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| Name: | George johnson |
| E-mail address: | rollingrock321@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | internet search |
| Comments: | Hi Glen, hope all is well. I'm trying to get Veterans informed about employment disabilty and my case against Amtrak for inquiring about using veterans preference and being put on a do not rehire list afterwards because of my inquiry. can you send me a link that I can attach the four page decree from the OFCCP & Department of Labor? this may assist other vets whom are experiencing the same kind of treatment from their employers. george |
| Name: | Bruce Macey |
| E-mail address: | bfmace@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | just lucky I guess |
| Name: | rashid el malik |
| E-mail address: | rashidemail@cox.net |
| How did you find me?: | surfing |
| Homepage URL: | http://base0200.org |
| Comments: | I was surfing the internet and ran across your site/ I read your story and I am please you were able to get the benefits you are entitled too. However because of your spinal disability you could be entitled to additional compensation. Go to my web site and learn how to receive the benefits you are entitled too. base0200.org |
| Name: | Linda Ritlinger RN |
| E-mail address: | lritlinger30@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | surfing |
| Homepage URL: | https://lindaritlinger.reliv.com/ |
| Comments: | These products have helped me already, and so many others with a variety of ailments swear by them. I have chronic fatigue syndrome, amongst other ailments, and even in the early stages I am already beginning to feel much better. There's a mass of people with a varitey of ailments, worse than mine that swear by these products. Being a nurse I love to help others so this is assisting me to do that even more than before. Let me know if I can help you? https://lindaritlinger.reliv.com |
| Name: | Joshua Cain |
| E-mail address: | jmcain812@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | Friend |
| Comments: | Thank you to my friend and for you! I have the same injury that you have Glen but mine came to me while in deviated septum surgery "nose". I left the hospital in WORSE shape then I have ever been in!!! It has been a year today and nothing has been done for me/to me. They have told me that I have a pinched sciatica nerve in my right leg with man hood problems from my back issues like you have Glen. Which all came from this surgery. |
| Name: | john s morse |
| E-mail address: | vietvet1954@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | internet search |
| Comments: | glad guys like you are out there! |
| Name: | Bob Plato |
| E-mail address: | rgplato@aol.com |
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| Comments: | When you get your real estate free from property taxes approved , you should demand they go back to your disability date, not the current year. I fought Volusia County in Florida on this, and they approved a 2 year refund. |
| Name: | Charles Ward |
| E-mail address: | chaz11m@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | General search on google |
| Comments: | 22 years retired Army. Diagnosed MS 2009. Lots of issues with pay and disability that is how I came across your site. Looking forward to utilizing your information to try and sort my issues. Thank you for creating! |
| Name: | jimmy young |
| E-mail address: | jimmydyoung@aol.com |
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| Comments: | I am also waitting on rateing for iu, unemployed since 2010 retired from texas army nat guard am 80% va,ssdi going to college am 62yrs old maybe will hear something soon. talk to ya latter |
| Name: | charity |
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| Comments: | see email |
| Name: | Jason |
| E-mail address: | jmw19782002@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | browsing |
| Comments: | I am a disabled vet at 20%. I am currently enrolled in school to finish my bachelors. I am trying to get in the Voc Rehab program. Not sure if I would get it. My job is unstable. I am trying to save money, but it is really hard to do when sudden expenses come up. I was depressed after my father had a died of cancer suddenly. My mother just had a heart attack but is doing well. Although I cannot control what happens to other people, I am having trouble staying focused and not trying to become depressed again and fall behind on bills and rent. Basically I am looking to fix my credit which is in bad shape. I have old bills that went to collections and it is overwhelming right now. Are there any programs that I may be able to get in to help pay these bills to stay afloat? I appreciate any help information out there. |
| Name: | Jessi |
| E-mail address: | shadowdancer3531@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | browsing |
| Comments: | I have just contacted the VA over my disability issue of not receiving payments. It was my fault but I was also given false information that I went off of. If you owe money to any part of the VA (Medical, GI Bill etc.) they will send a letter then take whatever payment they see fit. They took 95% of my disability check, yes I did owe the GI Bill money and when it was made aware to me months ago I called the GI Bill and asked what I should do, could do and so on. The GI Bill rep told me that this debt would only effect me when I went back to school or tried to reactivate my GI Bill for school, then I would have to take care of my debt... no problem as they told me specifically that my disability was separate from the GI Bill. When I called today they said any debt owed to the VA will be taken in any means nessecary, ie my disability. I was also homeless for most of this last summer until winter when a family member took me in because it is cold in colorado and I was living in a campground. I had no notice of this, not sure who to point fingers at except that it just seems bad timing. So if you have debt with the VA take care of if you receive disability payments. |
| Name: | Kenneth C. Tennant |
| E-mail address: | KTennantDC@Gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | chance |
| Comments: | Honorably discharged 1989. Diagnosed with disabling fibromyalgia...1989 by a chiropractor. Six years later the VA MD's arrive at same diagnosis. 13 years later VARO in DesMoines Iowa admits service connection, but tells this vet that I will DIE before they award my claim. Then, for complaining about the overly adversarial & abusive VA claims process, they send goons from "Homeland Security" to intimidate me into silence. They terrorized my six year old son, eight year old daughter and my wife was vomitting in distress as they "arrested" me. Google: Kenneth Tennant. The case was dismissed upon appeal. They came around to rating my FM/CFS and unemployability at 100%, but refuse to award an Earlier Effective date that coincides with my "Service-Connected" dates. (1987-1989 when the DoD injected me with experimental vaccines without disclosure & without my Informed Consent, contrary to Nuremburg Code/laws. I applied for Soc Sec Disability in 1991. The SSA medical examiner determined disability but systemic incompetence & dishonest ALJ's put job security before integrity. I need a Fair & Impartial Decision Review officer to re-open my claim a& correct the clear & unmistakable errors. Please share this with Kathleen Sebelius, secretary Health & InHuman Services. My mother is a widow and I have a wife & two kids that depend on me. Please copy this. Thank you. Kenneth Tennant, 3935 Rolling Hills Dr., Bettendorf, Iowa 563 355 7073 |
| Name: | Thomas G. Disbrow |
| E-mail address: | tom_disbrow2001@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | web search trying to find an attorney to take my case |
