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Old 09-02-2023, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Black Beauty View Post
I was told in 2017 by the VA that I needed a VSO officer. He got me 50% disabled, of which 20% was for a disease I never had!
Thats really frustrating. I'm in year 9 of my VA appeal to increase my disability for injuries received while in service. They acknowledge the disability and its service connection, yet have yet to determine percentages. Thankfully I got a lawyer but 9 years is a long time and there are currently 62,341 appeals ahead of me....down from 137,496.

I don't know if I'd be proud of that 20%......