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Has anyone had a claim closed (August of this year) and now it is reopened, I was called by the regional office yesterday and it is under reconsideration.  I am assuming this is good news as this was a few deferred items left on my claim and they were all denied or left at the current sc I had. 

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Seminoles, I'm willing to bet that within 30-60 days you will get that "big white envelope" in the mail which will have you doing cart wheels in Ft Living Room! You have the VA's attention, so gn

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Seminoles, sounds like you should call up that VA Hotline and let them have a piece of your mind(did I just make a funny)? The Hotline isn't just for suicide cases, it also provides useful inform

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Actually I flew out this past Tuesday to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Cool nights and beautiful mountain streams, to hell with hurricanes! Allan 2-2-0 HUAH!

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Seminoles, do what I did. Go out and find a good MH provider, then call up Veteran's Choice/health.net and tell them who you found, and ask them to coordinate with the provider to see if they will accept the program.

It worked for me a few years back when I needed some ENT work done, and the VA hospital was booked up for 6 months.

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1 hour ago, allansc2005 said:

Seminoles, do what I did. Go out and find a good MH provider, then call up Veteran's Choice/health.net and tell them who you found, and ask them to coordinate with the provider to see if they will accept the program.

It worked for me a few years back when I needed some ENT work done, and the VA hospital was booked up for 6 months.

Allan

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It is really strange here for some reason, most providers don't want to see veterans.....at least not the mh providers and I can't even find a provider that will let me pay them CASH! There is a congressional inquiry at this point forcing the va's hand, lol, cough cough, lol......supposedly they are trying to force them to get me telehealth even if it comes from another va across the country.  We shall see, there are some things I don't understand.  My neurologist, a gem, he does phone appointments with me so I don't have to be driven 5 hours round trip.  He does see me in person when necessary but if it can be handled via phone or secure messaging he sees no need to have me carted 5 hours or more round trip, he knows how hard that is on me.  I had a psychiatrist as fantastic as him for a decade, he left and crap has been bad at that clinic since.  The funniest thing was when fee basis sent me a letter for a behavioral clinic and i called to make an appointment and they insisted that the VA HAD to take care of me and that there was fancy new clinic built in town and why wasn't I going there?  Like I was some sort of idiot?  I have navigated choice and fee basis for quite a number of things and  choice has been a hassle but ultimately got an appointment after hassling healthnet but fee basis.....fantastic, except for mh.  It is where I live, craphole of care I think. 

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21 minutes ago, allansc2005 said:

Seminoles, sounds like you should call up that VA Hotline and let them have a piece of your mind(did I just make a funny)?

The Hotline isn't just for suicide cases, it also provides useful information as well.

Allan

2-2-0 HUAH!

I see you are in Palm Beach, hope you are safe.......we are waiting up here to see what happens near Tallahassee.  Hoping and Praying all come out safe on the other side!! 

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