ptsd Entitlement For Service-Connection For Ptsd Is Reopened/ The Entitlement For Service Connection For Mood Disorder With Ptsd Is Awarded

[johnwreno]

I had my BVA hearing in Portland Or, yea leader of the scandals,back in June after a 5 yr wait from the time I filed the appeal.I was granted the reopening of service connection for PTSD because I finally had received the US Army Criminal Command file 85 pages deep and mostly blacked out from my being kidnapped by 5 fellow members of my own unit at Ft Bragg NC back in 1979. I had a C& P hearing in 2008 and was denied because some idiot said I had a history of childhood abuse and my adoptive father spoiled...WTH? I guess it's perfectly ok to kidnap someone who has these problems even though it is so far from the truth it's not funny , As usual the incompentint employees of the VA put what they want in my file and say anything they want in order to get me a behavioral flag in my file because I don't put up with liars and will get in anyones face about lying to me, I don't care who you are.

Now I'm waiting to be rated and to get my back pay.since the entitlement to reopen the Ptsd claim was approved my attorney says it will go back to my original date of filing which is 2004

This is suppose to be expedited as was the BVA judges decision since they are working on appeals filed in 2011/2012 but still have not heard anything since the appeal determination letter.

I'm so tired of this hurry up and wait..I have had nothing but problems with the Portand/Vancouver Va and am pretty much only allowed to see my Primary care dr. I'm not allowed in buildings on post and am suppose to have an armed guard with me when I'm there.WHATEVER. I'm on a HUD/Vash voucher for my housing and with the measly 720 I get a month from SSI I have money one day a month and then sit and stare at the walls the rest of the month

Problems with the va here are numerous from being selected for a job in laundry and being turned down because I didn't sign up for selective service because why? I WAS IN THE MILITARY then turned down a second time because they hired full time the same two people they hired when they denied me the job the first time and said I wasn't qualified, but who do you think trained the same two people. I was the only CWT in 12 yrs to run all equipment and the floor but I wasn't qualified.again WHATEVER I was needing rotator cuff surgery and was over 900 on a waiting list for surgery and told they would farm it out after waiting a year I was told that I wasn't service connected so wait another six months. My housing case manager just put in my file that I'm a practicing johovah witness, hell I cant even spell it , and I had a bible study every week at my place of worship and it was a big part of my life. And since my case manager lied to me and called me up after I set up a mental health apt to have PTSD paperwork questioniar filed out by a dr for my BVA hearing I told him he was housing and to stay out of my medical business and that he was not allowed to come to my house or call me. So the brain surgeons had another meeting and I was passed off to the state level and told the va would not call me if I don't call them.

Can anyone tell me why I signed up for this run around. Especially since most of the people I was willing to die for there freedom don't deserve it.

anyway what is the process of rating me and the length

There is a lot more but my blood is boiling now so I'm going to stop before I say something that can and will be used against me.........lol

any advice would help, sorry about the spelling

[johnwreno]

just to update my previous post.

Its been two months and not one word. What makes this even harder to stomach now is that the RO is Seattle since I live in Washington, even though I have no idea where the Seattle VA even is besides in Seattle. I live in Vancouver Washington and go to the VA here in Vancouver and it is part of the Portland Oregon Regional Office. I have never been seen , to , or had any dealings with the Seattle RO.

Both by attorney and myself have been trying to get the extensions of the people in Seattle that are in charge of the ratings and they FLAT REFUSE to give us any information what so ever. Apparently the person who can answer the questions my Attorney has is on vacation so no work get done and there replacement isn't capabile of making any decisions on there own. This is bull. I'm losing my patients with this process and this country. I will not use the VA again for anything, because all they have done is nothing, this was a no brainer to everybody that has ever seen the paperwork, and to the BVA judge that awarded it to me after a 5 year wait for the hearing and 10 yrs since the original file date, and 35 plus yrs since the incident. I have no patients for some desk jockey who only goes to work for a paycheck. The VA motto "were here to help you" is the biggest lie on the planet,

I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions for me that I can pass on to my attorney,

thank you

BVA Docket # 10-12 615

Citation # 1437976

Archieve Date: 09/03/2014

[Stretch]

WElcome to Hadit. You can drop the Sirs.

We all seem to be brother and sisters here. Just as Berta, since I saw reopen I was looking for rating. You cannot get Earlier Effects date (EED) without a rating.

My typing is all messed up too. I have neuro problems and my fingers don't go right so that I have to edit every post.

Don't get yourself too riled up, we all have to put up with the same lies and BS that you are going through. Good luck and thanks for your service on this VEterans day.

[Meddac]

"ORDER

The claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD is reopened.
Entitlement to service connection for a mood disorder with PTSD is granted."

The issue of mood disorder with PTSD is granted, but the evaluation of this condition is still open to who actually does the grant (the RO or the AMC). There will likely be another examination or at least another review of the records by the physician that held the first examination for this issue.

If a Rater or a Decision Review Officer has started a review on your file then it will not be passed off to someone else to handle the grant. If they are on vacation then the only thing that I can see even getting started is a request for the examination that BVA ordered. That "desk jockey" that only goes to work for a paycheck could be a former service member that risked their life in battle. Vacation is planned far in advance, and (as with most jobs) without knowing what work is going to hit your desk next.

I am not defending the VA, but the person who has inherited your case is not at fault for the way he VA manages things.

[Gastone]

John: You have had a tough ride, best wishes Bro. BVA awarded Mood Disorder w/ptsd, right. Nobody is better qualified to give a "lay" comparison of your current and past symptoms as they relate to 38 CFR 4. What do you think your SC ratings will be? Did your attorney say anything about staged ratings and how they will affect your Reto SC Ratigs?

It will be interesting to see how "Expeditiously Handled" your remand is.

Stay Strong

Semper Fi

Gastone

[johnwreno]

to all that have posted replys on here

WElcome to Hadit. You can drop the Sirs.

We all seem to be brother and sisters here. Just as Berta, since I saw reopen I was looking for rating. You cannot get Earlier Effects date (EED) without a rating.

My typing is all messed up too. I have neuro problems and my fingers don't go right so that I have to edit every post.

Edited December 6, 2014 by johnwreno

[johnwreno]

John: You have had a tough ride, best wishes Bro. BVA awarded Mood Disorder w/ptsd, right. Nobody is better qualified to give a "lay" comparison of your current and past symptoms as they relate to 38 CFR 4. What do you think your SC ratings will be? Did your attorney say anything about staged ratings and how they will affect your Reto SC Ratigs?

It will be interesting to see how "Expeditiously Handled" your remand is.

Stay Strong

Semper Fi

Entitlement to service connection for a mood disorder with PTSD is granted.

I told my attorney I'd settle for 100% and nothing less , he has said 70-100%

what are staged ratings?

who is better qualified to give Lay comparison?

Edited December 7, 2014 by johnwreno