It was a LOooooooooong, HARD battle, but I won my case/claim. I should thank that C&P Dr for letting me know what he was apparently ORDER to do. I do not think he was doting anything other than following orders. By his letting me know what he was doing during and after the C&P exam, I was able to head the miscarriage off at the pass.
I immediately contacted DAV (my new & far better than PVA VSO), Senator Peters, Congressman Walberg and a couple contacts at the VA itself. (raising the issue of ETHICS & COMPENTENCY. I think I deserved at least a 70% or 80%, if not IU, but I did get 60% and preserved my service connection.
I think I will just settle for and be happy with the 60%, at least for now, I need a break, R&R from the exhaustive battles. I had to do a lot of research into my own medical records and learn a lot about medicine. ** Hummmmmm, I wonder if I deserve at least an honorary doctorate? I also got back pay to the effective date of my filling.
The aforementioned was delayed by almost 2 years by PVA, plus PVA tried to get me to file for a new increase, instead of a NOD, which would mean NO back pay. I was able to buy a Newer (90K miles, 11 year old) car, and pay off a couple bills. I retired my Marshmallow (white Buick Le Sabre with aprox 318K miles) It still runs, but needs a few repairs. I now have a working gas gage, working heater, quiet exhaust and no more pre-flight (checking all fluids etc) every time I go anywhere.
I joined DAV, I am now a life member. While I did the exhaustive research, DAV at least helped some. That was a far cry from having to fight BOTH the Michigan VA & Michigan PVA.You have my permission to call me Doctor GOMER.BTW THANKS MSworld......... You editor is working again!
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I immediately contacted DAV (my new & far better than PVA VSO), Senator Peters, Congressman Walberg and a couple contacts at the VA itself. (raising the issue of ETHICS & COMPENTENCY. I think I deserved at least a 70% or 80%, if not IU, but I did get 60% and preserved my service connection.
I think I will just settle for and be happy with the 60%, at least for now, I need a break, R&R from the exhaustive battles. I had to do a lot of research into my own medical records and learn a lot about medicine. ** Hummmmmm, I wonder if I deserve at least an honorary doctorate? I also got back pay to the effective date of my filling.
The aforementioned was delayed by almost 2 years by PVA, plus PVA tried to get me to file for a new increase, instead of a NOD, which would mean NO back pay. I was able to buy a Newer (90K miles, 11 year old) car, and pay off a couple bills. I retired my Marshmallow (white Buick Le Sabre with aprox 318K miles) It still runs, but needs a few repairs. I now have a working gas gage, working heater, quiet exhaust and no more pre-flight (checking all fluids etc) every time I go anywhere.
I joined DAV, I am now a life member. While I did the exhaustive research, DAV at least helped some. That was a far cry from having to fight BOTH the Michigan VA & Michigan PVA.You have my permission to call me Doctor GOMER.BTW THANKS MSworld......... You editor is working again!
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
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