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Hi, I am so dejected I could bite my foot off. Why? My claim that was filed eight months ago (for cataracts as a secondary condition from the Prednisone to help with the acute exacerbations of MS, and the worsening of my MS) is still at the ratings board. I know most of us have to wait longer times but this seems outrageous. There is a backlog, this I know. Seven different conditions are to be reviewed. I had the C&P exam in August 06. The 1-800 VA rep says the ratings people have all the info they need. Thank you for listening. H.G.

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Its very frustrating but you will get an answer. Hang in there. Good Luck

Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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HOLLI, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FELLINGS , AM SORRY THAT YOU AND OUR FELLOW VETERANS HAVE TO PUT UP WITH DENY, DELAY, DENY TACTITS OF THE VA. MY CLAIMS FOR A BACK KNEE AND ANKEL ARE ALMOST 3 YEARS OLD . HAD A DRO HEARING THIS MONTH AND NO ANSWER YET. THEY ARE GOING TO ORDER MORE C AND P EXAMS. UNDERSTAND YOUR FELLINGS. BEST REGARDS. CHIEF 313

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I feel your frustration.

(it's just been 43 years, in one form of gubbermint denial or another, for me and mine, 40 months since last filing)

NEVER SURRENDER, NEVER GIVE UP, FOR WHEN YOU DO...........YOU'VE LOST!

btw, feet taste terrible..........just consider the "toe jam" factor.

"It is cold and we have no blankets.

The little children are freezing to death.

My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death.

I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find.

Maybe I shall find them among the dead.

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Chief Joseph

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You know if the VA and congress wanted to take care of the backlog they could do it. They don't want to hire the people to do the job. Why should they? During the wait many vets will die or just give up. This is just part of the delay and deny tactics the VA has used for decades. I think their are 700,000 claims and appeals right now sitting waiting to be adjudicated. The Iraq vets have filed 160,000 new claims so far I believe.

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Holli,

you can expect a min of a year before they take any action. Then they will bury it in a pile, or ignore whatever you've submited as primary evidence.

They used to deny them faster, but I think they have to stretch it out long now. Maybe to look like they're providing due process, I really don't know.

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Holli:

I think you could hear anyday. The 800# statements mean very little much of the time. I was told my was a couple months away and I got the answer a couple days later. My claims were answered in 9 months, so be positive.

Listen to me, I`m taking sleeping pills at night to go to sleep. Lol.

Really, if I were 8 months in I would be expecting an answer very soon. Keep a bottle of wine on hand.

Cavman

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