| Comments: | I was in the Army in 1973 I joined the reserves with a prior service injury reaggravated my military duty in basic training. They medically discharged me saying it was an eronious induction but also state that I was physically fit for further military duty but yet I have do disability rating. Then I had surgery for a cataract and suffered retina detatchment and lost vision in my right eye and of course they say they are not responsible now I have to have a cornea transplant. Where can I find a lawyer who would take my case> I had a comp and pension hearing and had no proper representation. |
| Name: | Jessi |
| E-mail address: | shadowdancer3531@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | Trying to find answers |
| Comments: | I am in the very beginning process and don't have much information as to why I am in this situation that I am in. If it is a mistake on my part then maybe someone else can learn from this or help me if this has happened to them. Tomorrow I plan to call the VA administration as I am a 70% disabled veteran told that my benefits were tax free and could not be touched. Since becoming disabled I have not been able to find work; either my physical disability turns me away or my disability rating through the VA, employers don't want to hire the disabled. Today I should have received my benefits, I got $44... I am not sure what to do except wait till Monday to call, I can't even imagine what or why this happened. If anyone has had any similar experience I would appreciate any information and I plan to update the site as to what happens with mine and my 100% disability petition the VA as I have lost my trade due to service connected disability. Thank you for the information on the site, this is wonderful! God bless our veterans and Happy New Year! |
| Name: | Bob |
| Comments: | Hope everyone has a Happy and a prosperous New Year! |
| Name: | Truong Phan |
| E-mail address: | tphan68ou1@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | Web browsing |
| Comments: | Thank you for providing these information. |
| Name: | Jill Page |
| E-mail address: | cpage5741@yahoo.com |
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| Comments: | I am also battling with the VA. My husband is a disabled Vietnam Vet. He has had to have knee replacement surgery in 08 on one need and needed the other done also but it was put off. Then he had to have arm surgery since his tendons were trapped inside his elbow somehow from his knee surgery. Then in 09 he had to have heart surgery and had 2 stents put in. As of Oct. 5th of this year he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. All this time I have been jumping through hoops taking him from doctor appt after doctor and he is still only considered 10% disabled. Not only was he in country in Vietnam but he also lived on base at Camp Lejune where the water supply was tainted. I had to quit my job because he requires 24 hour care but yet he is only 10 % disabled. The doctor didn't even expect him to make it to his first doctors appt. after surgery. What do you for this ???? They should change their sloggin from Gone but not forgotten to If you survive you will easily be forgotten. |
| Name: | GySgt McBride |
| E-mail address: | chilimac_usmc@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for your service. Iam getting ready to retire after 21 years of active service and 25 total years. I have pain in almost ever part of my body daily and just went through my 2nd knee surgery in less than a year. I also have the Degen. dic disease in my L4/L5 with a herniated disc. I have been jumping out of AC, running, humping, and being a Marine for way to long. Thanks for the info and I am sure I will be referring to your page to help in the transition with the VA in the near future. |
| Name: | Richard A Knox |
| E-mail address: | richardaknox@broadstripe.net |
| How did you find me?: | Google Search |
| Homepage URL: | http://http://books.dreambook.com/dv11/dv.sign.html |
| Comments: | Please contact me. I was listed as disabled through the Va in 1988 at 40%. I have looked into getting my rating increased, recently due to increased numbness in my legs and pain in my lower back which prevents me from standing or sitting to long. I also have Degenerative Disk disease in my lower back L1-L4 or 5 along with Spondolysis, which I understand is sometype of arthritis. I want to know what you went through with the VA and through Social Security and the VA to get you rating increased and to get listed as disabled through the SS. Thanks, Richard AF 83-88 |
| Name: | Sylvester Woodland |
| E-mail address: | sylvester278@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | Scanning the Web |
| Comments: | In 1989 I was accosted by Gang Member on Base in San Diego 32nd Street. These guys were in the Navy and left me with a permanent Seizure disorder. After Countless seizures I began to experience Heart trouble. I served in the Gulf But left early due to health reasons. I also got out early because of Health reasons. It has Take The VA 18 years to resolve my Seizure disorder Case because N.C.I.S. concealed the investigation documents. And when I did finally file them I was only awarded two years Back pay even though I made the VA aware that NCIS had these documents all along. Thanks for inspiring me to hang in there your website is awesome. I will continue to be strong and pray for the best! |
| Name: | Raj Shori |
| E-mail address: | rkshori@sbcglobal.net |
| How did you find me?: | googled disability benefits |
| Comments: | Hey Glen, Thanks for the inspiration in dealing with a disability. Stay strong & thanks for your webpage! |
| Name: | richard atkinson |
| E-mail address: | ackman40@nc.rr.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | same comments that i put on your other book. Thanks again for the help. Also waiting for a decision from the VA. |
| Name: | richard atkinson |
| E-mail address: | ackman40@nc.rr.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | You have good info on your page. There are a lot of vets and family members that you have helped. You wiil be blessed for this. US ARMY RETIRED. |
| Name: | Spc. Raphael Richardson |
| E-mail address: | mrrich76@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | I would first like to say thank you for your service. I am also a 100% Service Connected Veteran and would like to know if I read your story right. I saw that you stated that you received a 70% rating for Service Connected Disabilities, but it also stated that you received 100% Disability because you were unemployable. I too initially received 10% for a back related injury, after being crushed under a 5-ton truck in 1995. I injured my L3/L4 just as you did and they diagnosed me with the same degenerative vertebrate disease as well. I finished my enlistment, and that's when I received the 10% rating. I later re-enlisted and after returning from Iraq in 2005 I filed again for PTSD and was awarded 100% for PTSD (un-employability) , but no rating for the initial Lower Back Injury I sustained in 1995. It's totally ironic that I ran across your site because our situation's are very similar. I would like fr you to reply to let me know if you were receiving dual compensation fr two different ratings. Also feel free to just hit me up, I have information on SSDI that you may need and we can help each other. Thanks for your time and your willingness to help. I'm in the process of enrolling to school to be able to help veteran's with there claims. Hope to hear from you soon. |
| Name: | alejandro lurati |
| E-mail address: | alejandrolurati@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | no good neighbor |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.rickylopezratpack.com/ |
