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Need some guidance -scratching my head on a denial
- Filed a year ago for a lumbar spine condition caused by a severe auto accident in-service. After an initial denial, the claim was finally approved after doing a re-open and submitting an new IME....
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VIETNAM PTSD CLAIM
I'm new here and am re-posting under this topic as it may be a more appropriate forum. First off, let me say this site has been extremely helpful to me in developing my brother's VA claim. He's a...
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adjacent segment disease after lumbar fusion
Around Jan 16 I got some great advise from VINC and pwrslm on starting the process for a disability claim to increase for DDD. The doc is working the DBQ now but I came across something in my...
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Pain relief with Alpha-Stim?
One of our hadit Vets had emailed me about the Alpha Stim, for paid/depression relief. Apparently VA is/may consider one for him. I dont know if these work or not, but I may just ask my PCP for...
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Blanket Parties
Berta observerved that the term "Blanket Party" was used 315 times in BVA cases. I will provide her link, below. I will explain what a "blanket party" is, and why they are permitted. Its a...
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ILP Independent Living Program
I have not seen a topic on this for a couple years or more. If you did not know, ILP is a VA program for severely disabled Vets, unable to work. This is what VA says about...
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Social Security Question; Widows benefits
Im hoping someone knows at least a blogsite where I may get some information on Social Security Widows benefits. My wife is a widow. She lost her husband in 2004, and we got married in 2006. She...
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Received DAV letter of award
So I received the DAV "official" letter last night in the mail ATTACHED. I am curious as to why the 100% temporary evaluation is June 3rd, 2015 to October 1, 2015???? Look at numbers 2 & 3. I...
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Filing S.A. claim to secondary Meds from PTSD
How does (If he will?) the VA Dr's ''word an opinion to ask him if he would write a letter to state in his opinion this veteran Sleep Apnea aka OSA ....> in my opinion from the medications...
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DBQ
Can a civilian MD fill out a VA DBQ form and submit to VA..........or is a VA DBQ form strictly for VA Doctors only to submit? Also, how hard is it to get a VA MD to agree to do a DBQ if approached?
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Mis-Statement of facts in C&P exam
I recently received notification on my appeal. The judge stated that I performed as a professional musician after my discharge, which is entirely not the truth. After doing some research, I found out...
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Champva 1095 B IRS form
I had just dropped off my IRS and NYS tax stull the other day for my tax person and found letter from VA, that said on the envelope For Your Records Only, Important Tax information Enclosed, Do not...
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Disability Benefits Questionnaires
http://benefits.va.gov/TRANSFORMATION/dbqs/ListByDBQFormName.asp
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VA now says claims needs Cfile
My VSO contacted me today when claim for temp 100 on SC TKR went back to gathering of evidence (WTH) he said my claim was ready to approve but that my original determination for the 10% increase was...
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"Manifestly changed the outcome"
In another post, Berta posted:"If a rating is denoted as NSC, there usually cannot be a CUE because there would be no manifested outcome."Im not understanding this. Yes, I get that its not Cue when...
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Member Carlie with the Angels - A Huge Loss for Veterans
Brothers and Sisters - Our CarlieCash had a heart attack Thursday and flatlined at home, 911 was able to get a heartbeat again, but to much time had passed. She is in a coma and recovery is not...
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Not qualified for promotion because of SC disabilities
All, I am still working on my next round of claims (for about a year now) an am slowly getting my ducks in a row. I have been reading a lot of archieved decisions and see where they (the decision...
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VA archives layout question
Anybody know how to fix the format when researching the VA archives. When I look at them, I either the print is about 4 inches wide on the left, or, the writing goes accross the screen so far you...
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Brain cancer
I was just getting gas at my local corner gas station. They had a photo of a Vet there, and asked for donations for his widow. Being a curious fellow, I had to ask. She responded that the deceased...
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PTSD Claim
started a ptsd claim a few weeks back, just saw the psychiatrist on the 3rd. said i had extreme ptsd but also pre-existing condition. because my step father use to spank me and my brother when we were...
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