EODCMC Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Why am I unable to find this VA Training Letter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Beats me....I just found it for you. https://community.hadit.com/topic/4827-vike-and-all-new-ivds-training-letter-info/ There is much discussion here on this TL and yet I had o go hrough many posts to find it. It has helped Many! Sorry it took me so long to find it. The ROs were interpreting it wrong....I think by now they might understand it well. EODCMC 1 GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University ! When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we." Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCMC Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Thanks Berta, but it seems this link is defunct. In fact, I have tried many links on this site and others with the same results. I've Googled til I dropped. I was wondering if anyone had an actual "word" document copy of this letter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Yeah--I couldn;t open the pdf but our beloved deceased member Carlie posted the whole Training Letter here further down in thread.....: EODCMC 1 GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University ! When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we." Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCMC Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Perfect! Thanks Berta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) The VA is still adjudicating this disability wrong. In this recent case the BVA SCed the veteran’s sleep apnea to his IVDS. They remanded as well for a proper IVDS rating . In 2017 there are 4298 decisions under IVDS DC 5243 Here is one of them: In part… "Based on all the evidence of record, and resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran, the Board finds that the Veteran is precluded from securing and following substantially gainful employment due to the effects of his service-connected disabilities, specifically his low back condition, right knee, and right ankle disabilities. The Board finds that the evidence supports that he would be unable to perform labor akin to that which he is educated and trained to perform. Therefore, the Board concludes that TDIU is warranted. ORDER Entitlement to an evaluation of greater than 20 percent for service-connected multi-level degenerative disc disease is denied. Entitlement to a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is granted." There are 4,298 IVDS decisions at the BVA. https://www.va.gov/vetapp17/files1/1705142.txt In this above case, the VA actually had tried to reduce the 20% at one point ! We deal with idiots at ROs who have caused the backlog and have been the biggest detriment to veterans along with the VA paid C & P examiners. This award was an extraschedular grant. Maybe Jerrel Cook do a radio show sometime on Extraschedular. here is the link to the BVA search feature IVDS DC 5243 for 2017..only 102 2017 decisions. https://www.index.va.gov/search/va/bva_search.jsp?QT=invertebral+disc+&EW=DC+5243&AT=&ET=&RPP=10&DB=2017 I learned a lot by reading BVA decisions.....They helped me win my claims. Edited June 20, 2017 by Berta EODCMC 1 GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University ! When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we." Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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