Here's my SitRep. I filed in 2013 after a foiled suicide attempt (NY traffic saved me, go figure) and being assessed with PTSD and MDD at a VAMC. I never got a C&P exam and was denied exactly a year to the date of my initial filing. I got an attorney to assist my appeal but I got impatient and e-mailed Sec. Bob. He got the ball rolling and my case was sent back to the VARO. In the process I found that my attorney did not file a NOD and intended to wait until June 2015. I'm out of work and desperate so I filed a NOD myself. I just got the acknowledgement along with the Statement in Support Of Claim form 21-4138. My question is should I submit the form and just what should I say? I'm guessing that I should describe my stressors, service in country (ODS '91, Northern KSA) and how it has effected me afterwards but I'd like some feedback from those who have been there before.
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Here's my SitRep. I filed in 2013 after a foiled suicide attempt (NY traffic saved me, go figure) and being assessed with PTSD and MDD at a VAMC. I never got a C&P exam and was denied exactly a year to the date of my initial filing. I got an attorney to assist my appeal but I got impatient and e-mailed Sec. Bob. He got the ball rolling and my case was sent back to the VARO. In the process I found that my attorney did not file a NOD and intended to wait until June 2015. I'm out of work and desperate so I filed a NOD myself. I just got the acknowledgement along with the Statement in Support Of Claim form 21-4138. My question is should I submit the form and just what should I say? I'm guessing that I should describe my stressors, service in country (ODS '91, Northern KSA) and how it has effected me afterwards but I'd like some feedback from those who have been there before.
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Note I did not say the attorney was "waiting 360 days", sir. I merely imply that sometimes you can "fix" it faster and with better results by bargaining at the RO. No attorney, let alone a Vet, relish
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One thing I find working with attorneys is that the bigger the outfit-one with 10 partners and a lot of newbies- is that there is a disconnect between the claimant Veteran and the front office. It's a
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If Asknod was a VA attorney I'd be first in line to hire him,(hell I'd hire him and trust him anyway) he is just as intelligent or more informed as most respected experienced VA Law Attorneys. I
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