Little update if anyone saw my previous posts. This will also just include some ranting, so sorry for the length.
I was medically retired in August of this year. I accepted the VA findings of 100% at $4,180 a month. I received multiple letters from the VA over the span of 2 years offering 100%, but I had to fight my DoD ratings. Fast forward, loving retirement waiting to hear from the VA. Went until October without hearing anything, received my final ratings. I was dropped to 90% and lost all of my special compensations. When reading the final letter, the only evidence reviewed was a botched C&P exam that started this entire mess. All the rest of the evidence that my PEBLO, attorneys and I added to my case was cast to the side. Just about every percentage was drastically dropped, and most of them switched to not service connected.
I was kicked out for a spinal injury, my final ratings give me 10% for my back and 50% for something I have never mentioned, been seen for, etc. It was noticed during the botched exam and was the only thing the examiner didn't butcher and say that nothing was wrong with me. I also have 50% for my mental health, which let's be honest, should probably be higher as well at this point after dealing with all of this. I have fought tooth and nail throughout the entire IDES process and finally thought I was done and could finally get the benefits that I EARNED and DERSERVE. At 24 years old it is impossible for me to get out of bed on my own, my wife has to dress me every day. If I am walking more than MAYBE 10 feet I need a cane. If we are going shopping? I need an electric cart or at the minimum a wheelchair. otherwise, I can only make it about halfway through the store before I have to go find somewhere to sit until I can feel my legs again.
I am at my wits end, absolutely exhausted both physically and mentally. At 24 years old, I am in the worst condition that anyone else in my family. I cannot fathom how it possible that people with seemingly nothing wrong with them can play the system and get 100% P&T for basically nothing or BS claims, but people like me who desperately need help cannot get the VA to acknowledge that there is something wrong with me, even when I am shoving evidence down their throats constantly. It feels like every 2-3 months I have to start over and completely prove anything is wrong with me again.
Long story short (sorry for the profanity), but fuck the VA, fuck the C&P examiners, fuck the IDES board, fuck my PEBLO, fuck my surgeon that botched my surgery, fuck every PCM I've had. I am so fucking tired.
I was medically retired in August of this year. I accepted the VA findings of 100% at $4,180 a month. I received multiple letters from the VA over the span of 2 years offering 100%, but I had to fight my DoD ratings. Fast forward, loving retirement waiting to hear from the VA. Went until October without hearing anything, received my final ratings. I was dropped to 90% and lost all of my special compensations. When reading the final letter, the only evidence reviewed was a botched C&P exam that started this entire mess. All the rest of the evidence that my PEBLO, attorneys and I added to my case was cast to the side. Just about every percentage was drastically dropped, and most of them switched to not service connected.
I was kicked out for a spinal injury, my final ratings give me 10% for my back and 50% for something I have never mentioned, been seen for, etc. It was noticed during the botched exam and was the only thing the examiner didn't butcher and say that nothing was wrong with me. I also have 50% for my mental health, which let's be honest, should probably be higher as well at this point after dealing with all of this. I have fought tooth and nail throughout the entire IDES process and finally thought I was done and could finally get the benefits that I EARNED and DERSERVE. At 24 years old it is impossible for me to get out of bed on my own, my wife has to dress me every day. If I am walking more than MAYBE 10 feet I need a cane. If we are going shopping? I need an electric cart or at the minimum a wheelchair. otherwise, I can only make it about halfway through the store before I have to go find somewhere to sit until I can feel my legs again.
I am at my wits end, absolutely exhausted both physically and mentally. At 24 years old, I am in the worst condition that anyone else in my family. I cannot fathom how it possible that people with seemingly nothing wrong with them can play the system and get 100% P&T for basically nothing or BS claims, but people like me who desperately need help cannot get the VA to acknowledge that there is something wrong with me, even when I am shoving evidence down their throats constantly. It feels like every 2-3 months I have to start over and completely prove anything is wrong with me again.
Long story short (sorry for the profanity), but fuck the VA, fuck the C&P examiners, fuck the IDES board, fuck my PEBLO, fuck my surgeon that botched my surgery, fuck every PCM I've had. I am so fucking tired.