Need Advice With Va Claim

[JA852]

First time poster here! I have a on going claim with the VA for a heart condition and IBS. Since the VA has taken such a long time, I applied for SSDI and was approved because of heart conditions and IBS. I asked my VSO at the DVA if I should sumit the positive SSDI report to the VA and was told "NO", do not as they are a different agency. It seems to me that if SSN granted me SSDI for the same disabilities, this info could or should have some bearing on my VA case....... especially since they are the same disabilities. I could summit the SSDI findings in the ebenefits website without going to the DVA. Should I summit it?

[JA852]

Ok, I am going to mail the SSDI award letter to the VA via certified mail and with a return receipt. Just hope it doesn't come up missing once it gets there. Now, everyone is saying, "I don't need an VSO and I can do this myself" by reading this forum. I am all for saving the bucks, but one thing I have learned is the VA process is tricky enough as if designed for the un-informed to fail. I would probably sleep better knowing that a experienced lawyer who knows all the VA's tricks was handling my case and giving me good advice. So, I gotta ask!........Anyone know a good VA lawyer? Are the Repforvets any good? I met a guy at the VA who said they did a good job with his case.

[carlie]

Ok, I am going to mail the SSDI award letter to the VA via certified mail and with a return receipt. Just hope it doesn't come up missing once it gets there. Now, everyone is saying, "I don't need an VSO and I can do this myself" by reading this forum. I am all for saving the bucks, but one thing I have learned is the VA process is tricky enough as if designed for the un-informed to fail. I would probably sleep better knowing that a experienced lawyer who knows all the VA's tricks was handling my case and giving me good advice. So, I gotta ask!........Anyone know a good VA lawyer? Are the Repforvets any good? I met a guy at the VA who said they did a good job with his case.

ONLY SUBMIT OR MAIL A COPY ! !

[JA852]

ONLY SUBMIT OR MAIL A COPY ! !

Yes! I will only send a copy.

[johnjjr]

JMHO You have already filed your claim. Hiring a lawyer at this time won't help. They can do little to nothing until a decision is made on your claim. Everyone is on pins and needles until that BBE arrives with a decision. Get a hobby, something to take your mind off the claim. Best of luck.

[Deloveliest]

my veteran service officer said the same thing,

I told him I got social security disability on my first try and I asked him if I should submit the findings with the PTSD papers and he said no.

anyway today I went to the doctor that social security sent me to and asked her if she would write a NEXUS letter and she did so I'm submitting that

[Berta]

"I have a on going claim with the VA for a heart condition and IBS"

Do you have either an inservice nexus for these conditions, in your SMRs ,or are you claiming them as presumptive ( the heart condition due to AO or the IBS due to Gulf War service ?)

Or is the heart condition a potential award under the Chronic presumptive regulations?

I assume you have a complete copy of your SMRs. (Your service records are probably still at the SSA office that awarded you)

SSA obtains all military records because that is how they determine how much ,as a service member, you paid into the SSA system along with your civilian work history SSA payments from your wages.