| Comments: | Still batelling a rare but serious rash. My brother back home have a nerve disorder. War is HELL. Asian broads are full of diseases. "I’m going to quote my hero, Dr. Martin Luther King: 'We who engage in non-violent direct action are not the cause of tension, but rather, bringing to the surface a tension that already exists.'" -Ted Nugent to Sean Hannity |
| Name: | Edward Guy |
| E-mail address: | eddie.guy@att.net |
| How did you find me?: | the internet |
| Comments: | I live in New Orleans...and you can just amagine what's going on here....just glad your around and keep things going...Ed. |
| Name: | Chris |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | 24 YR OLD ARMY VETERAN. DISABLED AT 60% FROM AN INJURY IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2009. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND IF YOU HAVE AN INJURY DO NOT BE ASHAMED TO FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TOO! GOD BLESS OUR GREAT COUNTRY! |
| Name: | EDDIE M ROBINSON |
| E-mail address: | momph49@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | LOOKING FOR INFO ON VA DISABILITY |
| Name: | John |
| E-mail address: | trahrey@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | thanks for your info |
| Name: | michael |
| E-mail address: | michael4oif@aol.com |
| How did you find me?: | surfing the net |
| Comments: | so u can get va diability and ss |
| Name: | Captain Ken Guyer |
| E-mail address: | kagptloma@cox.net |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | VA has been good to me but it does take a long time. I have nueropathy from Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam. I also have diabetes and renal failure which has been connected to Agent Orange. I started 5 years ago at 10% rating and in July was finally raised to 100%. Thank you for your web page and thank you for your service. |
| Name: | Theo Galzerano |
| E-mail address: | maxpowercheck@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | by accident |
| Comments: | I sent you an email. |
| Name: | myron riley |
| E-mail address: | mriley1@mail.govst.edu |
| How did you find me?: | internet |
| Name: | Mackenzie Bond |
| E-mail address: | mackenzie.bond@navy.mil |
| How did you find me?: | google search |
| Comments: | I also I'm having a problem with the Navy. I love my job and I struggle through pain everyday. I had got a spinal injury which left me incapable of working in my field. Now after years they had me get lumbar fusion which helped but still have chronic pains and nerve issues. The Navy has ERB results which came oout and said I wasn't retained for service. Now they are offering a seperation pay but after that nothing. I wanted to find out would a medical board and being medical retired be the better road to go so I have options. |
| Name: | Robin Rockefeller/Kincheloe |
| E-mail address: | robinkincheloe@ymail.com |
| How did you find me?: | googling |
| Comments: | How long is it taking for Va Claims to rate you and pay you? The process needs to hurry up as far as I'm concerned. I did my time and for 16 years I didn't file cause i'm stubborn as hell. Now in need of this service and been waiting a year. Me continuing to do the same type of work because I have to so I can provide for my kids is making my symptoms worse. Looking for a different job but not sure what career move I should be making...just wish my rating would hurry up so I wouldn't have to be so stressed about money...one good factor...should be a nice back pay check! Email me anytime! |
| Name: | Linda Morris |
| E-mail address: | lorene_morris@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | google search |
| Comments: | My Mom is 93 and 13 months ago was granted survivor benefits. My step-dad was a WWII POW. They have now terminated her benefits and are requesting all the money they paid her back. Her financial situation is the same as it was when benefits were granted. She did not win the lottery. They are saying she has enough money to last the rest of her life. I'm appealing. They don't know how long she has and they don't know what the spend rate will be as her dementia continues to increase. My husband served. My son served. I hope my grandson never does, this country makes families fight (again) for their rights. |
| Name: | Thomas Perez |
| E-mail address: | icyulkn@hotmail.com |
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| Name: | Steve Olson |
| E-mail address: | Bassin49@aol.com |
| How did you find me?: | Surfing internet |
| Comments: | AO related DM2, bilateral neuropathy and sleep disorder due to pain. Currently rated at 70% but thinking about applying for IU since I have worked in Law Enforcement for over 40 years and am having a hard time getting around. |
| Name: | Rita Sparrow |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | Thanks for your service to our country...May God bless, protect, and prosper you (*.*) |
| Name: | Sgt Hutchison |
| E-mail address: | mp77isaac@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | Great site, thanks for your service! |
| Name: | Call Sign "Cooter" |
| E-mail address: | garyhorn25@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | online |
| Homepage URL: | http://facebook me if you like, |
| Comments: | Hey yall, Glen amazing page first off. I am still a combat medic by heart and even though i was in the USAF, i did my tour with good ole Army infantry Boys. We spent our time in the dirt six months straight. While on my tour my widow on drivers door was struck during an ambush by a R.P.G. I am 100% workable with the va no questions asked. This includes but not limited too (LOL), TBI,PTSD,Few Slipped Disk,Sleep Apnea, knees, shoulders, muscles, ect. I am trying to find information on how to obtain a good bed like the sleep number through the VA or Tricare prime guys. If you have heard a story or know info it would be appreciated. Also, if anyone has questions feel free to email me. I am more than happy to help answer anyone may have related to the medical side of things. I am still fighting my TDRL!!! SSgt Gary "Cooter" Horn Ret. Combat Medic Afghan, PMT VIPER JAN-JULY 2008 |
| Name: | Edward L. Carson Jr |
| E-mail address: | younme2@gondtc.com |
| How did you find me?: | searching internet |
| Comments: | Hello Glen, I am still trying to get the VA to rate me permanent 100% based on my second diagnosis of prostate cancer. I am a Viet Nam veteran (1969/1970) Have been treated for prostate cancer twice now by radiation. When the VA said my cancer had returned they took me from (upon my request) 60% to 100% dissability. Now they want to re evaluate my status. I am asking myself why? All three of the Urologists at the VA Med Center in Fargo concurr that my cancer is terminal and that their prescribed treatment will only postpone the progression of the cancer. Why do I need to be re evaluated? Take Car and God Bless. |
| Name: | marco murrieta |
| E-mail address: | m_marco98@msn.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | I have 40% total disability, a combination of anxiety, tinnitus and irritable bowel. I recently got diagnosed with sleep apnea from the VA. Do you know if this could be added on to the 40%? How can I prove that I had it in the military, if I didn't even know it existed? |
| Name: | William Anderson |
| E-mail address: | Williamanderson1954@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | ? |
| Comments: | I am trying to get 100% unemploybility ,due to injury ,I lost 80% of my pancreas as well other smaller problems I encountered,but I am insulin dependent .I am on SS disability, I am using my Va rep..my question is do I need to be using a DAV rep instead.? Or is that the same , Thanks for the info. |
| Name: | Sandy Bernabei |
| E-mail address: | sandy.bernabei@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | Occupy Vermont Ave |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.123724790975396.23554.123450471002828&type=1 |
