I have found the VA's Patient Advocates to be less than helpful unless you need a band aid fix. PA's are not there for system changes that benefit the veterans getting caught in the cracks. Our VAMC is highly rated and yet I have 3 bulging disks and spinal stenosis that is causing falls...
I am currently fighting for TDIU and have been for 15 years for service-connected conditions that were adjudicated with a SSDI ALJ that ruled me unemployable. That ALJ ruling has always been part of my VA case and covers only service connected conditions but the VA ignores that. Fortunately I...