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As I sit here at my desk and look around at all the B.S., all the paperwork, all the forms that I have or haven't filed or filled, I just had an FLASH!

I am gonna download, copy and fill out and send in, one each of all the forms that VA has in their inventory.

I think I will do this once a week, nothing fancy, no "Priority Mail" just a regular old stamp.

This way they CANNOT say that I didn't file "timely" or I didn't "respond"..........................

And I will do this UNTIL they get tired or overwhelmed and THEY will be the ones that GIVE UP!

"It is cold and we have no blankets.

The little children are freezing to death.

My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death.

I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find.

Maybe I shall find them among the dead.

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Chief Joseph

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As I sit here at my desk and look around at all the B.S., all the paperwork, all the forms that I have or haven't filed or filled, I just had an FLASH!

I am gonna download, copy and fill out and send in, one each of all the forms that VA has in their inventory.

I think I will do this once a week, nothing fancy, no "Priority Mail" just a regular old stamp.

This way they CANNOT say that I didn't file "timely" or I didn't "respond"..........................

And I will do this UNTIL they get tired or overwhelmed and THEY will be the ones that GIVE UP!

Longrider

I agree with you its B.S. The VA should be doing there job. we as the Veterans are made to do the work for them or have our Claims Denied. Somehow I dout that it was originaly set up like this.

I have always made sure anything I sent the VA was sent so I had proof it was sent and received.The VA misplaces things and loses things everyday all day. Get all your B.S. to the VA that they need and ask for and get proof its there. check and recheck. and keep on them like a Disease. If or when that don't work start writing the Senators and any other Big Cheeses you can think of. Your in a battle . Fight to win!!

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"We should not have to fight the system, We fought to protect"

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Best be careful as one request can trigger all kinds of thing or I think that they call it unintended consequences?

Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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Best be careful as one request can trigger all kinds of thing or I think that they call it unintended consequences?

:rolleyes:

"It is cold and we have no blankets.

The little children are freezing to death.

My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death.

I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find.

Maybe I shall find them among the dead.

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Chief Joseph

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Pete is right Long Rider. Every time you send something to them the entire proces starts over. You would not get anywhere. You actually would lose because you are giving them a perfect reason to keep the delays ongoing.

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Pete is right Long Rider. Every time you send something to them the entire proces starts over. You would not get anywhere. You actually would lose because you are giving them a perfect reason to keep the delays ongoing.

Some of y'all need to lighten up. Take a "humor" pill.

I was just being facetious-------------kidding---------making a "funny"-----showing my frustration through joking.

I mean, after all, most all of this is just a joke, and we aren't gonna get out of it alive.

I'm sorry, I'll try to be more serious from now on.

"It is cold and we have no blankets.

The little children are freezing to death.

My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death.

I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find.

Maybe I shall find them among the dead.

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Chief Joseph

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Hang in there Long Rider. rememer that the VARO will do anything they can to delay or deny a claim.

They will send you pointless paperwork with opinionated results made by Rating Officials who are not Doctors. The do this on the hopes of convincing you to give up. I firmly believe the RO's receive bonuses for for claims processing and saving the VA money.

Persistance and resolve is the Key.

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