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    How many items did you claim?

    First off, don't sit there and assume what I think the definition of disabled is. I clearly stated and I quote " I don't know their whole medical history". That is why even if I see someone getting out of a car with a handicap sticker I don't say anything. I cannot stand or walk for long periods...
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    How many items did you claim?

    I apologize if this is the wrong place for this, and I'm not really asking you to answer a question like this. I am writing this down more as a vent for myself and those out there with legit issues who get denied and or wait months while those with BS stuff has the VA accept their claim(s). Case...
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    Anyone good at reading an audiological eval sheet?

    So even though if I plug my left ear and my wife is less than three feet away I can't hear a word she's saying, or if I have an earbud in my right ear only I can't tell you what song is playing 90% of the time, the VA denied my claim a second time. Even though I didn't even put in a claim for my...
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    Meniere's Disease (MD) Question

    I am curious as I am going to get tested as well. I have lost almost half of the hearing in my right ear, but will be darned if I try something that may or may not work but will definitely cause me to go totally deaf in my ear. Then again, at least the VA won't be able to deny my hearing loss...
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    Question concerning hearing loss and other claim issues

    Thanks for the info on the removal from society stuff. That may be hard because like I said, only a very few episodes were during the day so I didn't miss a lot of work. The days that I felt the migraines coming on I just stuck it out, maybe that was a mistake, but figured it was coming whether...
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    Question concerning hearing loss and other claim issues

    According to the VA I am on hold to have an exam done for my migraines, but COVID has everything on hold. I am in the same boat with you, I can tell when the migraine is going to hit as 12-24 hours ahead of it I start feeling tightness in my neck and slowly having pain progress to the point...
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    Question concerning hearing loss and other claim issues

    Maybe I should work on my tact, guess you can say it's how one interprets. You are correct in the sense “Analogous” means the condition that is closest to the overall condition, that best describes the main symptoms, or that has the same treatments. How I read it is the only way to code out a...
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    Question concerning hearing loss and other claim issues

    The VSO really can't help me, she said basically she just files the claim. Actually you're wrong, the VA doesn't rate headaches, only if you have "migraine" headaches which is what I changed my claim to. I put on my MEPS form that I had "previously" had frequent headaches. There are two options...
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    Retiring, declined ceremony and now no recognition

    How you want to go out is up to you, 20 years is nothing to sneeze at! You have done more than 1% of the U.S. population. I highly recommend that you stay on top of your supervision if you are having them order all of your paperwork. I know every base and every unit is different, but if your...
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    Retiring, declined ceremony and now no recognition

    Not disagreeing with you Ron on what is in 6.1.3.5. All that paragraph is saying is the member's CC or officer designated by the CC will present, that's all. What I was saying was if anyone was thinking it was up to anyone other than Russ (in this case) to order everything they were wrong. Maybe...
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    Retiring, declined ceremony and now no recognition

    The point I was making was if a person chooses not to have a ceremony then they aren't assigned someone junior. The whole point is for this person to help from A to Z with the ceremony. If there isn't going be a ceremony then the retiree should order their stuff. It's not that time consuming...
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    Retiring, declined ceremony and now no recognition

    "Normally" when one is retiring someone that is junior is picked at the POC to set up the ceremony to include get the certificates and flag. This may just be me, but if someone chooses not to have a ceremony but wants everything that comes with it, then getting all of that stuff is up to the...
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    VA Severance Pay Deduction

    I know this is an old thread and I am in no way an expert. I had a guy that was starting to go through this and the way he was explaining was the severance was more like a interest free loan from the government. Once he was discharged a percentage of his paycheck would be garnished until that...
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    Question concerning hearing loss and other claim issues

    I'm thinking this is the right section for this. I recently retired and this VA stuff is confusing because you ask 5 people a question and you get 5 different answers. So I know some of the problem with my overall claim was the VA guy on base had me fill out my 526EZ wrong. For instance, I...
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