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Correct. I got lucky and the travel people already had my poo poo all punched in back to my home of record, Seattle, so I didn't say a thing, filled in the boxes and 2 weeks later there's the money. I imagine if you start claiming all kinds of crazy poo poo there may be some scrutiny. There may also be time limits or something and my memory is lovely but I do remember it being super easy.
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Dead Reckoning posted:I more or less had to waive HIPPA and give their docs access to whatever they wanted. Because working for the government is not a right, and the law says they can do it. Trust me, I know what I'm doing and how insane it is. I could be wrong here, but my myhealthevet or whatever it's called login is different to my ebenefits login. I think maybe I had to register for myhealthevet and link that to the ebenefits account, or throw in my ssn to link it up or something. Don't know if myhealthevet will have what you want but I think you have to register again.
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Someone here was asking loving ages ago about CRSC and how long it takes to process. For me, 14 months.
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Actually, to be honest, if I was gonna join again I'd go 18X. Yeah, probably gonna flunk or medical out and spend the next 2 years as infantry, but the 2 dudes that I met who washed out basically had their PFC dicks wildly sucked by everyone around them. And then if you make it, well, you're SF. But that's only if I had to do it again, with my first option being gently caress NO.
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Jan 14, 2017 15:02
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I like the pin idea. If you want to be a shade more obvious a marine vet coffee mug strategically placed somewhere could be a good addition.
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Feb 10, 2017 16:10
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I'd keep that amount handy for six months just in case.
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May 18, 2017 01:48
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TBeats posted:Your remaining months is 0, but if you even have 1 day left you get it for an entire semester, so make sure you check that. Wait, what? If I burn up all my GI bill benefits are start a semester with 1 day left they'll pay for the whole semester? That include the stipend as well?
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Jun 27, 2017 18:07
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Well that's pretty neat. I'll have to keep that in mind.
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Jun 27, 2017 18:51
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Around here it's about 4 - 6 weeks from when you put in the online thing to your first meeting. If you've got your poo poo together it rolls together pretty quick after that
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Jan 4, 2018 20:38
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I can't remember exactly what happened for me but during out processing I saw some people, they saw I enlisted at Washington and said, yup, approved for travel to Washington state from Georgia, did you want the flat rate or the itemized poo poo, cool, fill out and send this form in when you were done and SHAZAM piles of cash in my account. They didn't even asked where I was going.
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Mar 24, 2018 03:31
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Holy moly, VA helldump thread whatuuuuup
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May 2, 2018 04:53
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I had to do a external provider hearing test for mine because military hearing tests I suspect are pure bullshit that they just rubber stamp. Army said my hearing was tip top but the external provider produced a 2 page report with all kinds of poo poo about pressure differentials and frequency losses comparable to my age and a bunch of other random stuff.
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May 7, 2018 00:04
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I think if you are within a year or 2 of separation it's easier, longer than that and it gets complicated. That's just what I've heard from other people though, I got med boarded so that poo poo was all lined up for me.
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May 7, 2018 01:50
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If you're married got a girlfriend/boyfriend then it might be good if they come along too. They take their answers into account as well.
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Jun 28, 2018 23:00
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That isn't to say that you will have to wait until the end of next month. I've had 5 seemingly random partial payments in a single month before. And then THAT isn't to say that you'll get it by the end of next month because, lol, VA
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Jul 2, 2018 22:19
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That I'm not sure on. Do they make payments outside of the normal monthly schedule when they are playing catch up? Yes. Can you force that? ... dunno.
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I'm sure it's been posted somewhere in the thread but here's federal regulations on what's supposed to happen and percentages and poo poo https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=3dddce84474966674a408fb61db5af5e&node=38:1.0.1.1.5&rgn=div5
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Jul 12, 2018 19:27
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A dude that I know got his vasectomy hosed up by army medical, left him in crippling pain and in need of constant treatment. Ended up walking with a cane and sucking on fentanyl lolipops. They called his nuts service related and rated him on it so I'm pretty sure they should at the very least rate you 0% for yours so you get medical care for it.
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Aug 11, 2018 19:25
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So checked my ebenefits va registration status last night and it updated to my new school. Random selection of money in my account this morning. Absolutely no loving idea at all if it's right as it looks like a bunch of transactions as if you were laundering money, but it seems the VA has fixed at least a little of their poo poo.
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Oct 12, 2018 23:43
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Isn't there some kind of easy appeal thing where it's just to correct an administrative error for these things, or did I just make that up?
