Should I Give Fox News A Copy?

[11cvolley]

I got a reply from the RO after I wrote to the WH asking they look into my 100%/IU claim. They said the determination for denying me IU and/or 100% rating is during my exam the doctor stated, "veteran stayed on task, focused, and plays a video game that requires considerable amount of time, concentration, and intelligence." I've been in contact with my lawyer and they advised me not to give Fox News a copy, but I feel like since the latest VA scandals people need to know its also the ROs.

[11cvolley]

I would not give Fox News anything about my claim while it is in the process. I had a C&P exam for mental health issue where the doctor had a clear agenda. Being a young and dumb vet I did not recognize it for what it was at the time. He was asking me leading questions to justify a personality disorder DX. He asked me if I ever argued with my parent? Did I ever skip school? Did I ever get into a fight at school? ETC., ETC. I thought these questions were harmless and I said yes I argued with my parents as a teenager, and yes I did skip school a few times on Friday afternoons. I did get into a few fights when other kids picked on me. You know how teenage boys like to establish pecking order. I smacked a kid who hit me with a wet towel in gym class. Out of these seemingly harmless answers I got a personality disorder diagnosis as anti-social. I had never been arrested or anything like that and I did not drink more than a few beers, or even smoke dope at the time. This quack was clearly on a mission given him by VA in the 1980's to cut the rolls of disabled vets on compensation. They failed, but that exam comes up even today. The VA will zero in on that exam, and ignore all the others that said I had medical mental illness.

The rest of my C&P exams for the mental health issue were about 10 minutes long and consisted of : Do you have a plan to kill yourself? Do you have a job, and do your hear voices, or see things that are not there? I said "NO" to all three and my increase request from 10% was denied. The facts that I suffered from anxiety and depression enough to have me on meds and therapy for decades meant nothing to these geeks. The way you fight this is by getting good IMO's/IME's from doctors who will be your advocate.

Yeah, well the doctor that writes my meds won't doing anything other than the bare minimal, but he does put down the truth and that I should be 100%. I'm sure my therapist would write a letter for me, but I feel that the RO will use that against me by saying something like, "veteran asked for blah, or veteran is a superstar in the office."

[Tbird]

My advice is always the same if you are paying an attorney for advice, take it. But that's just me.

[SueEdel]

When my claim for HBP secondary to chronic pain and/or Anxiety was denied the nurse quoted WEBMD in her notes. I really thought she would "own" her knowledge and not use the internet to support her issues. I could find plenty of websites that state HBP is common with both chronic pain and anxiety.

[11cvolley]

My advice is always the same if you are paying an attorney for advice, take it. But that's just me.

Its hard when your emotions start creeping back into the equation. The VA, RO is among the biggest mind ****s. What tees me off even more is if we were illegal immigrants. We'd be squared away with more support than we asked for. I can give thanks to SSDI. They looked at my VA medical records and awarded me SSDI without question. And I know not all ROs are scum. Without question, a rater gave me 70% for ptsd. A few doctors at the ptsd building know me, even tho I don't talk to them unless they start talking first. Prob over a year since I seen one doctor she stopped me in the hallway, asked me how I, my wife, son are doing. Even asked about the hobby I had and if I was still doing it.

[Navy04]

I still don't get where they are wrong. My kids nor I own a Video game, and I know with my Mental and Physical health, I could not play games. It takes Focus, Brains and good eye and hand coordination to play most games. I have always, and will always state that when your health and disabilities are severe and documented, you will always win in the end. I was just medically retired last year with 80%SC, and in less than 7 months VA went up to 100%, My SSDI was approved in less than 10 weeks, which is Dang near impossible especially in Texas, my Wife was approved to by my Caregiver in 5 months. The VA, SSDI or any Branch of Military, just cant win when the evidence speaks for itself. God Bless all and hope you have a good weekend.

[11cvolley]

I still don't get where they are wrong. My kids nor I own a Video game, and I know with my Mental and Physical health, I could not play games. It takes Focus, Brains and good eye and hand coordination to play most games. I have always, and will always state that when your health and disabilities are severe and documented, you will always win in the end. I was just medically retired last year with 80%SC, and in less than 7 months VA went up to 100%, My SSDI was approved in less than 10 weeks, which is Dang near impossible especially in Texas, my Wife was approved to by my Caregiver in 5 months. The VA, SSDI or any Branch of Military, just cant win when the evidence speaks for itself. God Bless all and hope you have a good weekend.

You do realize the VA has a tendency to under rate and deny IU/100% the first time around? Also they, the VA, admitted to not waiting for my SSDI papers to make their decision. Whole reason they reverted their denial for 100%/IU and are re-rating my claim. I'm glad you had success with the system.