I was wondering if anybody have any info about Veterans in Puerto Rico, I heard that is a pain in thE @#$$ to do a claim or get compesation, also to get help. Everybody keep telling me not to move to Puerto Rico because veterans Ofice sucks. Did anybody can help or give more info about benefits in Puerto Rico or how to meke my movement to Puerto Rico and my claim easy. Thanks for everything God Bless you
Originally posted by 17289619: I was wondering if anybody have any info about Veterans in Puerto Rico, I heard that is a pain in thE @#$$ to do a claim or get compesation, also to get help. Everybody keep telling me not to move to Puerto Rico because veterans Ofice sucks. Did anybody can help or give more info about benefits in Puerto Rico or how to meke my movement to Puerto Rico and my claim easy. Thanks for everything God Bless you
Why would you want to go there if you've already heard of the problems you'll have? I would suggest you get rated in the States first before going elsewhere...
when i got out the army it was service conected for my back in p.r. iwas rated w/10% but i keep going to the vet. hospital after 2 yeas i was sumitted to an operation and 8 months later to a second operation on my back then i was rated at 60% for my back and 40% for unemployability for a total of 100% but 2 years after that i complain of nerve dissoder because i was seing the psiquiatry for over 5 years now i got the 100% totaly disable whiting a year an half. so it is not diferent from the states the process still have to go to washington some casas take longer because the lack of information.and they dont take the proper way to sumit the paper work on 6 years after my ets i got what most people says toke them 20 years to get the 100% totaly dissable
[/QUOTE]Why would you want to go there if you've already heard of the problems you'll have? I would suggest you get rated in the States first before going elsewhere...[/QUOTE]
Well, I heard it’s a paradise island and there’s a bunch of beautiful women there, May be enough for some.
I was stationed at Ramey AFB many years ago. Fine assignment, if one doesn't mind living in a 3rd world country. Please don't take this as anything but only my opinion. The weather was super. Peaple living off-base would tell you that the locals were a very happy lot. Yes, they were happy to steal from you--alot. I know that an air traffic controller who was assigned to my team was a "supply point" for so many bikes that he took to chaining the replacements he bought to a steel post supporting his carport. One morning he found his bike, chain and steel post...gone. If you dried your laundry on a line outside you were only contributing clean underware to others unknown. During the late 70s ther was only one road around the island, PR 2. Should have really been PFR 2. If one was lucky and lived on Ramey AFB, life was much better. As I said, this was along time ago. Things may have improved to the point that miles of telephone lines aren't stolen every few weeks.
I have met many fine people who were born and raised in Puerto Rico. In excess of 99% were as sincere as any other group of individauls. All of those I met were as honest as anyone else, most very good, some good, a very few not so good. However the sincerity and honesty is not the issue. It is claims processing. Every VARO has their differences. Until we have an administration in Washington DC that brings forth a level, or equal application rating system, we will have differences.
Originally posted by DaveBarker: Until we have an administration in Washington DC that brings forth a level, or equal application rating system, we will have differences.
This is a very good point Dave and you can liken the VA to the Military. Each branch of the military is different and each of them would say, they are the best among the rest. We all have our biases so it remains that way...
