I want to share the good news that my husband’s disability claim has been largely 
successful–although he was denied HCV. We received a decision in under one year and the information found on this website was critical.
Nonetheless, there is much to learn. For example, I thought that the VA was obligated to order a C & P exam for HCV but apparently, they do not.
My spouse, a former Marine, served in the Republic of Vietnam. He was lucky because he lived to return home–albeit to a hostile social environment–but unlucky because he has many health issues directly connected to his military service. For decades we tried to discuss a little about his military experiences but it was too emotional. We just couldn’t revisit that part of his past. I often felt serious bouts of paralysis when we were preparing paperwork for the VA. Without the stories shared by ASKNOD members, paralysis might well have won out. Life will be a little easier for us now because we found the needed support here to act. To get those statements written and mailed out, something so seemingly simple, were Herculean tasks.
But we will carry on learning and advocating for veterans, past, present and future.
asknod
Bethanie Spangenberg
kcraveiro
robinhoodesqvetsatty
Wesley McCauley
Veterans Claims Help 
Keep fighting
Happy to hear about this win!! Congrats and thank you for never giving up.
Congratulations! Glad to hear that!
I’m 80% but not yet Hep c connected. Here in the mid-west it’s about a four or 5 year journey to get the Hep SC’d if one keeps up the appeal to the BVA. A DRO decision at my VARO is just the same denial only bolded. Certainly not worth the wait for that. A C&P for the HCV is most often performed by some unqualified airhead who is hired to craft a denial by proclaiming some way the hep was incurred outside of military service. Good luck! It’s a marathon race to be sure!
Put another notch in the belt for our side. Congrats!
Congratulations on your win. It’s great to hear more good news.
Congratulations! Wonderful to see all the happy news 🙂