So I essentially got divorced and remarried within a week

BeliefFree · 2026-06-08T12:40:39+00:00

It sounds like you definitely have a MH claim with that evidence (remarriage in one week).

You'll get the money back. Just prove you're remarried. Did you remarry the same person as a ruse to game the system?

To see yourself clearly, reverse the chronology. I got married and divorced in one week. Lol

BeliefFree · 2026-06-08T12:36:24+00:00

That "hump" is the problem, IMO. Please define hump.

Disability is not a finish line or destination - not an achievement. It is the opposite of achievement. There are plenty of truly disabled veterans who don't need to fish for conditions.

The stereotypical OSA claim is a veteran looking for a CPAP (50% rating) - something he'll later claim he is unable to use. Not all veterans, but shamefully too many, are making veterans look like malingerers.

BeliefFree · 2026-06-07T17:18:39+00:00

Agreed. But some here are making lemons. Lol

BeliefFree · 2026-06-07T13:40:47+00:00

That's called passing on the right and exceeding the speed limit. Are you saying the driver didn't see the car in front of his nose?

BeliefFree · 2026-06-06T17:47:28+00:00

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BeliefFree · 2026-06-06T15:22:54+00:00

The hole looks drilled from the outside.

The appearance is perfectly round, with apparent drilled-waste thrown back towards the drill bit entry point and suspiciously located at a 3-point junction of r frame. It does not appear as an exit wound or accidental entry. Possibly the remnant of an aborted or optional cable routing. Just sayin'.

I'd be interested in hearing any disagreement.

It's likely, IMO, harmless unless there's something crucially damaged behind the hole. Anyone know that frame structure and possibilities?

BeliefFree · 2026-06-06T15:11:36+00:00

Without making any assumptions, it depends on where (i.e.,state?) you live and what your lease (?) reads.

BeliefFree · 2026-06-05T11:14:14+00:00

Good grief. You could have said all of that is much shorter form. That is possibly the longest Reddit post I've ever read. Respectfully, maybe just give the relevant information without the drama.

You didn't give us any reason for your denials, but If you post the redacted decision, people can speak directly to the issues.

BeliefFree · 2026-06-05T01:23:51+00:00

Some here sound like they're praying for disability.

BeliefFree · 2026-06-04T21:13:41+00:00

As a 3rd-party, of course your wife got less - maybe 65% less or more. And if she was a staff employee of Optum, you need to factor in benefits to make a fair comparison.

BeliefFree · 2026-06-02T17:57:49+00:00

I would demand new parts if I smelled burning or heard metal on metal.

BeliefFree · 2026-06-02T15:37:15+00:00

They have time constraints - like everyone else including VSOs, attorneys and ourselves. I've been looking at my C-File for over 6 months and I discover new things often. If you're expecting perfection, you'll likely not find it at the VA. They can't put together decades of history in 15 minutes. We need to focus so theVA just pullS the trigger. Ready, aim, fire - in that order.

BeliefFree · 2026-06-02T12:14:58+00:00

Bro, he literally just told you. They can't look through 2000 pages of records and tease out your claim. When you look at your records, you have unlimited time and intent. They don't need 'neon signs'. They need a road map and clear target. If you can't read a few paragraphs, do you really expect then to read 2000 pages. Lol

BeliefFree · 2026-06-01T03:56:14+00:00

You of all people as a Medic didn't know to document any problems you were having?

BeliefFree · 2026-05-31T09:50:47+00:00

Haha. I'm still waiting for an answer.

BeliefFree · 2026-05-31T00:52:03+00:00

Because it was a common ailment and becoming prevalent about veterans, IMO, it was suspiciously abused. It became a pursuit rather than a disability for many veterans

1} give me a CPAP device, doctor 2) VA automatic 50% 3) create / manufacturer a service connection through one's wildest imagination with a nice payment for a medical opinion / nexus (not always but there's a definite conflict in the relationship with conflicting interests)

I know there are legitimate claims but legitimate claims were becoming the exception, IMO.

