Here is a classic example of why you have to wait forever to get your day in court. The VA ought to institute a Bureau of Believability to deal with this. If you were never in Vietnam, then it would be axiomatic that you cannot claim presumptive exposure to 3.309 diseases-PERIOD. This guy was a Civil Engineer, for crying out loud. CEs do not go on rescue missions or check the serial numbers of Nukes in silos. VA is expending enormous amounts of time and energy(read tax dollars) disproving these claims. There must be a better way that protects the Vet and at the same time , weeds out the chuckleheads.

http://www.va.gov/vetapp08/Files3/0822959.txt

This is another reason it takes so long:

http://www.va.gov/vetapp08/Files4/0828003.txt

And another example. Item 15 sort of identifies the problem here.

http://www.va.gov/vetapp08/Files4/0826571.txt

Some Vets actually blame this stuff on their service. If your balls didn’t drop before you were 18, I think it’s safe to say it’s not VA’s fault.
10. Whether new and material evidence has been received to
reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for panic
attacks.

11. Whether new and material evidence has been received to
reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for an
undescended right testicle

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21 claims at once. This is my personal best. If I find one with more claims, I will, of course, post it immediately. From VARO Jackson, Mississippi to you, the inquisitive Vet:

THE ISSUES

1. Entitlement to service connection for depression.

2. Entitlement to service connection for a right ankle
disability

3. Entitlement to service connection for a left ankle
disability.

4. Entitlement to service connection for a right knee
disability.

5. Entitlement to service connection for a left knee
disability.

6. Entitlement to service connection for a left hand
disability.

7. Entitlement to service connection for a right shoulder
disability.

8. Entitlement to service connection for a low back
disability.

9. Entitlement to service connection for a leg condition.

10. Entitlement to service connection for coronary artery
disease with chest pain.

11. Entitlement to service connection for a systolic murmur.

12. Entitlement to service connection for chronic
bronchitis.

13. Entitlement to service connection for shortness of
breath.

14. Entitlement to service connection for a gastrointestinal
disability.

15. Entitlement to service connection for bilateral foot
disorders.

16. Entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder.

17. Entitlement to service connection for headaches.

18. Entitlement to service connection for a urinary
disorder.

19. Entitlement to service connection for prostatitis.

20. Entitlement to service connection for malaria.

21. Entitlement to service connection for a liver disorder.

It turns out he didn’t have Malaria. He did smoke 3 packs a day, though, so they gave him the COPD!