ITT: We discuss our experiences with VA disability.
Success stories, frustrations, tips and tricks
Remember, you're entitled to your benefits.
If you served, you're entitled to 100%.
Personally, I'm rated 80% for PTSD/Bipolar/Anxiety disorder and tinnitus. My C&P exam for a rating increase is next month.
I expect a lot of jealous anti-shills talking shit.
Bro, the people that post here are like two years old. Anyone that respond are likely larping
I saw a thread about this 2 days ago in the real early hours of the night, and it was enjoyable to read through. Half of it were the antishills I'm talking about, claiming it was just nigger welfare shit.
The other half was useful information talking about programs, ways to game the GI Bill, ways to talk during the C&P exam, etc. It was really positive for someone like me. I just want to see if I can get it going again.
There's plenty of vets collecting gibs here, they're just shy right now or something.
i have compressed discs but i never got a rating. how likeley is it for me to get a rating if ive been out since 2016. fucking hurts to sneeze or cough or bend over.
From what I've read, there's a time period after service that you have to file claims, but it doesn't hurt to try. There's waivers for everything.
Go to va.gov (provided you remember your info) and log in, and file your claim right now. Claim your back is fucked up, and may as well claim for tinnitus as well. It's basically guaranteed. You should also claim for mental health, choose your poison.
already tinitus and 50%ptsd, fuck i was in the movies the other day and this guy dropped a tray right behind me and i frigging spilled my beer everywhere.
I think I'm wrong, after some google-fu from a lawyer website I found this
"Fortunately, the VA accepts disability claims for conditions that develop decades after a Veteran’s military service. This means there is no time constraint on when you can file a disability claim. However, it is wise to file your claim as soon as possible. That way, you can start receiving benefits sooner rather than later."
I was originally rated 50% for PTSD and I immediately filed for a rating increase, and got 70% after my second exam.
You should do the same. Read up on the criteria for mental health ratings, do some research, and tell the truth. Tell them everything and don't minimize a single thing.
i dont talk to my family anymore and my friends are drifting away. my current roommate is moving out because i " always have a problem with everything" I wish i could sleep too. ive been so tired for a very long time.
I had no issues when I ETSed but now I have random pains in my feet and back. Is it even worth trying to do something with the VA, I've been out for about 6 months
I feel you. I'm the same way. I've isolated myself and it's just getting worse every year. Sounds piss me off, people piss me off, I get delusional thoughts (CIA, life isn't real, etc).
The money helps in ways you can't even imagine.
Yes, always. With feet pain you can get free shoes every 6 months or something.
Yes it's always worth it. Like I said, everyone is entitled to 100%. You just have to do the work. The hardest part is starting, but once you do you'll be so fucking happy you did. There's no downside to trying, and the free medical care for life (after 50%) is amazing.
60%*
From the last thread, involving disabled veteran owned business:
"You start your own business. Should cost you about $100 to register it at the state level. Then you go to your local Procurement Technical Assistance Center, and they will assign some retired federal employee to hand-carry you through the whole process of applying for and being given a federal contract. Then you hire some other guy to actually supervise the contract as you sit home watching porn and playing GTA online and pay yourself $150,000 a year. This is what I am doing.
Get IT certs such as MCSE or CompTIA
You must contact your local Procurement Technical Assistance Center. Tomorrow. I'm not fucking around. When they pick up the phone, say "I am a disabled veteran and I want to get into federal contracting". They will literally hold your hand through the entire process. Check out the NORCAL PTAC channel on JewTube and do not take no for an answer. If you do not get results from the PTAC (yes some of them are bench warmers) then keep calling till you get an advisor assigned."
Dude I got 60% 20 years after being out. They fucked up my knees. A friend told me to apply for it. That’s a nice chunk. Seek out the veterans administration and they guide you through it. They filed for me. Took 4 months and got check. Get a copy of your medical records. Always go for hearing. Your ears ring right? Right? That’s 10% bro $130/month tax free right there. My shit rings bad. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
How come all these ZOGbots are "100% disabled" but still able to magically hold down a job, if you're so "disabled" shouldn't you be shitting yourself in the asylum with the other retards?
