VA benefits

[santa7]

I signed up for a claim for VA benefits last year and got a reply back that I was denied. I'm appealing it but I am new at claiming VA benefits.  It sure takes a long time to get an answer.

[Mizzkizz7]

I signed up for a claim for VA benefits last year and got a reply back that I was denied. I'm appealing it but I am new at claiming VA benefits.  It sure takes a long time to get an answer.

I would definitely appeal to get approved. Don't give up!

[gaylasue]

Just about every time you deal with the government you get denied the first time, at least.  Just keep appealing until you wear them down or run out of appeals.

[alice44]

Don't give up.  If you deserve them, you should get them.  You may need to get legal help.

[countrygirl12]

Just about every time you deal with the government you get denied the first time, at least.  Just keep appealing until you wear them down or run out of appeals.

You are not going to wear them down.  They have very specific guidelines to qualify.  If you do not meet that then you won't be approved.  It does not matter how many times you appeal.  I can go try to sign up for welfare but if I do not qualify (which I do not) it does not matter how many times I apply.  It will be denied every time.

[teresa3200]

Things may change in time allowing you to qualify.

[Drutts0643]

Don't give up.  If you deserve them, you should get them.  You may need to get legal help.

I agree.Well worth it to get a good lawyer to help you if you really deserve the help.

We only know too well from experience.And yes you need patience and good bookkeeping helps too.

[linderlizzie]

It is quite difficult to get VA benefits which is unfortunate.  I'm on the side of trying until you drop. That's what we did. Sometimes legal help is beneficial as well. As I recall, we may have gone that route.

If you served our country, then you deserve them; that's for sure.  Hang in there. 

[santa7]

It is quite difficult to get VA benefits which is unfortunate.  I'm on the side of trying until you drop. That's what we did. Sometimes legal help is beneficial as well. As I recall, we may have gone that route.

If you served our country, then you deserve them; that's for sure.  Hang in there. 

[potluck6]

My father died when I was 11 he was a vet. So my mother got benefits for me all of 150.00 a month. In 1968 her rent was 85.00 a month so that helped out. Don't know your case maybe find other simular ones to compare .

[countrygirl12]

My father died when I was 11 he was a vet. So my mother got benefits for me all of 150.00 a month. In 1968 her rent was 85.00 a month so that helped out. Don't know your case maybe find other simular ones to compare .

In 1968 $150 was a lot of money.  I think a lot goes by what you done. If you were only in the reserves you are not going to qualify for full VA benefits.

[bremer51]

When I applied for her long-term care benefits for my mom, they denied her the first time.  I re-applied with a nice letter with further explanation of her situation.  Then she was approved. That was an insurance company though.  I think they deny every claim the first time, hoping people will not pursue it.

[rob110]

Keep trying, the government moves very slowly.

[makeblessed]

Keep trying, you are entitled to those benefits! you many need to get an attorney,  I know it is frustrating as you served our country!

[Tresbn00]

It is so sad that people that actually need the benefits end up getting turned down while sleazy manipulators get their benefits approved. There is a guy in the next office is a prime sleazy example. He supposedly threw out his back lifting a fifty pound package while in the military. His doctor has determined that this is a permanent disability. This guy leaves work early every day and goes to the gym brags about dead lifting four hundred pounds. Dead lifting has to be the worst exercise (so I have been told) for a healthy back much less a permanently disabled back. He has to get his back re-certified every year and I have overheard him telling his wife how he was going to have the doctor believe he was still permanently impaired. He takes college classes for the sole purpose of getting a housing allowance from an antiquated GI bill. Luckily, one of my co-workers transferred to the VA in a position that investigates fake claims and has opened an investigation on the alleged back injury sleazeball.