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If im a couple weeks out from ETS how do I get evaluated by the VA, should I start now or do it after ets? I have some documented back pain but nothing too crazy, I mostly want to make sure they cover my ambien from sleep issues I developed during deployment and itd be nice if they covered my adderall from when the army diagnosed me with ADD.
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Ace of Baes posted:If im a couple weeks out from ETS how do I get evaluated by the VA, should I start now or do it after ets? I have some documented back pain but nothing too crazy, I mostly want to make sure they cover my ambien from sleep issues I developed during deployment and itd be nice if they covered my adderall from when the army diagnosed me with ADD. Ok, as someone who REFRADed, did the VA claim stuff, and still deal with problems with the system, let me tell you something that will help you. Get an exit physical and put everything on it. EVERYTHING. And then get COPIES of all of it. I claimed my shoulders and knees after I got off of active duty and they were like: "lool, nope!" because there was no time I ever said I had a problem with them on active duty (reason being, I popped advil and went to work like a moron). I'm serious about this dude. If you have a yellow toenail, athaletes foot, some weird rash, freaking snoring even. Go to the TMC and get the doc to at least prescribe you some anti-fungal cream (that's perfect evidence for the VA by the way). Get a hearing test, get a sleep study, get a freaking PTSD exam by the mental health clinic. Once you've done all of this, here is what you're going to do. 1. Get DD-214 2. Gather copies of all those medical problems (physical, drug prescriptions, sick call slips, etc) and your DD-214 3. Call your local VA office, or google a veteran's organization that helps file claims near you, and get an appointment to get help filing a claim. 4. Slap all that paperwork on this person's desk and wait the 20 minutes or so it'll take them to type it all on the claim form. 5. Sign the form and watch them mail it. 6. Go home and wait for a letter with a bunch of VA appointments for everything you claimed. 7. Go to the appointments and let the VA doctors look you over (for whatever you claimed). 8. Go home and forget about the whole thing for 17 months or so. You'll get a letter from the VA about once a month telling you they're still working on your claim. 9. ............. 10. Profit! spacetoaster fucked around with this message at 20:19 on May 3, 2016 |
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May 3, 2016 20:13
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Someone in the army subreddit took the time to look through my comments to discover controversial opinions like "recruiters are scum," "I'd say its lost quality leaders because basically everyone with a brain leaves after one or two enlistments," and informed adults who are good at making decisions don't join the army. Guilty as charged.
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May 3, 2016 20:52
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send everyone on /r/army over to syria to fight isis. without air support. they deserve it, especially with how much they love that army dick.
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May 3, 2016 21:00
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Mike-o posted:Did they also get arrested for child molestation? No, but I once had to escort an E6 from my unit to the brig who did.
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Ace of Baes posted:If im a couple weeks out from ETS how do I get evaluated by the VA, should I start now or do it after ets? I have some documented back pain but nothing too crazy, I mostly want to make sure they cover my ambien from sleep issues I developed during deployment and itd be nice if they covered my adderall from when the army diagnosed me with ADD. spacetoaster posted:Ok, as someone who REFRADed, did the VA claim stuff, and still deal with problems with the system, let me tell you something that will help you. Pretty much this. I lost rotation of my forearm so I can no longer hold my left palm face up anymore. I got my rating back from the VA for that at 0% because there wasn't enough evidence. Get everything on record, and I'm not saying to exxaterate the difficulty/pain level, but they need to know how bad it is on the worst day. They'll say "generally" or whatever, but they will gently caress you if you try to play hardass-gimmemotrin-nopain-soldier4life type of dude. I ended up with loving Bruxism in my jaw rated at 10%. I didn't even know I had that, but luckily I got it checked out during the physical. Go to sick call for everything and get it on paper. Who the gently caress cares if you go to sick call from now until you ETS, every single loving day. As long as you're getting your poo poo taken care of.
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May 3, 2016 21:08
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MightyJoe36 posted:No, but I once had to escort an E6 from my unit to the brig who did. 593rd ESC?
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May 3, 2016 21:08
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i'm pretty sure i have some mild TBI, and I didn't get a rating for it because i was too dumb to get evidence of it before i ETS'd.
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Mike-o posted:i'm pretty sure i have some mild TBI, and I didn't get a rating for it because i was too dumb to get evidence of it before i ETS'd. You should get examined.
