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Mr. Nice! posted:Honestly the best way to file any claim with the VA is through one of the non-profits like the Disabled American Veterans. http://www.dav.org/veterans/ I've been putting off following up on some denied items from my claim a while back, and I missed the deadline to comply with their response to my rebuttal because, ironically, I was back in Afghanistan and didn't get the "send us your info for a board we're holding in 30 days". But I figure I'll give a shot at playing catch-up given the documentation I have. In case it hasn't been said enough: as you're about to EAS/ETS make sure every single physical issue you've ever had in the military is clearly noted in your record. Then even if you don't at all think you have a disability issue, go to DAV or similar and file what you have. If you (like me) get a letter back from VA saying "okay, disability for ABC, but we're denying DEF", take a good look at the justification for the denials. Several things I had denied, their reasoning was literally "we couldn't find your records [that day]", so I should've swiftly hopped on that with one of my many photocopies of my med records. In any case, my first time I used Texas Veterans Commission since I was living there (they're state-funded), but they only help current residents. Is there any group folks would recommend more than DAV for a semi-recent veteran? My only concern with DAV is that whenever I'm at the VA hospital they're sitting there with a huge line of Vietnam vets slowly going over paperwork. I've got a job to be at, so I'd be way happier if I could just do this stuff over email with someone tech-savvy. Just write up an explanation, scan my records, maybe IM each other back and forth about it. Does DAV do stuff like that or are they dead-set on me having to go low-tech? I just hate dealing with organizations whose minds are blown by the idea of pdfs. Also it'd be good to work with a counselor who has some familiarity with OIF/OEF vets. But maybe DAV does that stuff great too. Suggestions?
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