Posted on Nov 4, 2024
SN Jeffrey Munson
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I finally received a disability pension, it but it was from August of 2022 and not from when I was discharged from the Navy back in 1992. Why didn't I receive it immediately after I was discharged because I was hospitalized while in the Navy.

I have been submitting claims that kept getting denied and had almost given up on receiving it, but my roommate gave me a little support in keeping going with it and it was recently granted.
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COL Randall C.
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I am making an assumption that you are referring to a VA Disability Claim and not a 'disability pension' from the military.

The answer MOST LIKELY is that you weren't appealing the denied claim. If you were appealing it than the original effective date would have been maintained (there are a few other uncommon exceptions). It sounds like you were creating new claims (or, at least, the last one that was submitted in August 2022 was a new claim) and that is why the effective date was in 2022.
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SN Jeffrey Munson
SN Jeffrey Munson
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Actually I was appealing it but I let it go for a couple of years and then reopened it and then I received it I had the NYS Veterans Service Officer help and the first one was not very helpful at all then he retired and got a new one and he was the most helpful.
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Edited 3 mo ago
SN Jeffrey Munson I have modified my response because you revised your question. The link below provides VA Disability effective dates

https://www.va.gov/disability/effective-date/
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PO3 Mark Cinco
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Unfortunately ROs are ingrained with he notion that we are enemies attacking them, and all the links and CFRs on earth will not FORCE ROs to comply.
My last HLR informal conference was simply a joke. The Marine vet knew before calling that he was denying, so his job was just to recite CFR 38. Oh, and emphasize HIS service, and that he lives in a neighborhood of Marines.
My 40 years of Appeals, Supplemental Claims, and jumping hoops has demonstrated to me that the VA's major fallibility is arrogant human error. This dick said he did a full denovo review in a couple hours but he couldn't answer anything about it except what the other OR wrote.
These jokers saying you needed to maintain Appeals since the nineties talk down to us rather than opening a brain cell. My last Denial cited an entire page of unrelated CFRs that was lazy, sloppy, and wrong. The gaslighting academy has cranked out some real winners trying to clear the disgraceful backlog, denying everything they see.
The simple fact we share is that the very specific language of 38 CFR 3.400 says "if claim is received within 1 year after separation". That's it, and beyond that we have zero right to directly refute the crap about constant Appeals for thirty years being needed. Think about it - that very statement is moot if what the lying RO'S said is valid. It's like a little kid with his hands over his ears saying LALALALA! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!
Peacetime veterans have the distinction of being lesser-than, and that may also factor in, but the bottom line is the size of the checks. We're owed a lot of money, and most VSOs will tell you the government will NEVER honor its obligation.
I hope they're wrong because it's not like the VA is going to hire honest ROs anytime soon.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
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FIRST Ya Gotta Take Up Wrestling, Boxing & Get Your Black-Belt In Mudo-Qwan Karate;
THEN You're Ready To Apply......OH Ya WANT A Disability PENSION?
~ Never Mind, I Ain't Got That Far Yet.~ Still Working On That One.
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