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How to Win Survey Results
Branch: Army Persistence VFW is the key place to go to process your disability claims. Get the supportive info they ask for and be persistent. Branch: Army Benefit Experience Years ago, being a VN vet, I started my meds thru VA. I was actually qualified for agent orange benefits a year earlier than I actually begin receiving them due to my own ignorance of their availability. I sought the services of a VSO, who submitted my med records to the VA. When reviewed, I was awarded 80% disability. From there, I went to 90%, then back to 80%, again 90% because of various med exam reviews. Then, after another review, I was awarded 100% with no more reviews. This last decision I did not seek. The decisions were all slow coming, but I thought, I was treated fairly thru the process. Branch: Air Force Not Yet !!! My husband passed in 2010. He was Veteran during Vietnam War, stationed in Thailand on Koret Air Base. He was terminally ill with Picks Disease so like ALS, both neurological diseases. I began in 2003 trying to get help from VA, with no luck. Yes, I went through Congressman, Senators, as well as more than one Veterans Service Officer. Because at the time, presumptive illnesses were not recognized, I had to spend over $500,000 to take meet the needs of my husband. He had good job, good benefits as a federal officer. All our hard earned savings is gone. I have Multiple Sclerosis making this very difficult! I never stopped! All questions were asked, but I was "ignored"! Finally the last two months of my husband of 38 years was taken into Hospice Care in the VA Medical Center in Salisbury, NC. His cause of death "gerd and Picks Disease! I have always been a fighter, never giving up no matter how hard it is! Still have a Claim in Regional Office! A Congressman has my back, or at least that is the spoken. I pray for this claim to be approved so I can rest. Branch: Navy Filing for a claim I first went to VA. to get hearing aids. My Doctor asked a lot of questions and looked at my medical history. I received more than I was expected and was grateful. I then experienced a high PSA count and for about two years my PSA was taken every six months. I then contracted Prostate cancer and was treated and was followed up by both my civilian Dr and the VA. I even had an Agent Orange physical. I asked if the VA was going to reimburse me for being exposed to Agent Orange and they told me I had to put in for it, which I then did on March 30, 2013. I was diagnosed to have prostate cancer in March of 2012 and treated in July 2012. I received a compensation letter, dated April 18 2014, stating I was to receive 100% compensation from March 30, 2013 to February 2014 and back to 40% after that (what I was receiving prior to my surgery). My beef is I could not use the commissary or exchange privileges as my 100% period was over two months before I found out I was eligible for it. The VA knew I had the cancer one whole year before my benefit started and at least six months after I had my Agent Orange physical. My Veterans claim examiner told me it was his job to present the claim, that the Dr.'s don't do it. Nobody had told me this. The Dr. puts the information into the computer, the computer program should pick up certain information and forward it to the proper person to determine VA eligibility for compensation. The vet should not have to apply for compensation. |
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