Comments on: Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 10-29-09 http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/10/29/top-10-veterans-news-from-around-the-country-10-29-09/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-10-veterans-news-from-around-the-country-10-29-09 Military Veterans and Foreign Affairs Journal - VA - Veterans Administration Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Edward Sampson http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/10/29/top-10-veterans-news-from-around-the-country-10-29-09/comment-page-1/#comment-29764 Edward Sampson Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:33:50 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/?p=9181#comment-29764 10/25/2009 To: Mr. David Spivey, Director VBA Re: Edward Sampson C-24313064 Dear Mr. Spivey I am well aware of the award for my disabilities, it was unnecessary for you to reiterate (again) my award. My inquiry was about my claim for dependants that you seem to believe was filed lately when, in fact, it was filed on Nov. 3, 2006. All the evidence that you mistakenly assert I have not sent, was sent to the Denver VARO in early November 2006. The evidence for my stepson was filed by both myself and the University that he attends. It seems that the different V.A. departments need to communicate better or at least with you in a more timely manner. Your letter is so far behind what is going on in my claim that it would be laughable if it were not so important to my survival. In your letter (dated Dec. 2006) you stated that “service connection was denied because this condition (mental illness, bilateral hearing loss and drug abuse) was not shown by the record of evidence”. You went on to say that my drug use was a result of my “willful misconduct” when it is obvious that my drug use was a secondary effect of my trauma in the marines that I am receiving disability for. That I filed no claim between 1972 to 2002, was a documented result of my mental illnesses, incarceration and confinement to mental institutions. I was not responsible for my neglect of proper procedural requirements. Many Doctors (VA and Private) confer that my mental illnesses began in 1969 because of my PTSD and Anxiety Disorder. You state that my “claimed hearing condition” was not documented when, in fact, it was evident on my Audiological Exam in 1969, 1972 and 2006. (See Audiology Exam from Dr. Pierson at my C&P). Service connection was not granted for my “nervous condition” as you so callously assert. My service connection was for Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Bi-Polar Disorder and PTSD. Apparently you must feel, none of these disabilities, are sufficient to render me not responsible for my neglect to pursue the legal intricacies of filing an appeal in 1972. I want this letter forwarded to the Board of Veterans Appeals to document my arguments that you have dismissed as “not important” or “incorrect”. I am also sending a copy to the Vice President and to my Congresspersons. It seems that you are the Judge, Jury and Legal voice for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Do you have all that sway? 10/25/2009

To: Mr. David Spivey, Director VBA

Re: Edward Sampson C-24313064

Dear Mr. Spivey

I am well aware of the award for my disabilities, it was unnecessary for you to reiterate (again) my award.

My inquiry was about my claim for dependants that you seem to believe was filed lately when, in fact, it was filed on Nov. 3, 2006. All the evidence that you mistakenly assert I have not sent, was
sent to the Denver VARO in early November 2006.

The evidence for my stepson was filed by both myself and the University that he attends. It seems that the different V.A. departments need to communicate better or at least with you in a more timely manner. Your letter is so far behind what is going on in my claim that it would be laughable if it were not so important to my survival.

In your letter (dated Dec. 2006) you stated that “service connection was denied because this condition (mental illness, bilateral hearing loss and drug abuse) was not shown by the record of evidence”. You went on to say that my drug use was a result of my “willful misconduct” when it is obvious that my drug use was a secondary effect of my trauma in the marines that I am receiving disability for.

That I filed no claim between 1972 to 2002, was a documented result of my mental illnesses, incarceration and confinement to mental institutions. I was not responsible for my neglect of proper procedural requirements. Many Doctors (VA and Private) confer that my mental illnesses began in 1969 because of my PTSD and Anxiety Disorder.

You state that my “claimed hearing condition” was not documented when, in fact, it was evident on my Audiological Exam in 1969, 1972 and 2006. (See Audiology Exam from Dr. Pierson at my C&P).

Service connection was not granted for my “nervous condition” as you so callously assert. My service connection was for Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Bi-Polar Disorder and PTSD. Apparently you must feel, none of these disabilities, are sufficient to render me not responsible for my neglect to pursue the legal intricacies of filing an appeal in 1972.

I want this letter forwarded to the Board of Veterans Appeals to document my arguments that you have dismissed as “not important” or “incorrect”. I am also sending a copy to the Vice President and to my Congresspersons. It seems that you are the Judge, Jury and Legal voice for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Do you have all that sway?

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