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Vasudus posted:As annoying as the enlisted bullshit was, I'm glad I never had to worry about getting ratfucked out of a commission. Yeah being an officer is full of a lot of dumb political BS, but if you can express a bit of humility and are fortunate enough to have a boss that doesn't micromanage you, then it's not awful, especially if you have no aspirations for O4. e: It's also great for trolling SNCOs. For example, the time that I slipped a provision into a CRM signed off on by an O6 that authorized my guys to wear tee shirts while working on projects on the FOB in heat category 4 or higher. psydude fucked around with this message at 21:47 on May 3, 2016 |
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May 3, 2016 21:40
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Soulex posted:Pretty much this. I lost rotation of my forearm so I can no longer hold my left palm face up anymore. I got my rating back from the VA for that at 0% because there wasn't enough evidence. 0% means there was some evidence. It just wasn't bad enough to rate a % over 0. 0% actually counts and is their way of saying "we own this, but it's not bad enough for a higher rating yet". Anything you have 0% on go see a civilian doctor to get evidence that it's chronic/worse. Then use that as evidence to request a higher rating.
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May 3, 2016 21:45
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Soulex posted:593rd ESC? 902d MI Group.
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May 4, 2016 11:56
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I was told that my IRR orders are dated 1JUN. Sweet baby Jesus don't be a lie.
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May 4, 2016 23:59
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11b1p posted:I was told that my IRR orders are dated 1JUN. Sweet baby Jesus don't be a lie. Jealous. Still waiting to hear back on mine.
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May 5, 2016 00:05
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MOS requal in a TDA unit is one of the most unnecessarily complicated things I've ever seen. Everywhere else: "Go do your requal, see you in two weeks." TDA: "We're going to meet once a week for the next three months at a time convenient for exactly three people, god help you if you miss one because there's no back up plan and we cancelled the rest of the requals for the year."
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May 5, 2016 21:59
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So I have esapi side plates that CIF wont take, and arent on my clothing record (theyre from Manas, which is closed down now), and Im about to ets in a couple weeks, already did CIF turn in. If I sell them will I get sent to federal pound you in the rear end prison? Also have a $400 aid bag with pulse oximeter, stethoscope, laryngoscope set etc. which I have no idea how to sell. Not really wanting to take $1-2k worth of equipment to the surplus stores near post and get $50 for it.
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May 6, 2016 02:32
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You probably don't want to throw them on ebay or anything like that where it can be traced to you. 
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May 6, 2016 02:42
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take a pic of the laryngoscope set. That poo poo can be worth hundreds if it's all there and works well.
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May 6, 2016 02:44
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If you don't have to turn it in and it's not stolen, it's yours to dispose of as you see fit. People can buy plates already, so long as they're willing to cough up for them. Could be an ITAR item, though.
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May 6, 2016 02:50
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MurderBot posted:take a pic of the laryngoscope set. That poo poo can be worth hundreds if it's all there and works well. If your interested I can take pics of the medical equipment or aid bag, it got issued to me right before deployment and afterwards my boss said "its not on any books, its yours".
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May 6, 2016 02:52
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Ace of Baes posted:So I have esapi side plates that CIF wont take, and arent on my clothing record (theyre from Manas, which is closed down now), and Im about to ets in a couple weeks, already did CIF turn in. Surplus dude at some local flea market will pay you cash for that stuff.
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May 6, 2016 02:58
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If they were front/back medium plates I might have PM'd, but gently caress wearing side plates if I don't have to.
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May 6, 2016 03:02
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spacetoaster posted:Surplus dude at some local flea market will pay you cash for that stuff. Yeah I can of get the feeling any dude like that is gonna try to rip me off, I might try to sell my plates under-sell value to my buddy who goes to gun shows all the time, Id ask the MPs or whatever if theyre ok to keep but I have a feeling theyd "confiscate" them even if they were, same with CIF, despite being a different unit, on a different post, in a different country.
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May 6, 2016 03:13
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you should delete all these posts because im pretty sure the army would figure out a way to gently caress you one more time over this
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Ace of Baes posted:Yeah I can of get the feeling any dude like that is gonna try to rip me off, I might try to sell my plates under-sell value to my buddy who goes to gun shows all the time, Id ask the MPs or whatever if theyre ok to keep but I have a feeling theyd "confiscate" them even if they were, same with CIF, despite being a different unit, on a different post, in a different country. Meh, if you want to offload them for cash and no questions yeah, you're going to get less than you "could". But isn't $250 (or whatever) better than nothing? I was a provost marshal back before my injury and I can tell you MP's aren't going to help you (they aren't going to care either, why would you ask them?). Funny provost marshal story: For some reason civilians think the MP's are THE place to get info on whatever. I had some 90 year old lady come in and try to turn in her husband's military issue .45. Dude fought in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Had 3 medals for valor in combat. I told her it was hers (as far as I was concerned). Then I offered her a bunch of money for it (she turned me down). Do you guys want to hear some disgusting and horrific True Army Crime stuff? I could change a lot of the facts around.
