I’d assume that Civilians purchase and distribute the food.
Wont republicans just roll back a lot of this because of this gaming the system economy (like the people doing paperwork for you). i could see them getting rid of a lot of ratings once Trump takes over. Either that or new claims for certain things will get rejected.
I was in fifth fleet near the persian gulf but on a ship. I stood aft lookout a lot and I could smell the weird chemicals, fumes etc. whenever we got close to land. Especially once we hit Muscat, Oman. Not sure if that country tho.
Put me on. New to the process. VSO told me to get treatment a couple of times then write a stress statement and thats it. I got old medical records from when I was in (ships medical records, not the onshore medical) so idk how to use that to strengthen my claim. VSO isnt helping much
I used to work in deck division and we used to not wear any face or breathing protection when needlegunning and sanding indoors, so I constantly inhaled the dust, fumes, particles etc. I wrote about it once at a doctors visit when I was in (i still have the medical record with that entry). Not sure how to proceed with this claim and what exactly i would be claiming. After i separated I started having breathing problems tho.I got 70%. Cool, but they gave 0% for hearing loss even though I worked on the flight line
If your doc is Asian they're more likely to be understanding from what I seen.What’s messed up is, when you go in for these C&P exams, how it goes can simply come down to your evaluator’s mood on that particular day.
I remember back in 2020, I separated from USAF and did some contracting over in Afghanistan. I had some exams lined up back home in NYC before I was heading to Iraq for another contract. It was my first time going through this process and when I showed up for my appointment, I could tell the doc didn’t give a fukk about me at all. It seemed like she was just trying to get me outta there as fast as possible. I got maybe 20% for a bunch of issues, which was bs.
Fast forward, I moved down to Virginia for a job opportunity and was being seen for the same claims after filing appeals when I was in New York. The doctor I saw was a complete 180 from my prior experience. Dude was super personable, chopping it up with me about life and what I did in the military. He asked way more questions and had me perform more tasks for him to evaluate me. After that, I got pushed up to 40% for just my shoulder injury.
I say all that to say to you fellas still going through the process, don’t be discouraged. Be persistent. Don’t let anyone tell you bullshyt and don’t let people act like your issues don’t matter.
whatabout the waters near these araes? I deployed to firth fleet (persian gulf and gulf of aden) TWICE during that time period and we often pulled into Muscat Oman (and jebel ali)
Find another VSO.
Might be too late. Trying to expedite this shyt before Trump gets in bc i know that those clowns might try to deny certain new claims
