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I am a disabled Vet of 23 years of service between the Nat.Guard, Army Reserve, Air Nat. Guard and Army Active Duty. I also hurt my back during physical training. The doctors said that it was all in my mind, yet every day I was in the Er in tears of so much pain. I suffer from Siotic nerve damage and deteriorating tissues and muscles. I too was discharged with 10 percent. After 2 years of fighting with the VA, I was awarded 40 percent, At this point I still could not be hired by anyone do to being a liablility risk. Then I was awarded unemployable rating after 3 years of going through many exams both physical and mental. Finally 5 years later after more exams and massive financial hardship and not even being able to get through college, I was awarded 100 percent with full benefits for me and my family.
So, all I can say, is stay strong and fight for your rights and use the Disabled Veterans assistants office in your home town. It may take a while but they can and will help with every thing that they can. Also it really helps to send letters of what you are experiencing, physically and mentally and financialy and also enclude any employable problems. It is a long hard road but it is worth it. Good luck my fellow vet. |
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NEVER GIVE UP. YOU DESERVE IT.
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I went down this very road with a Naval PEB at Balboa Naval Hospital. I had 23 years in when my crap went south. One of the highly intelligent Naval Captains on the board said, "Do you mean to tell me, you have more stress than, say, an Obstetrician?" With my usual smart-azzed wit, I replied, "Sir, I ain't never seen an obstetrician make a house call in a damn rice paddy!" Needless to say, I was given "0%". The VFW rep helped me get things straight with the VA.
These fatherless pukes WILL take a squat in your messkit...IF you let them. Respects, Sergeant Major  Brothers and Sisters, TAKE NO PRISONERS! |
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"Hennessey is appealing his rating at a formal Physical Evaluation Board in Washington on July 30."
Let's hope and pray that the appeal works for him. A listening ear, a caring heart, an open mind and an extend hand may be all I can offer, but they are yours without charge or judgment. |
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This is screwed up. how can you only be 10% disabled? Take care of the poor man, it is after all your fault he got ~deleted~ up.
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Dear Husband also suffered 3rd group "A" and felt "alone in the same situation.
It took 10 years with the VA to get a much higher rate. Keep on applying and reapplying. I know this is hard to do when you are suffering. Keep hope and keep on re-applying. 3 years service plus an injury makes you a USA Veteran. Prayers to you and your family. |
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I can see if the injury was worth the 10%.
But when an injury is affecting your livelihood by not being able to walk all the time, falling, & pain? He deserves more. And the military should give him the rating & compensation he needs to help this injured troop. I don't know how many more stories I can hear about the government shortchanging their injured military troops.  Don't stop fighting for what's right. And even if it looks like it's not going to happen, keep on fighting. |
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The Army Way, Work Ya Then Dump Ya!!!
The Same Goes For The VA Whose Motto Is "How Much Can We Steel From This Vet" Army Strong My ( O ) |
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I will pray for you, but like they all said..don't give up. It may take years. Write to your congressman, legislature and so on. When I wrote to our Governor the ball got rolling. Now 5 months out, it has stopped once again. We got a determination, but have nothing from the VA!!!
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After putting metal plates in my back and a rating of 10%, LMAO, screws broke which made it impossable to work, then recalling the metal plates, LMAO again, and nearly 7 years of BS finally rated 100%. I see the Iraq vets coming through MAMC some escorted by the pretty little nurses, giggling and laughing, that honeymoon will end shortly. Its like watching sheep being led to slaughter. I'd like to reach out and tell them whats about to happen but, they'd say I'm lying. Well, good luck and they wonder why there are so many homeless vets.
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That's the risk of putting on the uniform. Some can go an entire career without any injuries. Some are injured but are able to recover enough to live a normal life. Others are just screwed and face a lifetime of problems because of their service. It's a crap shoot and neither your branch of service nor MOS can guarantee the outcome.
