This was just plain ridiculous, it finally took a judge to say Look you messed him up now pay him. The fight was over my right knee. I injured it at Fort Dix while going through the Phoenix Readiness course. Fully documented in my medical records. I eventually had to have surgery to fix it, where they removed several bone fragments. Now many years later the knee is impaired and arthritic. So now I can actually draw my entire pension instead of only a portion. Thank God for small miracles. I guess if I was a illegal alien I would have gotten my rating without even going through the process, or probably without even being in the military.

Congratulations!

Be glad it wasn't an SSDI claim.

-Rob

Congratulations- you fought a long battle.

I had have the same experience. Knee injury and here's how it worked when dealing with VA doc-
Me: "Doctor, I have severe pain in my knees and my right really grinds and pops and feels unstable".

VA Doc: Can you move it?

Me: Yes, but- (Cuts me off)

VA Doc: You're fine.

Sorry for the long fight but, a good outcome.

Are you getting backpay or just starting now ?
I had an appeal with the VA that the DAV helped me with and got X$ for 12 years.
Nice chunk of change.

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Originally posted by Rinehart:
Congratulations- you fought a long battle.

I had have the same experience. Knee injury and here's how it worked when dealing with VA doc-
Me: "Doctor, I have severe pain in my knees and my right really grinds and pops and feels unstable".

VA Doc: Can you move it?

Me: Yes, but- (Cuts me off)

VA Doc: You're fine.

You: But doc, it hurts when I move it.

Doc: Then stop moving it.