had Hep C. Looked like a open and closed case of a claim. Unfortunately my Dr lied to me and told me I had no recourse against the VA or the surgeon. This was 1997. Last year, I read an article about the Miami vets and decided I deserved something for their screwup. Too much time had passed for the tort claim I got screwed out of, so all I could do was a 1151 claim. The folks here tried to warn me that the VA system wasn't a right or wrong system, but a right way ,wrong way and the VAs way. Being an old Vet, I should have remembered that from my military days, but that was 40 years ago. Well I tried to get a nexus letter from those VA drs in the past who unofficially agreed with me, but they now have turned their backs on me. I live paycheck to paycheck on SSD so no money for the hired Drs to write a nexus letter. So I did the best I could. The VA never asked for anything on that part of my claim so I thought I was ok. Well in Oct of this year I was completely denied. Even tho blood supply even today is not 100% safe, they played that since 1992 our blood supplies were the safest they had been. I even showed them evidence that the GAO was concerned that in 1999 blood supplies were still too contaminated.(Roughly 262 units out of 100,000 had HCV.At that time period Idaho was still getting blood from the prison system , but had just stopped because of the Arkansas scandal where govenor Clinton was getting alot of bad blood from their prison inmates. Well, I have since found a reknown Dr who will write me a nexus for my Hep C, but he confirmed to me that the VA probably won't except it. That was my last bubble that got burst this week. So I am now here to Eat my Crow like a good little boy. All I can do now is hope that the DRO person has a heart and sees my pleas.I have no other risk factors that the VA can use against me and they have tried to find them. I hate needles,so no drug user, yes I've been married 3 times, but I won't consider that risky sex with multiple partners,no tatoos or body piercings. They even did a CT on me that they said was a brain CT , yet records show it was to see if I had any nasal scarring from intranasal drug use. Sorry VA, you lose. I've tried to get records to see if the Vets before my colonoscopy and in between my first and second colonoscopy to fix a bleeder had any Hep C and they won't tell me. The night before my second surgery I was sharing a room with a Vet who had a oozing infected wound from a surgery and we both had to share the same bathroom. A big no no. They won't tell me. I swear if they had a pic of the surgeon holding a syringe with the letters HCV on the side of it and the needle stuck in my azz they wouldn't give it to me and would deny it. The only justice I have received was KARMA against the DR who lied to me. Once I had found out I was lied to, I hoped both Drs would experience a painful death sentence like the one they gave me. Last month my primary who lied to me died of a very painful throat cancer.Part of me felt sorry for his family,because at one time I thought he was my friend. Anyway, I am here to take my I told you SO's and promise to never use the terminology "No Brainer" when it comes to anything VA. I considered my 1151 my meat and Taters part of my claim and the AO stuff was the gravy.But being I was in Korea, I was already denied on it, so I will redo it for the DRO and pray. (Thinking of using Bikini clad models to display my evidence in hopes they will hopefully at least look at it this time.) Like everyone else they would ask for the same thing I had just sent them twice before.Thinking about translating evidence into brail for them. Anyway now your up to date on my claim. So far on this journey is that Phase 2 is even more vague on what to do than phase 1 was. I see on ebenefits they acknowledge my NOD even tho I have yet to receive any correspondonce since my decision.Since decision I have sent NOD, asked for C File, FOIA request on info asked for months ago that I never received and just recently sent my DRO request. They tried to get me to get in the reconsider line because other lines are back logged, but once I saw that all my old evidence would go bye-bye I said no way. It was too hard getting what I have , to try and find new evidence would be twice as hard to find and still no money for any IMOs.So until I get a letter stating that there is no more DRO process,This ole Bull is not going to be chuted down into another new line no matter how backed up they are.( that is why they are trying to push people into reconsideration process is to balance out the lines.) But I love their terminologys in describing the reconsideration process, too many use of maybe this or maybe that.When they know exactly what they are going to do to you without actually asking you to bend over!! Ok, last rant for 2011!! Hopefully all of all will get what is owed us in 2012. But I think we will need a whole new government from top to bottom and east to west. JMO Merry Xmas to all my Brothers and Sister Veterans and those who stand by Our sides!! Mike
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