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Posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2008 by alanlee67
Lives Left Behind? Call on Line One Mr. Secretary.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2008 by alanlee67
This is almost laughable. You see Secretary Peake and all you other stuffed suits who are out to fuck us Veterans by keeping war costs down or whatever it is you have going on inside your pseudo-empire, some of us actually use the GI Bill to get edumacated. Then, it follows that the old adage about knowledge being power seems to come into play. Then…you get a judge from another federal agency who happens to be a retired Marine to rule in your favour. Once that’s done, now the Veteran has the resources to supplemnent hundreds of hours of research, call him unemployable, refuse him what you call “benefits” while calling the Veteran a “customer” and…and…and..well, this isn’t the forum for all this; so I’ve created a separate blog to work on my private little war against the VA. In other news, I hear that fighting city hall is pointless. So then, am I to drink the koolaid of the notion that one cannot make a differnce? Not considering that last night I tried to get to sleep with a mosquito in the room. This, in turn, led to me losing sleep. But here’s the rub: when a guy tells this to a shrink at the VA, they are prescribed sleeping pills. Now they can no longer work in certain jobs. But I ramble on ***turns on the Zep tune of the same name*** so I must get back to work. After all it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Then it becomes a sport. Muaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Ahhh…the beauty of the power of social media. Now let’s clear the that sector and get on with the mission. Cuz as Billo says, we’re looking out for you….bring it on….can you hold please, I believe I’m having auditory hallucinations in the form of the late “Statesman” Henry Kissinger’s voice…scroll on my friend, scroll on and the context will become clear when you least expect it.
And now, for a song and a dance. the court jester is in and will se you now Mr. Secretary.
p.s. Fear not, this will make sense as we go along. Lead, follow or get out of the way.
Let’s take a break, stress the tweeters and woofers while we go pay some bills and listen to this…
http://songza.com/z/9c63c1
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2008 by alanlee67
12% of combat troops in Iraq and 17% of those in Afghanistan are taking prescription antidepressants or sleeping pills to help them cope.
Therefore, their condition was either “incurred in or aggravated by” an event or incident in service. Thus, service connection MUST be granted to these folks.
The criterion are:
Occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress, or; symptoms controlled by continuous medication: 10%
A mental condition has been formally diagnosed, but symptoms are not severe enough either to interfere with occupational and social functioning or to require continuous
medication: 0%
IMPORTANT: Even a 0% rating establishes service connection. Therefore, should their condition worsen, increases in benefits are MUCH easier.
THE RUB: Many Veterans fall victim to a false pride and mistakenly believe they are being noble and honorable by refusing to accept or apply for benefits, mistakenly thinking that they are saving them for “someone who needs them more.” Although this sounds logical, it is, in fact, a fallacious belief which actually has a negative impact on efforts to effect positive change and increased benefits for all Veterans. “Take one for the team” sounds courageous, yet it is (at this point) completely irrational. Why? That part is over. They paid their dues. Period. It’s now their time to be adequately compensated for their service.
TREND: VA employees have recently been told to diagnose “Adjustment Disorder” versus “PTSD.” Additionally, they now “require” ALL the diagnostic criteria for PTSD as delineated in the DSM-iV-TR to be met in order to be granted service connection. This seems to support the notion of “deny when you can grant if you have to.”