| Comments: | Looking for David Brewster. |
| Name: | Bob |
| Comments: | Average appeal time according to google is 971 days for an appeal decision. That is just ridiculous! Can you imagine telling your boss that you should be able to get that project done in less than three years? |
| Name: | Bob |
| How did you find me?: | web surfing |
| Comments: | Hi all. I am a retired 20 year vet. I currently have 30% service connected disability and I am in appeal since June 2010 for increase. Just waiting for the appeal to be decided. I expect a long wait because it is the VA we are dealing with after all. |
| Name: | Michael Stovall |
| E-mail address: | mlsvall@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | Surfing The Internet |
| Homepage URL: | http://NA |
| Comments: | Please contact me at the above email address as soon as your pain will allow. |
| Name: | Robert L. Parker Jr |
| E-mail address: | rpvbp1@bellsouth.net |
| How did you find me?: | VA Benefits Blog |
| Name: | Ronald C. Philpot |
| E-mail address: | rphilpot1@cfl.rr.com |
| How did you find me?: | Surfing |
| Comments: | I found your site when I was surfing the net actually researching benefits for disabled Vets. I am a 100% disabled combat wounded (Iraqi Freedom)Vet. Thanks for your help. |
| Name: | Barbara Kearney |
| E-mail address: | blmk58@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | looking up information on Google |
| Name: | Brownie |
| Comments: | Kid at the supermarket has no respect. |
| Name: | Lou Acosta |
| E-mail address: | pacificlou@sbcglobal.net |
| How did you find me?: | yahoo search |
| Comments: | Currently going through AO IHD since 01/2009. |
| Name: | David Brewster |
| E-mail address: | eagle793703@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | I'm the hide and seek champ! |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.235409593140248.80001.123450471002828&type=1.54033841699&type=1 |
| Comments: | I moved to Canada in 1969 and ran into some Korean War veterans by chance. At the time, there was a lot of tension. Once, when I visited my friend Mike and his wife for Christmas in 1976 her parents' house in Queens, I came to know the great Pinky Peterson, again by chance. We learned a lot from each other that Christmas and it will always be a fond memory for me. Great site. Keep up the good work! |
| Name: | kenneth gene perry |
| E-mail address: | perrykenneth@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | I find this site very informing. I'm a disabaled Vietnam Vet on 100% disability. The PVA were thenes that help get my monies. Thanks for your site Kenneth disabled monies Dec 2008 |
| Name: | Avery |
| E-mail address: | peacefighters@draftoutlaws.com |
| How did you find me?: | Same way I found universal health care |
| Homepage URL: | http://hippyshop.com/ |
| Comments: | Hi, Bob. Great to hear from you. If I'm not mistaken, I think it's 5 out of 10, but I defer to my colleagues in the Midwest division. Keep on trucking and have a good werkend (it's almost over). Love from Grand Rapids. |
| Name: | bob |
| Comments: | Does any one know what the rating is for bilateral neuropothy? Hearing loss? |
| Name: | Terry |
| E-mail address: | lfsheppard@cogeco.ca |
| How did you find me?: | search |
| Homepage URL: | http://home.wanadoo.nl/inspiritus/pagina2.htm |
| Comments: | I lost part of my finger during the Vietnam war. I never liked to talk about it, but now that I am older, I feel it is my duty to my country to tell the tale. I am a Christian , so naturally I thought about being a conscientious objector, but then I decided that would be hypocritical. Just as I was preparing to leave my family, I dreamt I would be hurt. It was only 2 weeks after I said goodbye to them. As it turns out, I never got drafted anyway. But I did feel a kinship with those who did serve, the losses they suffered and I understood the pain of being away from home. May God bless all of you and you will always be in my prayers. |
| Name: | nicholas koulianos |
| E-mail address: | koulianosklan@aol.com |
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| Comments: | great info thanks for sharing god bless you! |
| Name: | Albert |
| E-mail address: | armstrar34@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | accident |
| Name: | Tony hadameyo |
| E-mail address: | Tony.Hadameyo23@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | Internet |
| Comments: | Fellow disabled veteran here in a similar situation as your story my friend, and I got out in June of 09, was granted 40%, 10 for tinitus, and 10 for gerd, acid reflux, and and 30 for ptsd. I served 6 years as a combat engineer and went on two deployments, and Iraq then Afghanistan. My conditions have gotten worse and a year ago today I put in a reconsideration for a increase for ptsd, and gerd and previously denied tbi. It's been a year and asked my American Legion rep what's up with it and she said it's at the top office waiting on the final decision. my question is what should I do now? What really the proper channels I should be following? Thank you very much for the help... SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!!!! |
| Name: | Hugh Christopher |
| E-mail address: | hughchristopher@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | How did you find me? |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.235409593140248.80001.123450471002828&type=1#!/photo.php?fbid=235409596473581&set=a.235409593140248.80001.123450471002828&type=1&theater |
| Comments: | At the time of the Vietnam war, I was having trouble with getting my paperwork in order to move to England where I have relatives. So instead, I relocated to Toronto, so I could be closer to my hometown of Albany, NY. That entire time period is fascinating to me and I have collected many photos. Also interesting to me is the Civil War and the role of Abe Lincoln. You just don't understand how much he contributed to the war effort until you've seen and heard some of the things I have. Great site and keep up the good work!! |
| Name: | grant stone |
| E-mail address: | grantj00730@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | looking on the internet |
| Comments: | good info |
| Name: | pamela snyder |
| E-mail address: | pomwong69@yahoo.com |
| Name: | Gary R. Bostic |
| E-mail address: | grb.greenbydesign@yahoo.comweb |
| How did you find me?: | comment from another site |
| Comments: | Glen....Saw your site tonight. I am a USAF veteran, having spent 68 and 69, in Thailand, at a base called U-Tapao. Thirty years after discharge, I wake up one morning to find I have only partial vision in my left eye, the doctors have no explanation,six years later I have open heart surgery ( Ischemic Heart Disease ). Two years later my lower back goes out with Chronic Pain, that is relentless. (Degenerative Disk Disease) Again the doctors have no explanation as to cause. As of 2010 I find out thar our government was spraying Agent Orange and other herbicides at the base in Thailand I served at. I believe there is a relationship with my medical conditions, but so far in filing a claim in November 2010 we are still in the diagnosis stage. Any one out there with similiar medical conditions, please share your story with me. We may be able to be mutually beneficial with our efforts with the VA. |
| Name: | Terrence Thomas |
| E-mail address: | tthomas@mvdn-corp.com |
| How did you find me?: | google search |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.militaryandveteransdiscounts.com |
| Comments: | We created a comprehensive site that lists businesses nationwide that have discounts for veterans - http://www.militaryandveteransdiscounts.com. Please check it out. It is free to use and registration is not required. |
| Name: | otis cooper |
| E-mail address: | otiscooper21@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | Internet |
