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Blood Clot in Knee
Hi All,I have a 100% vet who recently had a bad fall and ended up in the emergency room in the town he lives in because VA hospital was to far to take him to. In examining him they found the blood...
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Need some advice
Hello to my fellow Brothers and Sisters this is my first post, I've been a long time lurker. I am a recently discharged OEF Vet. I joined the National Guard prior to my ETS. I really only joined for...
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Memorial Day Vets Freebies, discounts
Add yours to the list if you have one: Memorial Day is May 30. It's a time set aside to honor those who lost their lives in the service of their country. It's also become a time for people to thank...
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Increase of MRSA from 0%-? unknown, having c&p exam on tuesday
Do they go back to the date of the original claim? im just curious, ive had this infection, since i was in the army, and it was and is horrible, losing jobs, and such. thanks in advance
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Miss Figured EED?
Questions regarding EED? Vet gets denied claim for SC 1997...Refiles claim, 1998 vet gets Service Connected but 0% . Now in 2001 vet refiles claim and is increase to 50%... (from 0% to 50%) 2003...
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Footnote One Nehmer (A0)
Someone asked and we might well need to bump this stuff up if new AOs are added to the presumptive list....and if they continue to apply to Footnote one.
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"Blue Screen of Death" at VAOIG.
Again. It took at least one Veteran's death. The "Candy Man" kills with a coctail of 14 drugs, including multiple opiates: This time: WASHINGTON — A Senate investigation of poor health care at a...
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Appeal Complete
On my Ebenefits account, it shows that my appeal was completed on 5/16/2016. Just a few days ago, I received a letter from my representative (DAV) that reads: "Service connection for post traumatic...
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Appeal Complete
On my Ebenefits account, it shows that my appeal was completed on 5/16/2016. Just a few days ago, I received a letter from my representative (DAV) that reads: "Service connection for post traumatic...
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Pending Disabilities
Had several claims submitted last month, both new and reopened. The claims "closed" a few days ago and now the Pending Disabilities states "We cannot retrieve information......" Plus my percentage has...
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Most Prevalent Service Connected Disabilities FY2014
Most Prevalent Service Connected Disabilities FY2014 Each of the disabilities has a link that takes you to forum posts referring to that disability I hope you find it helpful, the entire report is...
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Are VSO's any help?
I'm considering meeting with a VSO at the VA on Friday since I'll be their for an appointment anyway. I wanted to discuss my C&P exam with them and address my concerns. My claim is in the Prep for...
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Sleep Apnea &VA Dr's
Most of us know that OSA or Sleep Apnea can be caused from PTSD and could be a secondary claim. Why is it so hard for the VA Dr's to opine this for the Veteran? I ask my M.H. Phyistrist about...
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Just found out I have osteoarthritis
So I found out I have osteoarthritis in my lumbar spine, which is convenient because I am going to my 1st c&p exam tomorrow. I added osteoarthritis on the ebenfits, I am under a year out, but I...
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Claim Complete, Now What?
My claim was closed on 08/08/2013. The VA rep couldn't tell me anything on the phone other than the letter was being mailed that day. She told me to log into ebenefits and there may be some helpful...
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#10 DAV
Please, welcome new VET2VET podcast episode:https://youtu.be/waV5t0HPtbM Today we are joined by Thomas Wendel, DAV National area supervisor for West Cost Region. Thomas E. Wendel served in the U. S....
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Denied
The crazy one here, I will not go into any personal rant about how screwed up VA is. I will just say that VA will deny any and all claims they choose regardless of the evidence until the veteran appeal...
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FOIA for C-File
To those of you who submitted a FOIA request for your C-File. Did you receive any sort of response once you submitted the request? I submitted a request for my C-File 10/2015 and never received a...
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Radio show June 2,
Jerrel I was cut off twice after I tried to discuss Alex's point on IMO/IMEs and then no one answered the phone. I wanted to explain why I use the terms IMO and IME here..... And that I had a VA...
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Sleep Apnea Filing secondary to a SC Disability!
This maybe helpful to some of you wanting to File a secondary claim from a SC DISABILITY THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR A SLEEP APNEA CLAIM. Even though this case is an old one some of you may want to read...
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