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What brings so many fat retirees wives to the Provost Marshall's office? When I was clearing there were a bunch of angry old fat ladies there. Figured MP's only dealt with poo poo on post, not sure what these old retirees wives had to do there. They can't all have old .45's they want to turn in.
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Mustang posted:What brings so many fat retirees wives to the Provost Marshall's office? When I was clearing there were a bunch of angry old fat ladies there. It can be lot's of things. People come to get post access also to complain about post access, etc. Some posts have the Provost Marshal also act as the head of Emergency Medical Services and/or the post fire department (oh, and there's also animal control!). Also, people come to complain about the MPs. A lot of old fat SGM wives come in to complain about MPs giving them tickets or not giving tickets to people they think should have tickets. Had some furious lady call 3 times to demand that we STOP THE RABBITS loving IN HER FRONT YARD RIGHT THIS MINUTE!!! WHY ARE YOU NOT HERE STOPPING THEM!??!!? And the on post stuff isn't really true. MP's sometimes patrol with local municipalities to "help out" on weekends and what not. Sometimes MP's are sent to patrol certain areas off post to take some of the workload off of local LE.
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Ace of Baes posted:If your interested I can take pics of the medical equipment or aid bag, it got issued to me right before deployment and afterwards my boss said "its not on any books, its yours". sure snap a few pics and let me see what it looks like. I don't think a whole intubation kit is really necessary for a first aid kit in the car, but I've always wanted a medical bag to stock whatever poo poo I can get from work to keep just in case.
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MurderBot posted:sure snap a few pics and let me see what it looks like. I don't think a whole intubation kit is really necessary for a first aid kit in the car, but I've always wanted a medical bag to stock whatever poo poo I can get from work to keep just in case. The bag itself is really nice, the outside has barely any wear, its a london bridge, also got a litman, a working pulse ox and some other stuff, ill snap some pics tomorrow and shoot you a PM.
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Son of a bitch that reminds me I've got a STOMP II that I should try and offload on some prepper, make them pay through the nose for an aid bag stocked to the gills by a Genuine US Army *Combat Medic™. *Healthcare Specialist/Ambulance Aide/Janitor
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Your SAPI plate situation is similar to mine. I registered Adobe CS6 and Lightroom 5 in my name because we didn't have a unit name or email address. So far no one has told me to transfer it, and it's not really a big deal either way because the kit I used is gonna be replaced quickly.
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May 6, 2016 05:24
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spacetoaster posted:
Tha swear to this will never be no
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The gear I was left with and didn't have to turn in I sold to a bunch of weirdo militia survivalist libertarian guys. They had more cash than brain cells.
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May 6, 2016 05:37
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Mike-o posted:The gear I was left with and didn't have to turn in I sold to a bunch of weirdo militia survivalist libertarian guys. They had more cash than brain cells. Any of them north of Seattle? I have some poo poo I want to offload and I feel like they'd pay me the best for my crap
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Pesticide20 posted:Any of them north of Seattle? I have some poo poo I want to offload and I feel like they'd pay me the best for my crap Nah they were driving out from Aberdeen to meet me in Olympia. I'd bet there's lots of them all around western washington though. Remember that survivalist shithead in North Bend that killed his wife and daughter "to protect them from the coming apocalypse"? He built a loving mountain hideout bunker with food and guns and ammo up the side of one of the mountains overlooking North Bend. Then he killed himself after the cops tried to gas him out of his bunker.
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I spent a day driving around the Olympic Mountains and checking poo poo out and western Washington was surprisingly redneck. Saw more confederate flags out there than I did in Columbus. People from Washington in general seem like some sort of weird mix of rednecks, liberals, and hippies.
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psydude posted:I saw a company commander get relieved for slipping on ice and breaking his arm at BAF. Brigade commander said he had exercised poor judgement. lmao that dude was waiting for a reason to can him
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May 6, 2016 07:38
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hmm sorry that was a double post i was trying the append button that i've never noticed before
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hmm sorry that was a double post i was trying the append button that i've never noticed before
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