| Comments: | Thanks for all the info you've provided. Came in really helpful to me. |
| Name: | Grant Schaffer |
| E-mail address: | husker92592@verizon.net |
| How did you find me?: | VA search |
| Comments: | Just want to let you know that I have the same issues with surgery at L4 and L5. Of course after three attempts and case closed no disability rating. I have seen a case worker now that I have paid for surgery out of pocket, and reopened the case, Going on 6 months now and a finally received a medical visit to the VA to follow up with letters saying " sorry for an Inconvenience we are still reviewing your claim" Gulf War Vet |
| Name: | Robin "Rocky" |
| E-mail address: | bluiedmudder@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | I filed for disability in Jan/Feb this year and haven't heard a thing yet. The wait is very frustrating. I too have back injuries, PTSD, and Tinnitus, and trying to refile for my knees. I'm worried about getting screwed over but haven't heard anything yet...so fingers crossed. But with all that I have read...it sounds like the gov tries to screw you over for years to come. |
| Name: | ronnie |
| E-mail address: | kmoxley6@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | wife was searching for answers |
| Homepage URL: | http://? |
| Comments: | just need some help with va problems.i have just moved to sc from nc the clinic here was a bad experience for me i have some bad panic disorders since my stroke.the dr was a real jerk to say the least. i was going to the salisbury va in nc went through alot of test some very painful ones in durham nc.this dr wont look at my files wants to put me through it all again took my pain meds away i have been on for over 4 years.i went to the clinic because i have had shingels for over a year i needed help.after 3 years and losing my home i did get my 100 percent disability thank god.do i have to go to a va hospital? |
| Name: | ken weber |
| E-mail address: | legrand1@comcast.net |
| How did you find me?: | friend |
| Comments: | reaI am a vet and served from 1953 to 1956 ( 18 months in Korea). I had a claim in a VA hospital that is now closed. This claim cannot be found in the VA system. I have my claim # but that does no good. It has been 3 months and I did not receive my packet to put this in motion. Ihave been under Drs care since my discharge in 1956 , The claim is from 1960. I am gettin up in age 77, and I do need help with my expenses, for my things other than medical, I have been seeing Drs a the VA in Ft Myers florida for PTSD, I was teated for that in 1960, but they never called that. It was a called a nervous breakdown. I truly need help. Thanks Ken |
| Name: | Lester Qualls |
| E-mail address: | qualls_joyce@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | surfing |
| Comments: | I have been trying since 2003 I hurt my knee in the service in1952.I was in traction 13 days.Now as I am older 73 now It is worse.They told me I needed a brace but did not put one on I fell and broke my hip Mar.2010 due to the knee gave way.They gave me 100% for 13 months but I will always limp and can`t walk too far.I think they think I will finally just kick the bucket |
| Name: | Sgt Calvert Jackson |
| E-mail address: | caljackson_sr |
| Name: | Kenneth Harrison |
| E-mail address: | kennetharrison53@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | website |
| Comments: | Still trying to reach you: 270-319-9617 |
| Name: | Mike Duncan |
| E-mail address: | mikedu21@gmail.com |
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| Name: | Manuel Escobio |
| E-mail address: | usgovcg@hotmail.com |
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| Comments: | Coast Guard Veteran 70% service connected. Injured in the line of duty. Served from October 1998 to July 2009. discharged with 20% severance pay due to a knee injury with 5 surgeries surgeries. |
| Name: | Kenneth Harrison |
| E-mail address: | kennetharrison53@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | VA serches |
| Comments: | It was wonderful to read your authorship in your case. Can you please consult with me ? # 270-319-9617 I Pray to hear from you. Thank you |
| Name: | VERN D |
| How did you find me?: | INTERNET SEARCH |
| Comments: | I AM TRYING TO DETERMINE THE BEST STATE FOR RETIRED DISABLED VETS TO LIVE IN. I AM 80% WITH 20% FOR UNEMPLOYABLE. NOT INTERESTED IN SCHOOL OR ANY BENEFITS LIKE THAT. MOSTLY TAX HELP AND OTHER ITEMS RETIRED PEOPLE MAY BE LOOKING FOR. WONDER HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE FOR SOMEONE TO SET UP A SITE WHERE YOU COULD INTER AREAS OF YOUR INTEREST AND THEN RECEIVE LIST OF STATES WITH BEST BENEFITS LISTED. VERN |
| Name: | Daniel |
| E-mail address: | pfconcepts@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | Web search |
| Comments: | I found your page to be very helpful...though honestly, I am lost in the system right now. When I read your story, I was thinking...'Wow, this is me!" I injured my back in a parachute accident...and am now rated 40% combined. They have done so many painful nerve tests on me, that I am now afraid to go back to the hospital. Since that rating (about three years now), my lower back has now become unstable...and I am in 24 hr pain. I cannot do manual labor without a great deal of personal suffering, and I have no clue how to get this disability increased. Nor do I know how to apply for SSDI. Any help you can provide me would be great. I did contact a VSO in Gainesville, FL. to apply for added benefits...but I have no clue how to fight for myself through this seemingly nutty system. Again...thank you and God Bless. Daniel |
| Name: | Michael Marki |
| E-mail address: | mikemarki2012@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.freepeoplehelpingpeople.com |
| Comments: | There are free benefits and resources not many realize are available, there are even links to receive the Fibromyalgia Digest, Lupus Digest and Disability Digest for free, Go to: www.freepeoplehelpingpeople.com |
| Name: | Msgt. Paul S. McDonald, 2/75th Rangers, (Ret.) |
| E-mail address: | iccarus6657@live.com |
| How did you find me?: | vet benfits search on the web |
| Comments: | Damm good info....both my wife, a Army SSG retired, are disabled vets drawing both SSD and currently temp 100%, but will submitt paperwork to go to total 100% for us both. I have had very good relationship with the DAV and we have a very good NSO here in Kansas City Missouri. I hope this message finds you well.. please feel free to drop me a line at my email address. Always good to "chat " with another vet.... "Keep your powder dry" Doc Mac |
| Name: | jeffery james hall |
| E-mail address: | jeffhall@alliancecable.net |
| How did you find me?: | search engine |
| Comments: | hello hope everything is swell for you today it is for me thank goodness.. anyways do you agree the veterans compansation rates are way too low for todays world? |
| Name: | Mark Loren |
| E-mail address: | mlorenfl@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | Looking at VA ben info |
| Comments: | I enjoyed your homepage. I have been struggling with the VA since 2005. I am currently rated a combined 90%. disputing an addition 50% and unemployability. Never thought to ask my utlilities for a discount. I have a friend that got hired by the VA for claim awarding and I am finally beginning to understand how the VA works. It is not in a sane manner. I am using the VFW as my assister. Good luck to you. |
| Name: | rafael perez |
| E-mail address: | rafaelperezjr@ymail.com |
| How did you find me?: | browsen |
| Comments: | thanks for the heads up I will be fileing for SSD |
| Name: | Brock Alter |
| E-mail address: | brock_alter@msn.com |
| How did you find me?: | saw your url in va disabilty search |