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Oct 20, 2018 19:11
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I've wandered into a VA before and told them that I left meds at home and they spotted me an extra 3 days supply. I don't take anything even remotely addictive though so your mileage may vary.
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Oct 20, 2018 19:55
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These motherfuckers. Apparently I owe them some money as well, but they take some amount out of my disability fun bucks now, but didn't until recently, despite sending this form into them multiple times. Now I don't even get a monthly statement, and when I went calling to find a balance or to get a statement so I can just pay the bitch off, they said they couldn't find any details except for the allotment that comes out. They are some seriously hosed up messes over there, I'm assuming I get a letter like that sooner or later.
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Nov 21, 2018 19:21
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There's a period of time that you pay into the spb and then you've got it for life. I think it's like 10 years.
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Nov 21, 2018 19:41
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Balls to that. It was part of your employment contract. If it's a legitimate employment related injury, get that medical if nothing else, especially if it's got a possibility of getting worse.
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Apr 16, 2019 06:16
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Must be where them dudes who punch out those dope rear end made to order omelets go
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I used to use the shooting range at Benning when I was med retired, and my beard and hair drove every motherfucker up the wall if I stopped to get gas or something to eat. It was pretty funny, as I'm also older so no one was game to test their rank might.
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berzerkmonkey posted:That's weird, because I always assumed that anyone with non-reg hair or facial hair was either retired, separated, or a civilian. The one time I questioned any of that was a dude in the mess hall who had an earring and a couple of day's growth on his face, but I (a Marine) was told that soldiers can get away with that on leave (may or may not have been the case, but it wasn't my place to question it.) About the time I got out they were starting this "must shave every day even on leave " bullshit that I'm not sure even took off completely. And there's also how close you stray to the poop. At Benning if you were over on main post near the army marksmanship unit, zero fucks. If you kept going and went near batt, turbo fucks. Up near the big center building that was started with not much besides sncos and big brass, that was the funniest spot to see brains internally snap over such ferociously important things as facial hair, but not having the balls to do anything about it because of who the person might be or might know. I thought of it as a little bonus when getting gas.
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Yeah, bro, you're good. I know a guy getting a 4th try at it because he's deep into his degree. Just keep your counselor up to date.
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Well if it's any consolation, from what I hear about calc 2 you won't be the only one turning in a nearly blank test. If you know you are boned, just finish out the semester picking up what little bits you can, concentrate on your other subjects. Use your calc time to sort out your home life. Skip some classes if need be. Voc rehab is there to help (for the most part), they have poo poo like this happen to their clients all the time, they understand. So there's no need to stress about tomorrow. Yeah, okay, you'll maybe finish a semester late, but big deal. I'm sure most of us in here bombed a class, or had to take a semester off for whatever reason. I took one off last semester because of medical issues. Just take care of what you can now, salvage what you can for a good start next semester.
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Flying_Crab posted:I've seen some anecdotal reports of some VAs already vaccinating any vet enrolled in VA healthcare, so maybe they're moving through staff & vulnerable populations fairly quickly? I had my yearly just before new years, and yeah, the plan for the VA was front liners, and the nursing homes. She said that they are having basically 3 categories, high risk, medium and low. Front liners and hospice care, the really fuckin' old, and really old + condition that's susceptible to COVID. Lucky me I'm medium risk so I guess I'm after that. But poo poo changes and your local availability could be wildly different. I'm in a very old population area so I doubt they'll be getting to the lower risk groups ahead of schedule.
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McNally posted:I'm starting the process for voc rehab and I have my my initial VRE appointment on the 29th. Any advice? Mine was a group thing where we watched a dumb poo poo video then met with the counsellor. Have your paperwork together and you'll be done with that pretty quickly. Most people will not have it done.
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I had a 5 year thing for TBI. Me and wife go in, and while I can't remember it, my wife said it was the weirdest thing. A doctor took down details and history, and it was over in 15 minutes. Get a notice not long later they were knocking my TBI rating from 100% to 10%. Immediately appealed, because, well poo poo. Went through a vet org. It took them about a year for the VA to look at it, and apparently took a look at what was described as a complete lack of any kind of notes from the evaluating doctor. They called up my current ones and they said LOL, no, he's hosed and then it was back at 100% again. Mine is not an uncommon story, apparently. Sometimes you get a dickhead doctor who is just a pain in the balls or just ferociously lazy and ends up making it everyone else's problem. Vet rep said that if you are current with VA doctors it makes appeals a lot easier. Said he didn't even have to do anything except lodge the paperwork, and the VA looked at it and said yo don't worry, it's going back as it was and that was it. Get to do it again in another 5 years I guess.
