What Makes You Angry Today?

[Bill Simmons]

Well...that did not last long!! Here is the latest from the VA.

Claim Received: 05/26/2011
Claim Type: Compensation
Estimated Claim Completion Date: 04/23/2012 to 04/20/2013

Kinda like "hey i am kinda dieing here"...no problem we can get to it you some time in the next year or so. How the f*ck can they tell you perhaps tomorrow or perhaps next year? 691 days from start to finish?? WTF

 

[combatgoldfish]

My last claim took around 9 months from start to finish. I really wish the VA would bite the bullet and hire more people to help process claims.

My anger of the day was when a co worker attempted to micro manage me and some random guy started cursing at lady today. When he was told to watch his language, his excuse was "This is America and if we have gay marriage then he can curse." I wanted to throw my stapler at him.

 

[Wagon]

Yeah Folks. No different here. Just allot of waffle on an over loaded and inefficient system.

Abt 2 months ago I had an assessment. I was told to "make a schedule and try to get back to work". Which I actually thought was pretty funny.

2 weeks ago. I got a letter. Big official thing. Long letter. "You are not a priority" But I get reassessed in June.

My bonus. It is a small country. So I only have to walk 2 blocks in order to waste hours of time. I've been trying to get help here for about a year.

 

[Lee C]

Start to finish for part of mine was about 3 years start to finish give or take a couple of days but my compensation went up 500%.................

 

[Wagon]

Well f*ck me. While I'm sitting here bitching. The Mentals call and move my appointment to this Friday. Wow. Action.......Kind of scared.

 

[Anglesachse]

You`ll do good Wagon cocker. You know why you are going, and what it means to you.

 

[JarHed]

Hey Bill

I know it's not what you wanted to hear but at least it's something. It's hard but you can't live your life on hold if you know what I mean. I'm sure I'm in that same group as you are.Just waiting.

I've been thinking a lot about it lately and been really stressing out with it as well. I really hate waiting and not knowing anything about what's going on. I can't get to talk to the 'right' person that will actually tell me something and I want to kick someone in the ass but who?????????

I was thinking that it took 5 years for me to get my first initial claim processed.

So, what I've come to is this. And this is strictly for myself and my own sanity, what's left of it. Keep in touch with it but don't make my life revolve around it. My wife and I are getting by, our health is slowly improving and I have plenty of things to do that I like to do that I don't need a lot of money to accomplish. No matter what I do in relation to my claim, I can't make it go any faster than it will. No matter how many calls or letters or whatevers that I do. It will happen when it does, regardless of what I do. I'm doing this for both me and my wife. Walking around with my gut in a knot is bad. It's bad for my health and for my wife as well. She says ' no matter what happens as long as we're together, we'll get by'. How wonderful is that. She's a gem. In a way it's been like a mini-epithany, if there is such a thing. I'm just going to do what I can and enjoy the time that I have, how ever long that may be.

I've been upset everyday thinking about it all. I don't want this part of my life to be dominated by the VA. I want it to be about me. I have some habits to change but I think it will be for the better. What will be will be.

Jar

 

[tho9900]

Jar I kinda came to the same conclusion... you saw my post about getting hit on my eval for absences due to VA appts... while trivial to me its a big deal... re: they sent me over but don't want me to get better?

This morning my alarm went off... I took Nala out to pee... while out there I decided hell, Imma get knocked the same for a half day absence as a whole.. so why not take the whole and enjoy myself best I can? Nic and I are going to an Indian Buffet and shopping the thrift stores after my appt... If anything that is therapy in itself...

I'm to the point I dont even wanna fight the fight to get rated for this... I have heard too many horror stories here... figure at least getting treated and enjoying the moments I can right now is the best I can do...

 

[Jimmy1]

Yesterday at the gym I was having a discussion with a Nam fart about the young guys returning. We were saying how the young ones have a way better opportunity to adjust to life due to awareness and the inroads that have been taken with regards to PTSD.

Then this 'COCK' arrived on the scene. An ex grunt who believes he knows all. Well, this 'COCK' (thought I would highlight that), so as I was saying, he proceeded to tell me and Bill (the Nam Fart) that he and the young guys have it way worse than the Nam guys and refused to believe that the young fella's have a better chance at adjusting to their symptoms and leading a semi-normal life.

He almost wore the 15 kg dumbell I was holding as an ornament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COCK

 

[combatgoldfish]

Yesterday at the gym I was having a discussion with a Nam fart about the young guys returning. We were saying how the young ones have a way better opportunity to adjust to life due to awareness and the inroads that have been taken with regards to PTSD.

Then this 'COCK' arrived on the scene. An ex grunt who believes he knows all. Well, this 'COCK' (thought I would highlight that), so as I was saying, he proceeded to tell me and Bill (the Nam Fart) that he and the young guys have it way worse than the Nam guys and refused to believe that the young fella's have a better chance at adjusting to their symptoms and leading a semi-normal life.

He almost wore the 15 kg dumbell I was holding as an ornament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COCK

What a dick bag. It's the Nam veteran's that have help set the ground work for all the positive changes that have happened in the last decade(even more before then.)

I'm at the veteran's hospital once a week, working on my free time, and 80% of the people I help are Nam veteran's. And my supervisor is a Nam Veteran with PTSD. He's been there to talk to me and help me with my issues. And I have a friend who served in the SF in Nam, who helped me when I came back. Pisses me off that Nam veteran's had to suffer so much and receive little to no help for decades. I can't image how out of control I would be if there was zero help out there for me.

 

[JarHed]

Well first, Thanks Guys for coming to our defense. It's appreciated.

There really is no group that 'had it harder then ________'. Every theater of war since WW2 has been different. The only thing that's the same is that people die. To some guys EVERYTHING is a pissing contest. You don't know what his issues are or how he has to deal with them. Pretty much sounds like a dick, though.

We're from all over the world and have fought in many different places and at many different times. Perhaps the only things that brought us together here and has given us a better understanding is the fact that we're all vets and have PTSD.

Jar

 

[Jimmy1]

The guy did not even let us finish. We were about to say that nobody is worse off 'PTSD' wise than anyone else. And unlike WWII, when your in the theater of battle, nowhere is safe.

The only difference between Nam veterans and the present day veteran is that PTSD is starting to not have a stigma about it.