LOSERS IN 1973 - VIETNAM
LOSERS IN 2021 - AFGHANISTAN
IMAGINE LOSING TO LITERAL CAVE-DWELLING ANIMAL-MAN HYBRIDS
ONLY TIME MUTTS EVER "WON" A WAR WAS WHEN THEY KILLED EACH OTHER IN THE 1860s TO FREE THEIR BELOVED NIGGERS
FUCK ZOGBOTS
did you have records of issues while in
Jealous?
Not really. I have a good paying job, a wife, a child. You have destroyed knees, a ruined back, and you once again return to a populace that either views you as an imperialist dog/war criminal, or a pawn of the Jews, or they're just indifferent to you.
I get to sleep soundly at night, while you're on your third marriage with another stripper you met just outside Benning, crying yourself to sleep after remembering seeing PFC. Jamal Gomez burn alive in the Stryker from an IED hit.
Interesting. Is there any more you can elaborate on? Great info. What kind of performance do the contracts require?
I guess I just don't understand why you're taking the time to post and monitor this thread if it doesn't involve you. Do you though
You can apply to get them online. I was lucky my supervisor old me to get copies getting out. I combed through them. It’s documentation they are looking for. I’m a hypochondriac so I hit med call a lot. I got a big record. So easy to show service related. You need your records so you can go in there knowing exactly what to say. God help you if you get a pajet doctor on an exam. They will fuck you. If they check your shoulder for range of motion do not let them touch you or force it. They will do that. I was lucky a white doctor saw to my knees. Bring your copies with you to your exam. The docs only get scanned copies on computers easier for them easier for you. If you get a pajet you’re fucked.
Why not though, it makes ZOGbots seethe and probably put their gun to their head for the tenth time today, so...
This is just what I copy-pasted for myself to reference later, but this was in regards to construction or IT.
For IT, it's contracts like outfitting a school or a local government service building with computers, and maintaining them (security updates, IT help, etc).
For construction, it's the same thing but I have no idea how any of that works.
Essentially, the government MUST give 15% of all contracts to disabled veteran owned business. For some insight, a few years ago that number was 3%. If you have a business and the capability to do what they're asking, they just kind of dump contracts on your head.
I only cared for the IT side, I quit my engineering job 2 years ago from the PTSD people hating stuff, and this is what my plan is. Gives me something to work towards.
I didn't really go to sick call. It was discouraged in my job. Not sure if I have no paper history if its worth talking to the VA
I didn't have any paper history for my mental health side of the rating.
You have to have something you can point to during your service that can cause or exacerbate (if pre-existing) the condition. This is pretty easy, just think of the shittiest parts of what you used to do, and create a link between that and the mental health issues you have today.
You can, and should, appeal if you get bad results. Try to get buddy statements explaining how X has affected you because of Y and Z. Those weigh heavily. I had a couple.
VA is all a talking game. Say the right stuff, get what you’re looking for. Watch combatcraig on jewtube. He’s how I got 100%. Wasn’t even through lying - the truth, but knowing how to say it the right way to VA docs. All just a game.
I don't have mental issues. Just some physical stuff
Yeah you need something. If you fucked up your back they need documentation. Med records, incident report, something. You can go for hearing loss tinnitus which is easy peasy. Still worth it. Youcan still apply. Go to your local veterans admin. They will guide you through it. I walked in and man they will figure out a plan. It’s not going to cost you a dime to apply. You got nothing to lose.
Yes you do.
If you say you don't, you're retarded. So yes you do.
tHaNk YoU fOr YoUr SeRvIcE
99% of the people here hate this country now. If they're vets, they're not going to mention it, especially considering they feel tricked into carrying out the will of ZOG
I hate this country too. But I like free money and healthcare.
I'm just trying to help my fellow autists.
I’m afraid of going back and getting lowered for some unknown bullshit. I’m happy right here at least for now. I got two other pensions already. I retire in 2.5 years. Then I’ll be a boomer, gets shit job around kids, and fill their heads with the bullshit I was told as a kid.
Especially given recent years I’m embarrassed to have served. Wasn’t what I thought it’d be at all.