109th Passes Omnibus Bill In Last Hours

[Stretch]

Yep, that's right the Veterans Omnibus Bill passed in the last hours of 109th congress. I guess all that is left, if for the President to sign it.

http://veterans.house.gov/news/109/12-8-06.html

[Guest fla_viking]

Dear Fellow veterans & Friends

Next time you hear lawyers will cost veterans money. Ask them how much it cost the vet to be denied.

Terry Higgins

[Josephine]

Hi everyone,

I would gladly pay a lawyer half of the money that I would receive, just to put an end to my claim and have my long awaited benefits.

I don't want to see anyone go through the H--- that I have been through with this claim opened to 1978.

Perhaps my niece DRO won't be sitting so pretty either.

Yes, I am upset that she lied to me and assured me that she signed off my claim when it was in the rating board, to find out later, that she signed off after my first C&P with a More Likely than Not and perhaps the result of service.

Everyone knows, this immediatly started my transfer to another R. O. and into the BVA and now the AMC.

Just one delay after another.

Always,

Josephine

[john999]

I wonder if I would be able to hire a lawyer to represent me in my CUE if it gets denied at the RO. Any fair minded person looking at the evidence would have rated me more than 10% back in 1972. I wonder about the housebound as well. Hmmmmmm....all my big battles are over except maybe the CUE. As soon as I am denied for the CUE I will go and consult with an attorney if this is legal.

[vaf]

Several of us have had experience with attorney representation before the Court of Veterans Appeals. It might be useful for us to discuss the results, and our opinions about how well or badly the veteran felt he/she was represented.

My daughter told me there's a rating sheet for professors at the university she attends, it's on the web. Students check it before they register for classes, in an effort to avoid the bad ones. Maybe we should do the same thing. We've had good representation twice (one currently, the former no longer practicing) and one really bad experience where we fired the attorney currently practicing in Washington DC.

[Berta]

I filed a Writ of Mandamus in 1998 at the CAVC-knowing it would be denied but the VARO seemed to react to it-

I have a much better basis for another writ and will file after one more attempt to get that specific claim resolved.

When I filed the Writ I got on their docket-I think the docket is still there-

Since the docket info was public about 10 0r 12 lawyers contacted me by mail shortly after filing the Mandamus Writ.

I called a few to explain that this was a Mandamus issue and of course they were not too thrilled-but asked about my claim-

and all assured me that if the actual claim got to CAVC they would represent me.The claim was resolved at the VARO.

I asked them (called Ken Carpenter first) to give me the dockets or names of some other clients they had at CAVC and how many cases they won and lost-

why not-

Some were willing to give me docket numbers -some weren't-

I talked to Ken Carpenter for quite some time- he knows his stuff-

I feel that anyone going to the court should begin reading recent CAVC decisions.

Very very few claims are awarded at CAVC.Lawyers cannot create a miracle and the case is based at CAVC on what the BVA had. No way for more evidence to some in.

I would hire any lawyer there who had at least one CAVC case granted.

Still that only indicates that the evidence was sound and was properly presented.

You could also do a search at the CAVC by name of each lawyer they list on the left hand side of their home page to see what they handled there.

[Pete53]

Berta Ken Carpenter is well known and shows up a lot if you search on BVA Docket. Our own Alex Humpfries is also a dern good source for Lawyers.

One thing if the VVA is your Representative they will pay for Lawyers once you can have them. I don't know what will happen with this new legislation though.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Pete53