How’s this for a conundrum wrapped in an enigma. The BVA IRIS’d me back today and said “Dude, that claim departed via Pony Express to the Atlanta RO and you’ll have to call them at …800-827-1000”. Right. So why is my appeal at an RO … unless it’s being fitted for a new Fenderson staged rating from 1994. That might make sense if Seattle is overwhelmed with that PTSD mess going on at Ft. Fumble Lewis down the road. What’s even weirder if you believe in coincidences is the Atlanta RO’s Health Eligibility Center just mailed me a complete personalized medical benefits package and a Form 4107 telling me how to appeal my new “medical rating” if I’m not happy with it. My “new” rating is 100% P&T and I’m now a proud “Veteran of the Vietnam War, where before I was simply a Veteran of the Vietnam Era. I am also presumptively exposed to herbicides as well. I joined the medical program in 2008 so I surmise this means I just joined it again retroactively to 1994. Interesting. Do I get to collect all the money I spent on doctors way back to then? Seems fair. Something is brewing and I think I like the smell. I dreamed of a ’67 GTO gold Goat last night. It looked just like the one I had to sell for $1500 to the used car jerk the day before I left for Southeast Asia in May 1970. Of course, I had a migraine when I woke up so that might mean I dreamed I inhaled too much carbon monoxide in my dream listening to it run. I”ve got SEG all over my face.
Remember me– Part I–https://asknod.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/bva-yo-remember-me/
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GREAT news Mr. Nod, sir!!
More goodies to frame for the “wall of fame”.
Man, I am SO darn happy for ya’!
btw… I had a friend in Virginia back in 74′ that had that same 67′ GTO. Gold. But his was a hard top. Had a big block with dual 4 bbls, Hurst shifter, and big, fat L-60’s in the back. That is still, to this day the fastest car I have ever been in. Can you say sideways in 2nd gear? Sure you can.
Splendid news, I am very happy for you.
I got one of those Veterans Health Benefits handbooks and an offer for $10K life insurance.
Be advised and beware; In small print on the letter that came with the packet it says if you accept the insurance you forfiet your right to appeal; it may have implied that you can’t file anymore claims.
When did yours arrive, sir?
Were you able to get your Vietnamese medical records? We’ve only received received boot camp, discharge, and other US-duty only medical records. Nothing from medical corpsman in-country.
All I got was the records from a civilian hospital in NW Thailand showing hep and a back injury. All my stuff from Laos was abandoned on site when the gooks overran it in 72. I do have my Yellow shot book records showing immunizations for GG and cholera about 10 days after the GSW. Nothing else except for a really neat through and through scar.
Sometimes you have to find the Medical outfit who served in that area. They hauled all the records home, but i know a lot of guys who are missing stuff from battalion aid stations. If you have a Purple Heart or a CIB showing combat you get the 38 USC 1154(b) exemption and all your testimony is considered believable unless you claim alien abduction. I never did any medical in RVN. All I ever did was fly into TSN a few times and CRB. Oh, Da Nang once. All my medical was at Udorn, Long Tieng (LS20A) or T-11 (O/L-C up country). None of it was in the SMRs. I sent for and got it in 94.
No I’m under the radar,…except for treatments every 45 days. May my case stay low key for now, It was a stress, ….peter
I don’t even remember but can’t recall having special treatment with a dedicated book, “name and all…peter
Hahahahah! I remember when they sent everything to Salt Lake City from Seattle on my claim….but it worked out…..Good luck Sir, may the yolk on your back be a from s Hummingbird and not a Water Buffalo….peter
So tell me, Peter. Did you get one of those Veterans Health Benefits handbooks in the mail recently or when you won? Was it personalized inside and mention you by name? This thing is printed with all my bennies listed and my rating.