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naveall
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« on: May 02, 2011, 04:10:15 PM »

I have been reading the forms for A&A for the injury I have to allow my wife to be hear to help me when I need it, plus when I take my prescribed medicine at 1400 that seems to change about every other month (same medicine, just different manufactor) which makes me tired until i adjust to it again,

I read this form and it seems all the questions are about after i croak, not current, I do not understand that part, nor do i understand if i need to fill out the veterans form since I am in the appeal process, although i have repeatedly asked for a hearing both through my legal rep and directly to the VA, it has never happened, and since I currently am on SSDI of which I have been since 2004, it is very hard to live on wages that are from three years ago when the cost has almost doubled since then,

Also, does my appeal or forever wait make a difference if my wife helps me??, I am only allowed 10 percent right now since the VA cannot or will not read my records that shows my service ended three years after I was injured not the next day, and that I am not and have never drawn both SSDI and Labor and Industires at the same time, much like they claim there is no medical proof I am recieving the huge amount of pain medicane I am on even though it is VA prescribed and I have sent via certified return receipt SOC's and copies of all this,

Can some one please maybe help me here??? we do the best we can but sometimes it is never enought

al
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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2011, 07:51:50 PM »

Hi Al,

Why was your claim denied in the first place?
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2011, 08:28:46 PM »

VSR:

1. I was no longer in the service as of the date I applied, this injury was from me being hit by a jeep in 2002, i retired out in 2005, a full three years later,

2. I was drawing both workmans comp and SSDI in 93 when I had a non service injury and was still drawing, which is untrue, the Workmans Comp ended in 95 and i was never on SSDI, this is quoted by by both the VA and at that time the DAV rep I had, who also told me in 07 that he was unaware the claim had been deied yet again, then the very next day i received a letter from his saying it was not only denied, but he would help me file the appeal, the same DAV rep and DRO person reviewed my file everytime, something I was not aware of,

3. I do not show or have any signs or symptoms of ionization radation from the nuclear testing in the late 40's, even though i am only 46, enlisted in the Air Force in 84,

4.There is no medical documentation showing I have been treated for or been treated for said injury, even though I sent them 4 six inch binders full of medical records just from the injury, and the doctor who diagnosised me is the one that told me I was never going to recover, nor would i ever achaieve maxium medical improvement, i would only regress, the same thing she put in my records to the VA that say does not exist,

5. there is no such injury, being the VA uses a guide that is from 1945, there is no way they can say the test I had or phyicals I had applied to this injury,

6. I have not been hopitalize for a perion of two weeks or longer being treated for said injury, regardless of the fact there is no treatment options left for me since i will not allow a pain pump to be put inmy right hip, and then still require the oral pain medicine and have to have the pump filled monthly and replaced every three to five years,

7. I have not ever been treated at any VA facilty, even through the quote the provider in the last denial, as well as they claim i have not ever been prescribed the medicne I am on,

8. there is no medical proof I can be, or have been depressed, again even though the doctor i seen for this prescribed anti depressants as did the VA,

I have been told if I am depressed to get over it, if I am hurt, i should have though about that before I got hurt, the seattle VA is not the flop house for everyone across the state, and it goes on and one,

My legal rep I have now not only found every single item they denied me for but did so in less that 20 minutes looking at my records, and this is what I know, I hurt like hell 90 percent of the time, I cannot play or engage my kids the way I used to, I have to take Viagra for other problems resulting from this injury, yet there is nothing wrong with me or the initamen issue, I acn barely walk a blaoc with out limping the other block, I have to have morphine to move and know if I stop I will atrophy so bad in my right hip there will be no muscle tone left,

I read that CFR, I submitted SOC after SOC stating my case and backing my case with not only medical proof, but where it was and who worte it, I filed SOC after SOC telling them they have my service dates wrong, I even had a VA rep in an email to me say they would used my respose to them as a sworn SOC and they still got it wrong,  they have never either accepted my SOC in regards to my actual date I ended my service, only to have them again say I got out three years before I did,

When the DAV sent me that email saying they did not know I was denied and then I followed that email up with the copy of the letter from them they dropped me and I fired them, in anger because the DAV rep I had with the Assistant Director, he should know better and not been jerking us around,

They even told me to submit all my lawsuits and finicials to expediate my claim and it still took three years, and yes, I lost everything I had (I was in the reserves) my job, my house, my car, my credit, hell i had an eviction and utilitiers shut off and they would not do anything,

I can send you the letter my lawyer sent in regards to this if it helps you, help me understand this better, of course it would have to be considered confidnetual, but if it helps,

thank you for asking, i appeciate you taking the time and i am sorry this is some long, but the VA literally has denied me for everything except on little muscle that is only one part, my official diagnosis is:

SEVERE RIGHT PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME, WITH SEVERE RIGHT ARTICULATED HIP WITH PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 10:18:45 PM »

Ok.  You applied for compensation benefits, not pension with aid and attendance (the topic of this forum).  In that case, I couldn't really offer much help since each compensation claim is specific to the veteran.  Obviously it goes without saying that you would need to prove that the your disabilities were directly related to your service...  Good luck on the appeal though!
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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2011, 12:37:05 PM »

VSR,

until i found this page i never heard of the A&A, or any of the information here and when i retired out no one ever said a word to any of us, can we still apply for the A&A?

thank you and I am sorry the whole message i wrote is not here
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2011, 05:20:51 PM »

Aid and attendance is an additional allowance payable to pension beneficiaries.  To apply for this benefit, you should submit a VA Form 21-0516-1.  Make sure to complete every blank is completed.  Without knowing your income/net worth or service dates, it would be tough to tell you whether or not you would be eligible.  You can find the form I just cited at http://www.va.gov/vaforms/
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