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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...

Noone wants undeserving benefits to go on. The bottom line is many deserving people on this board and otherwise will be screwed over for who knows how many years until it's rectified. Hopefully we can all survive that.

Also SSDI rolls has been shrinking for years. Many people die soon after joining because they become disabled.

We're all on here. We all know the system is wild. We also know how difficult it can be with very obvious issues to get approved-it takes years even for people on the SSDI fast track. And SSDI is tougher than a VA rating. This isn't going to do anything but hurt the men and women on this board...

Cuts to federal employee retirement programs and disability benefits: The budget will call for a $72 billion cut over 10 years to the Social Security Disability Insurance. Mulvaney said this would inspire more people to get off disability and back to work. "If the folks who are on Social...

Have you? Several on presidential staff have stated their intent to make cuts SSDI. What more do you need to hear?

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

Travis Hansen and the Friedman firm were courteous, pretty prompt, and most importantly, effective. I'd recommend them.

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...

What can be done about this? Am I reading it right that a class action is suggested?

Hear, Hear! The men and women I served with deserve all the rights all Americans are entitled to.

Dont worry about a narsum at this point. just get a P3 profile which comes first.

ScoutCC, awesome feedback, once again. I meant this is the last ditch prior to separation; the thought of going through all of this again puts me in a pitch black mood. If i can do ANYTHING to influence prior to having to go through the appeal, I'm going to attempt it. I have a certain amount...

It was sent to them, they'll review it regardless. I think the last is the final review.

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...

The VARR came back as "Although the new medical evidence shows more than 10 "attacks" (either cataplexy or sleep attacks) the sleep attacks do not meet the full criteria of a minor seizure. We concede these attacks consists of a brief interruption in consciousness, however, there is no...

I had a MEB from Korea. What happens is you have a P3 profile. If you want a MEB, push for the P3. From that point the doctor initiates the MEDEVAC packet consisting of such things as the commander's functional statement, orders, your profile, and a few other things you'll need to gather for...

Thanks for that; very insightful. Does the USAPDA have any influence over the final rating? Counsel says there's a way to make sure they take a hard look but they have no influence over VA ratings.

The VA counted my cataplexy attacks but not my narcolepsy attacks. I believe this to be incorrect. Time to appeal through the DAV, but before that, does anyone know of a way to raise the issue with the USADPA when it gets to them?

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"...