ltr from VA re: employment
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Originally Posted by
kaelobo
I am 100and p&t, received a letter yesterday from the VA asking if i was employed the last 12months if so list the employers and they will adjust my rating no i have not work, iam just wondering if these type of letters are normal,kinda of got me freak cause i just freak out over anything that is a threat to me , any input would help me to think its all good, s/f
If you don't mind me asking is part of your rating based on your being unemployable?
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LtCol K
Looking for help from anyone
I really appreciate the fact that a Service Rep would invite more work than you already have! I'm in TN, my regional office is Nashville, so we're a good piece apart. But I would like to take you up on your offer. I've had trouble with the VA for years when I put in a claim. Most of the time I get so sick I can't even follow thru with sending them paperwork(that I am not able to get so far, anyway)and they give me an increase for things I don't understand, but deny my PTSD claim due to not having enough "stressor points". I was sent to a shrink in Johnson City, TN to the Mountain Home VA Center. She was more interested in watching for her lunch date than listening to me. By the time I got to the first "stressor point", her ride must have shown because she had been looking out the window(not from her seat, but standing by the window)and said "I think we've done enough" and ended our session!In 1971, while stationed at Cherry Point MCAS in Havelock, N.C., I fell asleep at a desk while looking up the procedure to remove and replace a part off a C-47 cargo plane. I was new to the squadron and this type of plane, so I followed SOP. I woke up being cursed and kicked on the cement floor of the metal shop! I fought my way up and asked what was going on. I was told I fell asleep, probably because I was "partying all night and couldn't even stay awake to work". I had been in bed by 11:30PM the night before. The NCO in charge of my section told me I was going to Sick Bay and if nothing was wrong with me, I was going to be court-martialed for malingering! I couldn't even stand in line at Sick Bay, so some men held my place while I lay down against a tree. A brigadier general walk toward us and everyone jumped to "attention", except me. It was so hard for me to get up off the ground the general was within ten feet of me and looked like he was going to chew me out. When he saw my face, he said "as you were, Marine". I must've looked pretty bad. After corpsmen and doctors saw me, they put me on ten days bed-rest and said I had mononucleosis. About two weeks later I was ordered to Sick Bay. The docs told me I didn't have mono. I asked what it was that caused this incident. They didn't know. After getting orders for Okinawa, I once again was put on ten day bed-rest due to same problem. I've had to deal with this every since 1971. Yet, the VA does not seem to understand my problem. They called it a "sleep problem" when I put in claim for it. They thought I was having trouble going to sleep(which I do go thru a few times a year), but they didn't understand I was talking about this problem of not being able to stay awake. I had a wreck once while driving my wife to work when we couldn't find her a ride any other way. I've lost out on jobs, lost jobs, and have had problems with my marriage due to this "unknown"(as the Navy docs called it) condition. I've sent four letters to VA explaining in detail what I'm filing claim for. They had even put down that I was filing for sleep apnea, which I have NEVER even mentioned in my claims. I also had three service numbers while serving my four years in Corps. I can't get them to understand that, either. I've tried to get my medical records and I was sent a copy of the physical given on day we left Detroit for San Diego, CA. I'm sorry for writing so much. The DAV reps we have here don't really seem to be on vets side. It's like they're working for the VA, instead. Thanks for your time and I hope I haven't wasted your time.