| Comments: | Glenn, I am 70% with 100% UL With L5-S1 interbody fusion, c5-7 fusion with. Both both fisios by Titanium rods, plates and screws. Plus I have had my left Ulna nerve transpositioned and A complete artificial titanium shoulder replacement. It took about nine months from My discharge date to qualify for Benefits. Yet I went past 5 years trying to Qualify for Ssd. I was denied all The way to appeals court. I feel I was discriminated against by The ALJ. Is there anything I can do? |
| Name: | Red Terrin |
| E-mail address: | i have no email |
| How did you find me?: | Just trying to help |
| Comments: | Chris Walport, I can help.. |
| Name: | Red Terrin |
| E-mail address: | i have no email |
| How did you find me?: | Just trying to help |
| Homepage URL: | http://i have no website because network solutions ripped me off |
| Comments: | Chris Walport, I can help.. |
| Name: | chris walport |
| E-mail address: | wallysfurshed@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | web search |
| Comments: | disabled vet looking for help.. |
| Name: | chris walport |
| E-mail address: | wallysfurshed@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | web search |
| Comments: | disabled vet looking for help.. |
| Name: | Abe |
| E-mail address: | proud_grandson@lakeforrestwarclub.com |
| How did you find me?: | Blue Iris |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.facebook.com/media/albums/?id=123450471002828 |
| Comments: | Would like to weigh in as an undergraduate... I saw Full Metal Jacket when I was only 8 years old. Then I learned what an AK-47 was when I saw Lebanon on the MIND Channel. I have a scar on my left shoulder from the time I was playing Nam with my brother. He threw a dirt bomb at me, I fell in a gully and got severely scraped on a blueberry Bush. I am very aware of all it took over the years. I do not take for granted, for one cotton picking minute, what it took for me to be here where I am today. I will fight for America until she dies. HEROES: Terry Fox Christopher Reeve Michael J. Fox Rupert Murdoch HEROINES: Helen Keller Hermione Granger Samantha Fox China White A word to our veterans: Hope is now here, but it's only change, LOL! We've got to laugh, eh? -Abe from Calgary, Home Of The Olympics |
| Name: | Paul and Lisa Spaulding |
| E-mail address: | spankylms@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | Thank you for your service and the way you are still giving selflessly by creating this page. My husband is a Disabled Veteran and currently seeking Unemployability. True as you stated, it has taken right at a year and just now nearing its end and your advice is true...to not give up! Thanks for your helpful page and may GOD Bless you! |
| Name: | Brian Regan |
| E-mail address: | brian_rgn@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | Just kept looking |
| Comments: | Hi Glenn, I do not know where to start, so the beggining will have to do.While serving in the USMC I suffered a severe parachuting accident that has led me to a total of "EIGHT" spinal surgeries.L-3,L-4, L-5,and S-1 also C-5,C-6,C-7 and T-1 fusions, With neropothy. I also suffer from severe central apnea from a injury to my face while in the service. Allof which is compounded by severe depression and T.B.I. So the battle with the Vetrans Administration is difficult enough without remembering who you are incontact with. I am trying to keep this short as I know there are many vetrans in need. This happened to me in 1977, I have been fighting this battle ever since.I recieve 20% disability, I have had appeals only to recieve denial.Even though I have nine CD's full of electronic files.I have never been present for any hearings since my original in Boston Ma. which I was granted the original 20%. I have not been able to work since 2001 due to more surgeries. All of this on top of losing my 19 year old son two days after his return from Iraq in 2004. Unfortunatly he was killed in a automotive accident on his way to go snowboarding with his buddies he had served with. I know I am all over the place with this but I hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel. If someone can tell me what direction to go in I would greatly appreciate it. I live in Venice California. Sincerly, Brian P. Regan |
| Name: | cynthia wiggins |
| E-mail address: | cynthiawigginz@inbox.com |
| How did you find me?: | web site |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.disabledvet.com/ |
| Comments: | Thanks for the info I am currently a disabled veteran with 80% disabilty trying to get 100% since 2005. |
| Name: | Larry L Boggs |
| E-mail address: | larrylboggs@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | luck |
| Comments: | Thank for the information. Im a disabled Army Veteran. Now 20% going for TDIU and p and t claim. Filed March 2010 now in Decision Phase as of June 1st. I hope this is over soon. I have DDD, DJD, and neck problems. Back surgery Germany March 1970 x2. Spent from March to Oct in the Hosp. Discharged Letterman Hosp. San Fran. Worked Long Beach VA for 33.6 yrs Retired 35yrs. Federal. |
| Name: | Daniel Acosta |
| E-mail address: | danielacosta20@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | google search |
| Comments: | Hey, we might know each other. I joined the AF on Jun 17, 1981. I became a weapons puke and later a Contracts Specialist. I retired in 2001 and unfortunately, I'm a ten percenter. I am a Persian Gulf Vet as a weapons guy and have had 2 bouts of NHL in the past 3 years. Submitted my NOD with supporting docs and have been waiting for 8 -9 months depending on which date you go by...NOD Date or supporting doc submittal date. Still working but trying to convince the VA that my NHL is service connected based on presumptive service connection. Wish me Luck! |
| Name: | Gordon N Day |
| E-mail address: | g.nday62@hotmail.com. |
| How did you find me?: | mweb search |
| Homepage URL: | http:/Mymsn.com |
| Comments: | Into my fith year of the fight. looking for any help. Lost my truck,house and probly family.Was a Drill Sergeant, can,t hearbecause of keeping ranges safe. Can't walk,from chasing you 18 gazells around Ft.Benning.Can't pick up my two year old grandaughterbecause of my back. Have had two heart attacks,six by pass surgury, three stents, a stroke ten knee surguries. Have been unemployable for 11 years with no comp. except SSI.At the end of my rope, couls use a hand tieing off.Thanks for your service. I,d do it all over just to bring one young man home. SFC. Gordon N. Day |
| Name: | Brandon Phipps |
| E-mail address: | brandonphipps03@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | Web searches |
| Comments: | Hello sir, I'm currently stationed at the 82nd and have had back problems for three of the four years i have been in. I was a recon scout sniper untill recently when i decided i just can't do it anymore because my body is not cut out for it so i took the company armor job. I have had horrible weeks of pain on and off for a while now and finally got to a MD who had some experiance and knew what he was looking at. Immediatly he showed me a buldged disk and the dark discoloration in one of my vetabrates. It's hard to me to argue that I'm hurting seeing your condition because ATT I am still able to function pretty normal most days. Unfortunatly for me though I like physical labor and thats all I've ever done. I am getting out in a few months (ETS) and going back to college but i am just curious on how to let these people know that some weeks It's almost unbearable. Will I have to be in that kind of shape in order to get the compensation? Should I wait for a bad spell before I go see the VA? Would appreciate any feedback here good or bad and thanks for being here for us guys that have questions. |
| Name: | Alan Ramsey |
| E-mail address: | al.ramsey@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | surfing the net |
