ptsd Desperately seeking advice...

[savage3]

Im mentally sinking fast here and looking for any advice anyone can offer. I have now been in the disability process for 4 years. Recently things became bad enough financally that my family and I were in the eviction process. I sent these documents to the va asap and was placed in hardship status. At the time i had two seperate claims going, one for ptsd and one for physical disabilities. Now for a bit of backround so the full situation is understood. I was in the meb process and on my way out of the army when I had a dirty UA. Im not proud of it... but at the time it was the only way i could sleep at night. This prompted the meb process to end and i was then chaptered out with a general under honorable conditions discharge. At the time i was rated for my physical disabilities i was aparently in the "idees system" (not sure of spelling). So from what i was told by a va rep in washington who has my case is that once the discharge process started i should have been removed from that system and started my claim over under regular disability. But this somehow managed to slip through the cracks for 4 years. They just discovered this issue last week. I have now been informed that i have waited 4 years for squat. I will see no payment from that claim ever even though it was a mistake they made and there was nothing i could do about it. I was informed that i will now have to start the entire process over and file, see the doctors, and then go to the back of the ine to be rated. We are drowning... my lights are past due, i owe 2 months rent, my water is off, there is no food in the house. My children have been with their grandparents for 2 weeks cause we cant even keep food in the house. I have reached out to every VSO in the area, foreign legions, and several other organizations who say they help vets in their times of need and have gotten either no responses or basially sucks to be you responses. I had one lady from the vso in fayetteville nc offer me a phone number i could call once my family and i are actually homeless but she had no other hep to offer. Im supposidly going to be paid for my ptsd claim which is now 4 months old in the next few weeks. I have no idea what ive even been rated as they will not tell me which worries me a lot. Do I have any kind of case or any options here??? Im beyond desprate.... my life is falling apart and im in a very bad place mentally right now. I thank anyone who took the time to read this whole thing and glady will take any suggestions. I have zero faith in the VA anymore, Im hoping a few vets out there may have some pointers though.

Airborne... All the way...

[EODCMC]

On August 15, 2016 at 4:51 PM, broncovet said:

5.  After you get your benefits, donate some of your retro to TBIRD to keep this site up, learn about VA benefits, then give back by helping other Veterans.  That is what Im doing.  

Gastone, this is helpful comment that I'm taking the liberty of reposting.

Can anyone offer a brief explanation of how to donate? I'm sure it's here somewhere, but sometimes I find the site a bit "busy" and difficult to navigate for someone that is techno-challenged...like me.

To be clear...great site, great people and great sacrifice!

Edited August 21, 2016 by EODCMC
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[Tbird]

EODCMC - thank you but we are good for now - you can if you want buy an ad free subscription here http://community.hadit.com/store/ that would be a great way to help! 

[EODCMC]

Yep, thanks Tbird...I've been a subscriber since June 10. Worth every penny.

[THOMAS89031]

On ‎8‎/‎15‎/‎2016 at 1:57 PM, savage3 said:

. We are drowning... my lights are past due, i owe 2 months rent, my water is off, there is no food in the house.

Savage3, Call the electric company and see if they have a workable plan to keep your lights on?  Explain the situation to them.  Same goes for the water company.  Is your landlord aware of your situation and what you are doing about it?

Hang in there, things WILL GET BETTER!!!

There is a website called   gofundme.com  that perhaps you could post your plight and ask for donations.

Please keep us posted..

 

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[pwrslm]

Do you have any documents that show you filed a claim 4 years ago?  You dont have to accept that they cheated you out of 4 years of benefits because of their mistake.  Gather the facts, document the claim.  Medical records, forms, everything you can.  Was this all a verbal contact that you had?  Did the VBA give you any documentation that your claim existed?  These will all go to prove your case, if you filed, they can not just say "OOPs", it does not count.  Appeal the decision, if you have enough facts to document your claim from 4 years ago, its a CUE.  The VBA does not get a do over button like that.

Your dealing with a situation where you are in poverty at this point.  Your hardship has been approved, you should get a decision within 90 days or less.  How is the eviction moving along?  If you get the order to vacate, you will have only a short time to find a place to go and move.  If you anticipate that this will happen, start packing at least 2 weeks ahead of time so you dont have to do the fire sale routine.  You know this is a possibility so get ready.  The VA can help if you are with in 15 days of becoming homeless, they get hundreds of millions of $$ to help veterans facing homelessness. Get to the VHA, your primary care team has a social worker, you should be able to walk in and see that person, or get him/her on the phone ASAP.  This is one of the things they are trained to deal with.  If you have a family and are about to get tossed from your home, they can move mountains and get you a place to live under HUD-VASH.

Keep posting here.  A lot of ppl can help, but only if you keep us engaged.