Nine Months

[Guest HolliGreen]

My attempt at humor re: having a baby. HADIT IS NUMBER ONE!!!

H.G.

[Objee]

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I thought the same thing at "Nine Months"!

The baby is 3 months old now and is gonna start sitting up

and crawling soon.

>I've been waiting 1 year and 1 day for NY regional

to tell me something/anything.

NOthing is driving me crazzzy.

Cindy

Sigh, Cindy. "Patience is a virtue, possess it if you can, etc." Welcome to the hurry up and don't freak out in between!

Ralph

[Testvet]

I filed my original claim in Dec 2002 I have appealed and filed so many NOD's at this point I have actually lost count, had Senators get involved not mine, Sen Craig helped me, don't fall out of your chairs but he did, after I wrote him a letter about the way the VA was dealing with the Edgewood Arsenal experiments or rather not dealing with it, the VARO approved my PTSD claim for 100% P&T and then claimed I had signed a letter in Dec 2005 stating that if I was awarded 100% P&T they could close the other issues, I have asked for copies of that letter, they can't find it because I never signed such a letter, the claim is still open for heart diseasem skin abnormalities, COPD and a few other issues, I just got another denial in Jan so I have another year to file new paperwork or NOD this denial, but they don't play fair that is for sure, my advice is keep appealing it it took me from Dec 2002 until I was awarded 50% PTSD in May 2005, NOD the low ball and after writing Craig and Cheney I was awarded the 100% and then they started this other game, they just do not want to address the illegal tests at Edgewood. I wish I could tell you something better, but patience is needed dealing with these people and determination

[sixthscents]

I dont understand why you all's claims are taking so long, even the initial ones are not passing what I have seen as the norm....

Is this because the VA is giving new veterans precedence? Is it because these states have active duty military posts - large ones? Is that part of it.... ? NY, OH... the both have large military installations... but is it just there, or is it just isolated cases, and more of a DRO problem?

I am really asking these questions, because I am seeing a 6 month window for first rating, and a 12-14 for first rating thru to 2 NOD's or there abouts... Am I just getting lucky? I know Berta's claim is complicated but I also know she knows what she is doing, so tha claim cannot be flawed and look at the time for her case....

Is this the time span for the initiaL ratings, or appeals?

T-Bird is doing the poll, and it supports what I am seeing with the claims I am handleing... but then I see stories like this and I am left to ask why, in this instance was it different? I am not seeking to blame or argue, I am just trying to figure out the "why"... I am NOT denying the facts or statements.... I just cannot for the life of me understand why some claims seem to hang up and stall for years while most of the ones I process go thru in months.

Is it the complexity? I just dont understand, but this is not typical in what I am seeeing, and in fact it is not typical in what is being reported on the poll... 2 1/2 years is insane....

[john999]

You know I think that the heat to process claims will be for the newer Iraq and Afghanistan vets. These are the "wounded heros" and the Vietnam vets are the" wounded losers" as far as the VA and Bush Administration is concerned. You see how the Vietnam vets are portrayed in the media as drugged out zombies and baby killers. Support the troops does not mean support the Vietnam era vets. We are expected to quitely leave the stage to the current generation of disabled vets. I expect to get a letter from the VA soon saying" Would you please hurry up and die. We need the space for the courageous young heros returning from a good war." Have the WWII, Korean and RVN vets been forgotten already?

[Guest terrysturgis]

sixthscents, I wonder if a lot of the posters at this site have already won the easier to file claims (like DMII 20% presumptive, etc.) and by the time they find the HADIT forum they are into the more complicated claims. I would imagine complicated claims by design take more time.

I do not pretend to fully comprehend Berta's claim but I know she does and it is just a matter of time (shortly) till the favorable decision comes for her.

Most people I have helped with claims get them decided in a reasonable amount of time. Six months to a year. If it gets to complicated for me I direct them to the board. If they a not motivated to help themselves my job is done. Terry Sturgis

[Testvet]

my difficulty is the DOD failure to be honest about the Cold War chemical weapons and LSD experiments at Edgewood Arsenal, then it doesn't help when the VARO employees write statements stating that my records show I was taken ill and sent home before any experiments started on 10 July 1974, when in fact my records plainly show that I left Edgewood Arsenal on 22 August 1974 after 59 days in the program. I have a letter from the House VA Committee stating that the investigator has verified it, when DOD wouldn't do it. Then rather than deal with Edgewood, they approved my PTSD claim for 100% P&T and then stated I had signed a statement that I had agreed to close my other pending claims in return for the 100% rating.

In my case I have had 7 heart attacks and a stroke, and I have signed a statement stating that in return for my heart problems and my PTSD being rated I would agree to drop the other issues as they will not cause my death, but we need the cardiovascular problems SC so we can get life insurance and mortgage insurance thru the VA, otherwise my wife and family will be left with nothing when I die before the 10 year mark for eligibilty for DIC payments and then they would still have the mortgage to deal with and it's just not the right thing to do, so I realize I am risking the 100% P&T I have now, but right now my family has no security, and we need the heart disease SC so I continue to fight a system that does not want to address some illegal experiments from 30-50 years ago.

I know I am running into a brick wall, but I keep slamming back, I get denials about every 10 months and I file NOD's and keep the fight going, I can only lose by quitting call me W.