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Does the VA have the ability to reccord you and your doctor?
Does the VA have the ability to record you during an appointment with your doctor? I don’t have the answer but the guys in the discussion below are convinced that the VA has installed the capability with the intent to … Continue reading
What’s happening with the VA CPAFC caregiver program? (click below picture to read)
I appealed six times. I wrote to the President of the USA, the Vice President, and the Secretary of the DVA. I wrote my congressional representives and I wrote my Senators. I wrote to the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. I called … Continue reading
What in the hell is foot drop anyway ?
John, to answer your question and tell you more about foot drop, as you asked. When you have foot drop, you can no longer lift the front of your foot. When you take a step on a tile, or other … Continue reading
My reply to a veteran who was denied caregiver benefits.
A legacy participant in the VA caregiver program (CPAFC) is a post 9/11 veteran who was in the program on or before October 1, 2020. Legacy veterans are required to appeal using a different method and a different VA form. … Continue reading
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So, this is the skinny on hiring an attorney to represent you in a VA claim in the real world!
I served in the US ARMY 1967-1970. I first entered into the claims process when I filed an agent orange exposure claim in November 2005. I filed the claim for ischemic heart disease as secondary to Diabetes type II. Heart disease … Continue reading
My Agent Orange exposure and VA claim experience
James M. Cripps When I filed my first claim in 2005 the DOD and the VA were very adamant that AO had never been used in CONUS, PERIOD! In order to Substantiate my AO exposure claim I needed, first to … Continue reading
This is what Agent Orange will do to you over time, this is my VA disability ratings as of 0/14/2022
Your individual ratings 0% scars, anterior trunk Service-connected disability? Yes Effective date:07/31/2020 0% scars, posterior trunk Service-connected disability? Yes Effective date:07/31/2020 0% scars, right lower extremity Service-connected disability? Yes Effective date:07/31/2020 0% scars, left lower extremity Service-connected disability? Yes Effective date:07/31/2020 30% painful scars … Continue reading
First PCAFC VA Caregivers case won at the BVA!
By far, I am not the expert. However, after going through the initial application process, including the exams and interviews for the PCAFC caregiver’s program, not once but twice, and after six Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA) appeals in the last … Continue reading
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You can stick a fork in me now because I am done
I began my VA claims saga in 2005. My first success was in November 2009, whereupon I was granted the very first claim for AO exposure at a military instillation in CONUS. That award was a 100% P&T plus an … Continue reading
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VA’s caregiver program, (PCAFC)
Due to the passage of the Mission act, us older veterans of the Vietnam era are no longer fenced out of the benefits under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers. After a ten year wait, application for the … Continue reading
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VA THE REDNECK WAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO IT ALONE! 