| Comments: | Glen, I have the same condition that you have and I have also been given a 10% rating. I just had reconstructive surgery and will be unable to work for sometime, if ever. I would like to know how you applied for "unemployability" and how that works. Thanks for everything you have done for vets, it is making a difference!!! Alan |
| Name: | Michael Thomas |
| E-mail address: | methomas9104@sbcglobal.net |
| How did you find me?: | web search for combined benefits |
| Comments: | Thanks to your research. I am 50% service connected and 100% Social Security rated disabled. I have submitted for increase to my VA rating based upon Social Security rating. It has been 8 months since this and I am still waiting and going to more civilian rating physicians that belong to QTC that has contract from government. |
| Name: | Paul Young |
| E-mail address: | a4evryngs@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | browsing on va disability |
| Comments: | I was medically retired Mar 31, 2010. I was classified as 100% disabled by military doctors. I applied for both VA disability and social security. Socail security responded first with a medical appointment and soon after classified me as disabled. VA took longer and after not hearing from them, I found out that they made a medical appointment for me and sent the notice to an address that I hadn't lived at for more than 15 years. Once that was straightened out they initially gave me 60% disability rating,but had left out my most serious issue called cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart). Once they figured that out they finally classified as 100% disabled and have said that they are backing the date back to my original discharge date. It has taken a lot of time and effort with a few visits to AMVETs initially and since I moved with DAV. It was a long wait but it seemed that I had to have all paperwork in order as well. I am glad that I have an organized wife because I take 11 pills a day that keeps me drowsy and at times confused in talking discussions. Glad to read that you finally was able to manuver through this confusing system. I have found some really good assistance on the phone with some VA reps but found a couple of very rude individuals as well. |
| Name: | Toney |
| E-mail address: | toneyp2@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | I finally got an award of 90% after more than 30 years. I also filed for unemployability. I have tried to find what scale for IU pays but cant find it anywhere. Can you help, Id like to know what the compensation scale is for the different levels of IU. |
| Name: | Todd Wilson |
| E-mail address: | tw1978@gmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | Thank you! You are a benefit to all of us. |
| Name: | Kristine Roller |
| E-mail address: | kristine.mae.roller@us.army.mil |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | Thank you for all the information! As I was reading your story, I noticed it is a lot like mine. I am an Iraqi War Veteran (2005-2006). I injured my lower back in December of 2005 and it has been a battle ever since. Everytime I went ot the doctor's they said it's just a strain. Well in March 2011, I had a huge flair up that left me unable to feel anything from my waste down except a slight tingling sensation. I was taken to the hospital and told to call my doctor. After all that time, I was finally scheduled for an MRI. My primary care doctor told me I had bulging discs and spinal stenosis. Well since I am also also being seen for a knee injury that the VA is still denying happened while I was deployed, the orthopedic surgeon asked about my back. I have a disc herniation between L5/S1, disc bulges between L3/L4 and L4/L5. At L5/S1 in the MRI you cannot see my nerve on the right. I called today to talk to the VA about my compensation so hopefully they won't screw around too much. |
| Name: | walter childs |
| E-mail address: | walter.childs@att.net |
| How did you find me?: | search |
| Comments: | I want thank you for your web page. I just received 70% disability. The only thing I was upset about is the 2 year requirement for reporting. Soldiers due to work orders and mission requirements a lot of times don't get treated for injuries, and its hard to keep track of. If I had documented every injury I ever had I would have gotten 100%. I hope the DAV will try to convince general Shinsheki to extend the reporting requirement. |
| Name: | Tom Thornburg |
| E-mail address: | Thorn11acr@aol.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | I am rated at 100%+100%+30% all combat related with exposure to Agent Orange induced diabetes rated at 20%. Permanent & Total with Housebound status since 1997. I have developed heart disease from the diabetes resulting in a permanently closed/clogged right artery. This will probably be what finally finishes me off. Of the nearly $3500 a month I get in compensation what would the VA give my wife after I'm gone. Won't the fact that a service connected problem caused my death increase her benefits ? What would she get a month from the VA out of my VA disability ? She is also disabled from Social Security ? |
| Name: | ERNIE GONZALES |
| E-mail address: | erniegonzales2000@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | glen, first i want to let you know i really appreciate your web page and what you do to help veterans. also i want to congrulate you for not not giving up on benefits you earned and deserve. i too had to fight the va admisitration for 1 year, it seems they want you to get frustrated to the point you will NOT want to continue to fight for what you deserve. they started me off with 20% disability because i was exposed to agent orange in Viet-Nam. I appealed their decision and hired an outside lawyer and now I receive 40% disability which i felt was what I shoud have received in the first place. My regret is I did not file after i found out i has diabites, i filed 7 yrs later and as you know it is not retroactive. my benefits did not begin until I filed. God bless , keep up the good work. we need more people like you ! |
| Name: | Candy |
| E-mail address: | beanr76@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | searching on google |
| Comments: | Thanks. I also have disc degenerative disease of L4/L5. For two years while I was still in I had severe pain and the doctors told me it was in my head. Finally I was refered for an MRI and was diagnosed. Then the military "doctors" turned around and said that it wasn't degenerated enough to cause me pain that I was just crying because I knew there was a "little" protrusion. That almost everyone had it and nobody else was complaining. How then was I having pain in the same area two years prior? I must have had a psycic flash and known about the MRI results before the MRI. I hate military "doctors". One doctor(a reservist) who was on our post for a few months wanted to medboard me, but The active duty "doctors" said it was me just whining so I could get out of my duty. I was forced to wait 6 months for my contract to end. The whole time I had to deal with my chain of command not beleiving me because the doctors were telling them I was not in as much pain as I claimed and was just looking to get over on the system. When I first got out I could hardly walk with out pain. And the look on a store managers face when my leg gave out and I fell almost made me laugh. I still deal with daily pain and somedays When my sciatic gets a little pinched I could curl up and die, but I still have to get up. Still have to go to work and pretend I'm ok for my kids sake. I have a 40% total diability. funny enough 30% of that is for mental and only 10% for my back. I also get 10% for a knee I blew out on a flac vest run. in all I have no love for the VA. I keep going back for help and all they want to do is give me drugs or try physical therapy. I can't miss that much work to go to physical therapy so they say if I won't accept their treatment there isn't anything seriously wrong. But either way thanks for your site and it's good to know that there are others struggling to and even better to know that they are succeeding. |