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I've been told that even if you have a degree, if you are needing some kind of credential or additional qualification they will definitely hook you up. Another degree, advanced degree, a lot harder.
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When I was getting medically retired there were a few dudes from basic at some VA gonna hook you up with bennies meeting. There was one kid who could barely move on his crutches. I didn't see him arrive but by the time he got up to the time he got to the elevator he was drenched with sweat. Other kid had no hand. The other had to leave every few minutes to wash his face. Apparently a drill sergeant had rolled the duty truck with every fucker he could stuff in the back. Face washing dude was there when that dude lost his hand, but was pinned and his blood kept spurting all over him and he couldn't do anything about it. Trauma is trauma. Probably even worse when you realize a lot of people's real enemies are wearing the same uniform as you.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I feel you. I'm waiting to get sick at school, myself. I should probably know more about this seeing as how I'm a more likely future VA surgical statistic. Is there a resource for information for when a VA doctor kills you and you leave a wife or family behind?
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Well, that's something at least. Although I like how you have to pay it for and get reimbursed.
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Mustang posted:They'll send you to a civilian clinic to do a hearing test and be evaluated by a audiologist. I have tinnitus but my test didn't show any kind of hearing loss, the doctor said something about the test doesn't cover all of the sounds (can't remember the term) a human ear is capable of hearing, or something like that anyway. I never had any record of hearing issues in the Army but I still got 10% for tinnitus after this evaluation. Just before I got med retired, the army put me through their hearing test thing. 100% I got, no problems soldier. This despite the fact that I couldn't hear a good portion of it, but whatever. Then got sent to a proper audiologist off post, and she was obviously a professional. Oh yeah, you're missing this sensitivity and this much out of these ranges, I've detected some overpressure in your left ear, did you have a TBI recently or a bad one in your past? Yeah, that makes sense. Army hearing testing is an absolute scam.
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In my experience, the contractors aren't trying to get you, or deny you. There's probably some turds that exist, for sure, but for the most part they are looking to put your details into a form that the VA can put up against the CFR, and decide easily from that. I think where most people gently caress themselves up though, is they wont shut up. If they are quiet, you don't have to fill the space, they are busy filling poo poo out. If you are going in for your feet there's no need to go into that time that you broke a toe playing with aunt betsy's dog. They ask, you answer. If you think that your depression is related to before service, don't mention it unless they specifically ask. You aren't a psychologist, you don't know if it is or not, that's for experts to figure out. Oh, and make sure to get out everything you want to say about your hurts. Pull them up if they try to move on. But you just tell them the facts, you don't try to play it down, or explain it away. If they think that it needs further explanation they'll send you to a specialist. not caring here fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Mar 28, 2023 |
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lite_sleepr posted:When it comes to the VA and maintaining your rating, with regard to PTSD, the VA can only go with what you tell them, correct? I'm aware that it is hard coded to be revaluated by the VA with in 5 years to see if your conditions are improving or worsening. When I'm eventually summoned to the local VA clinic, if I say hey, the PTSD and insomnia I claimed isn't improving, how likely is it that they will fight me on that? As long as there is a history of documentation, even if they screw you down, the appeals process is your friend. Which reminds me, back when trump was in office, and he had those joker friends of his basically calling the shots at the VA, I got summoned for the 5 year check. It was a bit early, which people told me was odd. So I go in there with my wife, and he basically takes a history, and said cool, thanks, good to go. Nothing about current state, improvements or poo poo getting worse. Literally just a history of what turned my brain into mush. A few weeks later, got the letter saying that my TBI rating got janked from 100%, to 10%. That dog won't hunt, monsignor, so I got the rep to look at it. He's like yeah, that's sketch, put in the appeal. This appeal goes on for literally years, because COVID. Then I get a call from the rep out of the blue. He says, yeah, that guy wasn't even a doctor, he was some dude trump's people put in the west palm beach VAMC to kick down people's TBI ratings because of something he said on TV. His paperwork was basically empty, it was completely indefensible. So I guess they decided to save themselves some work, spoke to some of my doctors, and at 7 years in gave me a permanent and total rating. TLDR; SMDFTB trump you piece of poo poo, and always be appealing.
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