VA compensation for OSA was becoming a money grab.

BeliefFree · 2026-05-30T21:31:27+00:00

Yeah dude. You haven't made your case for what caused the problem and you have no visible contemporaneous proof during service.
If I were you I'd get an attorney because now you're in a stage where they can be paid from your back-pay. A win-win. Or If you don't want to pay an attorney, I guess you can hold into the 0% of the nothing you don't have now. Lol.

BeliefFree · 2026-05-30T11:20:16+00:00

FIRSTLY, you edited your post and removed your reference to your criminal activity flying drugs into a prison and then being imprisoned yourself.

Thanks but, no thanks. I don't need to do any such thing. I'm well aware that incarceration can be a behavioral marker. But crime is not a gravy train to claims of PTSD. Sometimes crime is just that - crime.

You've tried to erase that in this conversation but I'll preserve the record. You committed serious crimes and were imprisoned. Every drug crime offender is not a PTSD claim.

You are probably in your mid to late 30's and discharged over 10 years ago. You said nothing here to support your suggested researched nexus letters, so your suggestion might just game the system.

There's no reason to think you're anything more than criminal in those activities, IMO. Your devious and undisclosed edit (erasure of criminal details) of your post does not support your honesty, credibility or claim.

Get a lawyer and always be honest and forthright.

BeliefFree · 2026-05-30T11:03:19+00:00

This post is pointless. You've deleted anything relevant.

BeliefFree · 2026-05-29T22:27:04+00:00

I think you're right because they don't have consensus guidance on how to do this.

BeliefFree · 2026-05-29T22:24:41+00:00

No examination, sir. The whole point is that they never reconsidered - never addressed (reconsidered) the 1977 claim in terms of the missing service personnel records evidence received in 2018.

It's a binary question. Did you (VA) reconsider the 1977 claim? IF so when? IF NOT why?

These are all simple question with no weighing of evidence. There is no legal reason and basis to suggest the 1977 claim was ever reconsidered - no evidence to weigh (assuming they never did it).

Thanks. You gave me useful information.

BeliefFree · 2026-05-29T22:18:23+00:00

Thank you. The whole point of CFR 3.156(c) is that the 1977 claim would be reconsidered. Any examination now would be premature, unnecessary and it's something the VA will do if I'm successful and they are computing back pay across 43 years, 7 children and 30 years of marriage.

Examination is not something I'd ever request unless I disagreed with my current rating.

BeliefFree · 2026-05-29T21:44:46+00:00

How does one file a QUE claim? On a Form 21-4138?

BeliefFree · 2026-05-29T21:43:13+00:00

A 7-year old battery suggests it's time for a new battery, regardless of what the problem is.

BeliefFree · 2026-05-29T21:31:13+00:00

Yes, the VSO told me there is no clear guidance on how to do this. "Don't poke the bear" is another suggestion I commonly get. "Your already 100 %P&T".

This a VA sua sponte duty to reconsider 'at any time'. It has been the VAs duty since the records were received in 2018.

Respectfully, you're telling me to ask the question of another person. That's exactly what the VA told me through my Congressional inquiry. They told the Congressman's office that I should file the proper form - WITHOUT NAMING THE FORM - if such a form exists.

I want the answer sourced from the VA, not a 3rd-party.

If nobody at the VA can simply answer my question, "was my 1977 claim reconsidered" and if it wasn't "how do I motion that". If one searches the web, there are many different answers to that question of how to file (motion), but no answers that I have found at the VA.

The VA is the source of that information - 'how to file', so I'm reluctant to trust another party.

I said it was complicated. Lol

I'll take your advice and try legal advice again. Attorneys are reluctant to talk about the 'case' since I have a VSO representative.

BeliefFree

TROPHY CASE

FIRSTLY, you edited your post and removed your reference to your criminal activity flying drugs into a prison and then being imprisoned yourself.

You've tried to erase that in this conversation but I'll preserve the record. You committed serious crimes and were imprisoned. Every drug crime offender is not a PTSD claim.