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    VA Foreign Medical Program Coverage

    Does the VA Foreign Medical Program cover non-service connected emergency medical care? According to the below links the VA covers ER care as long as " The claim for payment or reimbursement for the initial evaluation and treatment is for a condition of such a nature that a prudent layperson...
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    GOP budget severly cuts SSDI

    How do you feel about this being used to pay for tax cuts to the richest of Americans? http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-trump-disabled-20170522-story.html
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    Heads up: DOD payment is behind

    This may affect those that have retired in June, July, or August of 2015, or I may have been fed a line. I just spoke to DFAS, Army HRC, and JBLM Retirement Services Office. According to DFAS, HRC hasn't sent up my Retirement Authorization and Statement of Service. According to HRC, the JBLM...
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    Post-VARR denial, last chance effort

    DOD: 50 PTSD 30 Narcolepsy with Cataplexy VA: 50 PTSD 30 NwC 20 Shoulders 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 I submitted a VARR on Narcolepsy since they rated it under daytime hypersomulence rather than petit mal. They came back that since the record doesn't show I have rhythmic blinking and nodding it...
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    VARR came back denied

    I initiated a VARR on my Narcolepsy with Cataplexy. It came back today, but I haven't had a chance to see it. Even with a clear and concise statement from my pulmonary sleep specialist stating the number of attacks I have (it's rated under epilepsy petite mal), the VARR came back as "no change"...
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    DA199 in; should I sign?

    DOD 70%, VA 90% 50% PTSD V1V3 TDRL (6 month eval) unfitting 30% Narcolepsy stable condition unfitting Various others at 20% 10% 0%. 0% for 2-3 migranes due to lack of history. The narcolepsy rating came in as: "Service connection for narcolepsy is proposed as directly related to military...
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    SSDI Attorney Recommendations

    Let's get recommendations for attorneys in different areas. I'll start. JBLM: The firm Gustav and the firm Robert Friedman both deal with VA and SSDI claims; I don't have enough experience to recommend either. Can anyone else chime in on them or other JBLM attorneys?
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    Who should I work with: JAG, DAV, VFW?

    I'm at JBLM. Which of the available counsels should I work with, and why?
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