ptsd Very Depressed, And Was Wondering If There Is A Time To Throw In The Towel.

[Papa]

I have been waiting for over 820 days for a claim that is still in gathering evidence. Appeals that no one knows about. P&C exams that I'm suppose to take, but the VA and QTC have no clue about this. The 1-800# were you make an appointment for them to call you back, but they do not. You can not get your Law Firm to call you back. My Parkinson's, DMII, PN, PTSD, etc. are taking its toll on me, and was wondering if there? What the crap am I talking about? Quit? My ass!! Never Never Never!! Just want to choke someone at the Houston RO.

Papa

[#1Cavtrooper]

I feel the same way! But look at it this way...... At least you are sc and some of us are still waiting to get that. Btw, how long did it take you on your initial claim at Houston? May 23 will be 16 months for me at Houston Varo. And May 14 will be 5 months in the decision phase! And this is my initial claim. And nothing out of Houston in Success Stories. The 800# did tell me that they were through with all the " living' Nehmer cases. I really don't know what to believe anymore though. Hang in There!

Edited May 13, 2012 by #1Cavtrooper

[boomer2]

I know there may be a lot of people that would say that if you did this then VA would just hold up your claim more but, I would do it anyway. I would 1st call my illustrious Congress person and if I did not get any results then. Hello, TV stations, radio stations, 60 minutes, newspapers any and all. Let them have to get on TV and explain why it takes so long.

[SP4RVN1971]

I have been waiting for over 820 days for a claim that is still in gathering evidence. Appeals that no one knows about. P&C exams that I'm suppose to take, but the VA and QTC have no clue about this. The 1-800# were you make an appointment for them to call you back, but they do not. You can not get your Law Firm to call you back. My Parkinson's, DMII, PN, PTSD, etc. are taking its toll on me, and was wondering if there? What the crap am I talking about? Quit? My ass!! Never Never Never!! Just want to choke someone at the Houston RO.

Papa

Papa, Having a bad day. Its Mother's Day, Try to keep control, take a deep breath, your live, I'm live, You got that cute dog, Pretty weather, Chicken time, and alprazolam 0.5mg time!

God Bless!

[john999]

When dealing with the VA if you want it bad enough you can get it. You may have to fight like hell but you will get there. It is like that with most things in life. If you really want it you can get it. You may have to pay your pound of flesh.

John

[Teac]

Hey Papa!

The biggest problem is we have to deal with Houston. I say we, because my claims go to Houston as well.

They waited over a year to do a second C/P exam on my eyes then basically denied the claim in less than a month after the exam. So of course since they didn't get it right the first time, ( and they almost never do), I had to appeal.

For me it has been 17 months since I requested a De Novo appeal, I remember when a de novo appeal took less than six months. I remember that it was always smarter to keep appeals at the local level.. but I think when dealing whth Houston you have to toss out all logic because they sure have a nack for screwing up wet dreams.

As to being lucky that you have a rating already, I have used the same line in a few instances, but when I read it from someone else I realized how terrible a line it really is. The fact is at one point in time we all waited to get service connection, (none of us are lucky for it)... if some one is still waiting for initial service connection, I feel for you but we all had to wait its part of the process...

Hang in there Papa, your not alone......

[Pete53]

820 Days I would strongly consider a Writ of Mandamus and also ask for an inquiry as to where and why the claim has not bone anywhere.

As far as being depressed many here have gone through it and you really should consider talking to a Doc about it.