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Caluza Triangle defines what is necessary for service connection
Tbird posted a record in VA Claims and Benefits Information,
Caluza Triangle – Caluza vs Brown defined what is necessary for service connection. See COVA– CALUZA V. BROWN–TOTAL RECALL
This has to be MEDICALLY Documented in your records:
Current Diagnosis. (No diagnosis, no Service Connection.)
In-Service Event or Aggravation.
Nexus (link- cause and effect- connection) or Doctor’s Statement close to: “The Veteran’s (current diagnosis) is at least as likely due to x Event in military service”-
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Post in ICD Codes and SCT CODES?WHAT THEY MEAN?
Timothy cawthorn posted an answer to a question,
Do the sct codes help or hurt my disability rating
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Post in Chevron Deference overruled by Supreme Court
broncovet posted a post in a topic,
VA has gotten away with (mis) interpreting their ambigious, , vague regulations, then enforcing them willy nilly never in Veterans favor.
They justify all this to congress by calling themselves a "pro claimant Veteran friendly organization" who grants the benefit of the doubt to Veterans.
This is not true,
Proof:
About 80-90 percent of Veterans are initially denied by VA, pushing us into a massive backlog of appeals, or worse, sending impoverished Veterans "to the homeless streets" because when they cant work, they can not keep their home. I was one of those Veterans who they denied for a bogus reason: "Its been too long since military service". This is bogus because its not one of the criteria for service connection, but simply made up by VA. And, I was a homeless Vet, albeit a short time, mostly due to the kindness of strangers and friends.
Hadit would not be necessary if, indeed, VA gave Veterans the benefit of the doubt, and processed our claims efficiently and paid us promptly. The VA is broken.
A huge percentage (nearly 100 percent) of Veterans who do get 100 percent, do so only after lengthy appeals. I have answered questions for thousands of Veterans, and can only name ONE person who got their benefits correct on the first Regional Office decision. All of the rest of us pretty much had lengthy frustrating appeals, mostly having to appeal multiple multiple times like I did.
I wish I know how VA gets away with lying to congress about how "VA is a claimant friendly system, where the Veteran is given the benefit of the doubt". Then how come so many Veterans are homeless, and how come 22 Veterans take their life each day? Va likes to blame the Veterans, not their system.
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Post in Re-embursement for non VA Medical care.
broncovet posted an answer to a question,
Welcome to hadit!
There are certain rules about community care reimbursement, and I have no idea if you met them or not. Try reading this:
https://www.va.gov/resources/getting-emergency-care-at-non-va-facilities/
However, (and I have no idea of knowing whether or not you would likely succeed) Im unsure of why you seem to be so adamant against getting an increase in disability compensation.
When I buy stuff, say at Kroger, or pay bills, I have never had anyone say, "Wait! Is this money from disability compensation, or did you earn it working at a regular job?" Not once. Thus, if you did get an increase, likely you would have no trouble paying this with the increase compensation.
However, there are many false rumors out there that suggest if you apply for an increase, the VA will reduce your benefits instead.
That rumor is false but I do hear people tell Veterans that a lot. There are strict rules VA has to reduce you and, NOT ONE of those rules have anything to do with applying for an increase.
Yes, the VA can reduce your benefits, but generally only when your condition has "actually improved" under ordinary conditions of life.
Unless you contacted the VA within 72 hours of your medical treatment, you may not be eligible for reimbursement, or at least that is how I read the link, I posted above. Here are SOME of the rules the VA must comply with in order to reduce your compensation benefits:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/3.344
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Post in What is the DIC timeline?
broncovet posted an answer to a question,
Good question.
Maybe I can clear it up.
The spouse is eligible for DIC if you die of a SC condition OR any condition if you are P and T for 10 years or more. (my paraphrase).
More here:
Source:
https://www.va.gov/disability/dependency-indemnity-compensation/
NOTE: TO PROVE CAUSE OF DEATH WILL LIKELY REQUIRE AN AUTOPSY. This means if you die of a SC condtion, your spouse would need to do an autopsy to prove cause of death to be from a SC condtiond. If you were P and T for 10 full years, then the cause of death may not matter so much.
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Tammy
I think I did a bad thing My husband got Total unemplyoablity after years of trying and he also got another payment for a penis deformity because he was squeesed betweent tow 5 ton trucks. I have wrote on here several times so if you want to see the postings you will underdstand this post better. Anyway, I made a claim for a Eearlier effective date and everythig was denied and now they stated or seems by what I read was they will be taking away his unemployablity. All I tried to do was exdplain to them was that he broke his back in 79 and we wanted a earlier effective date because they only went back to 2003. I am so confused. Why did they give my husband a C&P exam when that is not what we wanted. Now the lady that did the exam contriticed everything in the file that made him 100% Permant and total disabled. Please someone help us, what are we gonna do. I was trying to help and I messed everything up I think. He was getting 2699.00 and the letter i got today was denied for earlier effectived date. Do they punish a person if we second guess them or what did i do wrong? What does it mean when it states "This does not present such an exceptional or unusual disability picture to warrant refererral to the Director, Compensation and Pension Service, because the evidence does not show a marked interference with employment or frequent persods of hospitializations due to the service connected condition as to render impracticial the pplication of the regular schedular stardards" some of the parts of the anamatomy stated that, and about the employment that states something difrrent like they are gonna check it out. Why are they gonna to listen to some lady that gave him a cand p exam and we had no idea that was what it was for? I think I ruined our whole lives. Please someone talk to me and tell me what I can do it states I can appeal it. Are they gonna take away the money that we just started getting maybe 2 yrs ago? Just because I appealed for him reagard his broken back. I wasn't asking for anything else. Why is this happening. Thank you everyone for the anwers if you know... they told me if I appealed they wouldn't take away his money. Its VA form 9 apeal i have to fill out for him.
Please tell me how he can get this and than have it taken away because we asked for a earlier effective date but not the way they did it, we just were talking about one thing.
Tammy :D :( :(
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