VSO's who specialize in 'Paratrooper' denied claims!

[surayabay]

Doe's  any one  know if there any 'Airborne Veteran Groups'  or 'any'  Veteran Groups that specialize in denied VA claims for 'older paratroopers' who have no 'military' medical records

to show a 'service connection' for current medical issues and conditions because they did not surface and manifest until much later in life,  as the culture and practice 40-50 years ago

was to discourage and frown on troops going on 'sick-call' for jump related injuries,  'walk-it-off', take two salt tablets and soldier on, 'Airborne"!   So 'no' military medical records 'ever existed'

in the first place!   But civilian medical proof does exist, 'Letter of Medical Opinion', 'VA studies on pain and known paratrooper injuries' , the VA's own rules for such cases that they say they will accept for 'those very types of claims', but ignore, devalue or just deny altogether!?  

All VA certified VSO's 'SHOULD' be trained in such cases, but their not!   We're left to find private certified VA attorney's to fight our appeal with the VA and wind up paying for them ourselves because the VA can't or won't follow their own rules, regulations, CFR's or apply rulings uniformly, fairly or consistently from one VA office to the next!   

I've asked for  an independent reviewer who is a qualified 'non-VA,' arbitrator, that I've read I'm entitled too, to review and  submit a finding for my case!  We'll see? 

 You can't fight the VA by yourself, the system is designed for you to fail! 

Anyone have advice!   AATW!  I've about 'hadit' too!    Like my buddy said about his time in Nam!  The squad leader told us, men, there are no reinforcements,  no one's coming for us, we're it, we're on our own!"  "Take two salt tablets, fill your canteens and lock and load..... and I'm alone, on point, move out!"  

       

Edited June 25, 2018 by surayabay
correction