| Name: | Headhurts |
| Comments: | Glen it seems quite a coincidence that your daughter and my wife suffer from Lupus. Makes me wonder if other disabled veterans are in some kind of test group. I would not wish the agony associated with either having chronic pain, being a disabled vet, and having an immediate relative with LUPUS. Seems far fetched but I had heard from a classified source that the government had 150 unsuspecting FEMA families per state, within the general public, that were being used to test non lethal weapons and experimental medications. If that is the case then you should have had very little trouble collecting on your back claim. ANY VET who had been used in that way should have total support and backing by every veteran's group in America. It is very disrespectful,illegal,and immoral for any human being, especially an Honorably Discharged vet, to be used in such a manner. It is not the entire VA itself or its employees who are responsible but I suspect it was a program that was sprung out of the paranoia generated out of the COLD WAR. Sad to think that that theory may be a reality and how corrupted the system has become to allow something like this to have taken place. I hope that the victims of such a program are offered a cure and not be allowed to die a horribly painful death, penny less and/or homeless. Many wartime vets that have seen a lot of action may resent anyone collecting on a back claim. I hope they realize that any vet that was subjected to that kind of experimentation should be considered a brother or a sister and were just as unwilling to suffer as they were, to such horrible pain and disability. Agent orange, nuclear vets, Navy vets exposed to asbestos and aircraft noise and chemicals, hep C, Tuskeegee airmen, chemical warfare, Gulf War syndrome are those such unwilling victims. They get coined as PTSD nut cases or those who come down with those 'unknown cancers' get terrorized and suffer horrible fates. They get thrown by the weigh side and scorned as phonies looking to take advantage of VA health care. People think they are looking to make a quick buck 100% of "so called" free money. These people these VETERANS are heroes for even getting an HONORABLE DISCHARGE. I believe there should be a thing known as 200 or 300 percent for those suffering from battle wounds, but others who are suffering from their service connected problems should not have to worry or suffer because as hard as they try they may never be able to recover. It is not their fault that our nation is broke. I worked very hard in public service very long hours and I deeply resent having to be disabled. My wife and I paid taxes and went out of our way to do our jobs the best we could. Not everyone has had our misfortune of having to suffer the way we do. I see veteran turning against veteran in these hard economic times that we did not create. I may have something very deadly wrong with me that a VA doctor just revealed to my wife and I a couple of days ago. I do not want to die and this information should have been told to me more than 30 years ago. We really do need some kind of assistance. I have no one really to complain to about this. No form of support or backing. We wish to have people on our side on this. There should be some part of the federal government who would help victims get back on their feet or make sure that they do not suffer from discrimination or become crime victims because their VA medical information being misused by drug companies. It is a very very high price to pay for service to our country. ANY HELP OUT THERE PLEASE POST IT THANKS! |
| Name: | Headhurts |
| Comments: | Sorry I don't have an E-mail yet. MAYBE SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN HELP ME I FEEL AS IF I AM GOING TO DIE FOR REAL! I am an SC vet with a regular, first time, fair and square Honorable Discharge. I suffered a bad concussion and my head face hurts like hell, neck, back shoulders feet, and my nerves are kinda screwed up because some of them were crushed for like 35 YEARS! I never got in trouble, I worked really hard and earned my benefits under the GI Bill. One of the last to be considered a Nam Era I was 17. I got awarded a lousy 10 percent. I did not ask to be awarded anything they just sent me for the exam automatically. I never thought I would wind up becoming a cripple. The VA docs told me to go there for treatment, so I did. Then they told me there was nothing they could do. Everyone told me to keep going back but I thought it was a waste of time. So I gave up. Every time I went I either wound up with radation burns from the x ray machines or getting some kind of pill that I was allergic to. I hate taking the stupid pills that don't even work. I FEEL LIKE A LAB RAT! I get nightmares when I fall asleep. I lost all my friends my job and almost my life. The VA docs said my symptoms would go away but they got worse. I get disrespected by people who never served a day! My privacy gets invaded like some kind of freak drug addict criminal. I feel so bad I almost lost my wife several times to Lupus. We are broke,our, house,car,and everything else needs repair. I don't know what to do. I feel helpless I want to have a life again but all I could do is worry about bills. I did not even file for an increase yet! Should I? We need it or am I just asking for more problems? We are near Tampa. Anyone else have the same problems? CAN ANYONE HELP US PLEASE? Post answer please until I get an email THANKS |
| Name: | Headhurts |
| How did you find me?: | just surfin in bed almost de-d |
| Comments: | Really bored and in bed my fellow veterans and boy and girls do I have a true story to tell you all. |
| Name: | dave keith |
| E-mail address: | davecampperry@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | friend |
| Name: | kevin boehm sr |
| E-mail address: | kevinboehmsr@optonline.net |
| How did you find me?: | looking up va help for my son |
| Comments: | i'm a 100% vet who had trouble with va. |
| Name: | jamie Dodd |
| E-mail address: | jd70fire@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | browsing |
| Comments: | Great links they helped me out a lot and thanks for the encouraging words. |
| Name: | Danny Wallace |
| E-mail address: | sheilaswall@hotmail.com |
| How did you find me?: | internet |
| Name: | Sheila Riley |
| E-mail address: | cyiask33@bellsouth.net |
| How did you find me?: | DAV |
| Comments: | Thank you for your web page as I am fighting witht he VA now. I just received my rating which was lowered by the Texas VA . However, I live in New Orleans, LA so how was I rated by Texas Va and received a lower rating. I am befuttalled ad lost. But, I won't be giving up. |
| Name: | Jorge A. Ramirez Usmc/Ret"d/DAV |
| E-mail address: | boriqua+bear@live.com |
| How did you find me?: | by accident |
| Comments: | Glen, In in 2009 I moved from Californian to Texas, wanted to find Veteran's exemption and your paged sure helped, thank you GySgt Ramirez |
| Name: | Dennis Byrd |
| E-mail address: | byrd3825@sbcglobal.net |
| How did you find me?: | exploying the web |
| Comments: | Glen I'm Dennis Byrd and i was in the USAF from 1974-76 iwas a medic station @ Sheppard AFB. I know what you mean a bout the fight. I thank for your fight. just got 10% service connect. |
| Name: | johnnie tyson |
| E-mail address: | mrtyson1111@yahoo.com |
| How did you find me?: | |
| Comments: | Thanks for the info and advice.....I will not give up. I have the exact lower back problem as you..Been at this Dec. 2009. And was denied once by SS, But appealed. |