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NOD complete, letter updated. Back pay?
Quick question, my appeal was approved at 100% with eed. After having letters updated, how long does retro pay take to hit? I have heard up to 6 months? And seen people saying as little as 2 weeks?...
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Is the Rating System unfair?
I think it is, as explained in my petition. Let's get together and get this changed. It seems that to get to 100% compensation, you really need about 160% in ratings. Please sign the petition asap...
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DIC
My friend pass away recently,he was a vn veteran.He receive disability for CAD (10%). He die from having trouble with his lungs ( I think). Could his wife file for Dependency and Indemnity...
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SMC, TBI/PTSD
My Husband is rated totally and permanently 100% disabled with TBI; he also has severe PTSD, which is unrated. he is service connected for both of these problems. he also has several other health...
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How long did it take for you to receive your initial service connected award?
How long did it take for you to receive your initial service connected award?
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Taking a rating back
Hello I had a 40% rating then was award a 30% to add to that 40 % rating which would have come out to 60% The VA said that since I had a full knee replacement I no longer get the 20% for knee pain and...
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Trying to work with Choice & the VA
I have cancer, I have pain I am taking VA Meds for. I cannot travel and doing my best to be seen locally for my medical care, from cancer, diabetes, heart problems, and crazy emergencies like getting...
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Sleep Apnea Appeal Process Please Advise
So to make a long story short, I was active duty since 1994 and medically discharged in 2005. Since around 99/2000 I have suffered from what I now know as sleep apnea. I was never tested for it during...
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Opted Into RAMP
This is not a question but a post on my RAMP journey since not much data is out there. On the 1st of February I received in the mail the option to opt into RAMP for my legacy appeal. Based on the...
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Ptsd & Sleep Apnea
I am a 15 year post OIF Marine combat infantry veteran Seargent. I lived for 15 years in denial about having PTSD symptoms never listening to my loved ones and too proud to ever try and receive...
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medication induced erectile dysfunction
Hi all. After trying to help my ED with VA prescribed sildenafil for the past 5 years, my VA Medical Doc finally cancelled the script. He has been telling me over the past 5 years that my ED is...
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NOD
Hello, I filed a NOD in March of 2016 with additional evidence. Will I definitely receive a statement of the case or will a decision on my appeal be made to deny or accept based on evidence submitted...
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Appt at VA for MDD / Anxiety
Hello All, I have a question. I presently seeing a PSYD twice a month for MDD/Anxiety. She have written a letter on my behalf explaining why my SC disabilities (Right knee, Both shoulders, both...
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Any VA Education benefit for my children?
Hello folks. It has been awhile and I hope everyone is doing well. Here is my current situation. I am already 100% SMC for TBI since 2009. During the last reexamination in 2014, the decision was to...
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Flies contaminate operating rooms in Los Angeles VA
From: Ben Kraus: https://www.disabledveterans.org/2018/05/03/flies-va-operating-rooms-80-surgeries-canceled/?inf_contact_key=c4fd20d0f0ba0a3c8e3f5bfce555cd25e32249cb0eb15af07c5a809a4cb87229 Of...
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Where are my funds?
On 23 April, a bank account that my deposits normally are deposited into, received the funds. They were then sent back to the va on 25 April as I called the va and updated them with new account...
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BVA Decision Retros Bradley V Peake back to 2003 date Could be good news for...
I have found a decision on the BVA that determined that retro for Housebound should go back to the date the veteran met the statutory requirements for SMC, not the date Bradley v Peake was decided...
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Claim in one stage but disabilities show on ebennie
So I have had a rating for a few years, Shortly after I got that decision I was diagnosed with migraines and sleep apnea. These were diagnosed after (a few years) I left the Army but I have complained...
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VSO Recommendations
Howdy All, My local AMVets rep (Quantico) quit and now they are scrambling to find someone else and are not taking any new claims on. It could be several months. There is also a Virginia Veterans...
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PTSD Secondary
Long time reader, first time poster. I was recently granted an increase, from 30% to 70% for PTSD. So that’s good news. Now, the condition the VA put in the disabilities is “posttraumatic stress...
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