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I retired in 1981. I have 10% Fracture, right great toe wit traumatic arthritis, 0% Bilateral hig frequency hearing lost and 0% left medial meniscetomy. This was given Feb 1982. I was dumb and did not appeal. I never went back to the VA untill Oct. 2000

I my right great toe got so bad I had to get it fused in 1993. Since I have been going back to the VA here in Dallas they have found gout, more hearing lost, degenerative arthritis in both knees, and my right foot inversion. I also have aqquired hammer toes on my right foot.

The hammer toes and foot inversion is due to the way I walk to protect my great toe. I also want to call my right knee secondnary to my right foot problem.

Any advise you can provide is greatly appreciated.

Gunny

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Welcome to Haidt. Help is on the way.

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Gunny,

Welcome aboard, I am sure you will get some good advise. It is late and I am about to call it a day. Even though you will get some good advice here, get a Service Officer. Our role her is to try and figure out if the SO is doing the job.

You will need to get a doctor to support your claims. It is best to get your treating doctor to write nexus letters and notes that support your claim in the treatment notes. The VA usually schedules C&P exams but it is fastest and best to develop the medical evidence on your own and have it available to the C&P examiner.

Tell your doctor to make a note in the file that you are seeking such claims and file the formal claims at the RO as fast as you can. Get the SO to help file them.

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Gunny

Do you have all your service medical recoards? You will need your doctor to review these when you hire your own private doctor to write an medical opinion. You just cannot rely on the VA to do the grunt work for you and ties all your loose ends together. This is what you private doctor does. I would get copies of all my military records if you don't have them already. You can also make an appointment to see what is in you C-File and later get copies of the whole file.

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What did they attribute your gout to?

Did they check you for diabetes?

Have you formally re-opened your claim?

Do you have any combat MOS regarding the hearing loss?

You need those SMRs to show a nexus (link) to your service for these disabilties-

SMRs can be requested at the NARA web site.

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GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !

When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief

Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was

simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."

Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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Semper Fi

If you do not have an SO (Veteran's Service Officer), which is someone that works for/with a veteran through a recognized "Service Organization", for example the DAV, VVA, American Legion, VFW, etc., then you NEED one, BADLY!

The State of Texas has what is called the TVC ( Texas Veteran's Commission ) and, through the TVC you can get an SO. Each county in the State of Texas has a TVC representative and these reps are also the reps for a bunch of Service Organizations ( pick one, they will usually represent that organization ).

Get your ass down to the TVC. NOW! Because, the longer you wait, the more it's gonna cost you.

I'm talking MONEY here, okay! Because the vet rep will help you file your claim, and the date you file your claim is the date that you will be PAID back to ( retro payments, etc. ). DO NOT sit on your butt and wait for the VA to TAKE CARE OF YOU! Ain't gonna happen Jarhead! Ain't GONNA HAPPEN!

PROACTIVE, not REACTIVE.........!

Where are you located?

I'm in Collin County and can hook you up with my TVC dude.

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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."

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