The risks are higher in the service then most civilian jobs because of what you may be required to do. |
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It's a big mill that uses people up and then casts them to the side when they are finished. This country would do well to choke back the amount of foreign aid it provides until it is able to take care of its own people!
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I hate to say this to the poor guy, but welcome to the club. Typical Army/VA moves. After I got out I look up in the CFR's (Code of Federal Regulations) what someone with my disability should be getting. Needless to say it was much higher than the VA gave me. When I asked the VA rep. about the difference they told me that those CFR's were just guidelines --no joke honest to God thats what they said to me! The lady told me that it is upto the docotors to set those numbers. Those doctors are programed from the 'get-go' to give as little as possible to the veteran.
I would hazard a guess that each disabled veteran out there is due between 20-40% more then they are currently getting. It is a damn shame to hear another story like this. It makes me sick! |
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In past years the veteran voting bloc has been considered a very minor one, until 9-11, now the veterans have a very large voice and if you are not willing to use that voice... Well you get what you get! The more you write and e-mail or call after a while they will take the hint. A CFR may be a guide line but it can be countered by CUE Clear And Unmistakeable Error On The Part Of The VA. Getting back to the subject, if you want change, you have to fight for it period
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In 1991 I too hurt my lower back and was in a wheel chair for over a year the chair was given to me by the VA and I was only awarded 20% disability. Even though I broke three veratbra in my back L1 L2 and L3 I also broke the fins off L5. I was lucky and begain being able to walk again. Never give up as one post said! You need to keep track of eveything in wrighting and on a calender so you can prove what you say. Get other doctors to put things in wrighting for you. Sgt you need to seek out a DAV rep but make sure its one that really gives a ****! Some do not! You also need to keep the pressure on the VA! Tell them everything if it sounds petty its NOT! YOu must remeber too that you are the one in pain but your family is too! So do not take it out on them! (like I did) After going to Walter Read four times for tests I was told on my last trip by a General that my discahrge was at home waiting on me. 19 years 6 months and 11 days means nothing to the army! Get hold of your congressman! And do it now! God be with you! I would be happy to talk with you more at goldwing64@hotmail.com SFC Dean RET
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Iraq war vet shows off bionic hand
7/24/2007 NEW YORK (AP) -- Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been outfitted with a bionic hand that has flexible fingers. The 27-year-old former soldier, who lost his left hand in 2005 during a patrol, is one of the first recipients of the i-LIMB. "To have this movement, it's -- it's amazing," Arredondo said Monday as he showed off the limb made by Scotland-based Touch Bionics. "It just gets me more excited about now, about the future." The prosthetic hand is made of semi-translucent plastics. Five individual motors power the fingers, allowing the person to grasp round objects. The hand's gestures are made possible through electrode plates that detect electrical signals generated in the remaining muscles in the amputated limb. The i-LIMB can be covered with flexible material to mimic the look of human skin, called cosmesis. Arredondo, of San Antonio, likened the limb to the bionics in "Star Wars" and "Terminator." "My son, he goes nuts about it," he said.  Hand gestures??? Can he flip someone off???? |
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On 40day warning for name calling and much more. TOS 6(ii) mainedawg moderator suspended for moderator review |
My sentiments are the same, great advice 13942401 also always remember that the "squeaky wheel gets the grease".. You just have to keep focused on the agenda. |
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This happens to us all too often. I was discharged ... the Army wouldn't fix what was wrong and the doc I had said i was lying! Even after seeing the MRI. Well, it took a civilian physical therapist to fix me and now I'm fighting to get back in.
I never saw a bit of disability. The VA classified me as 10% even though at the time I had days I couldn't walk. I had days I couldn't get out of bed to take care of my baby. I had to roll onto the floor and crawl it hurt so bad to walk. Now, I can run and lay on my back! All things I couldn't do before. To me it's not about the money. It's about taking care of what's wrong. In the years since my discharge I have never once been contacted by VA to be reevaluated. So who know what's going on. |
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