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I hesitate to name them because they obviously employ lawyers...
I got approached by a company that purported to be able to increase my disability rating and had a 95% success rate.
The first warning was how insistent they were with emails to get the documents from the VA and relay them to them.
The second warning was their contract. It's full of my obligations and very light on theirs.
The next warning is the same barrage of emails directing me to sign the contract they sent.
Then the phone is ringing out of my pocket and bongs from the texts are getting insistent.
NOW I have an email warning me that the contract they sent expires on the 23rd.
I'd been trying to research them from before I got the contract but the terms of the contract really got me plugging away with my google-fu.
They're a class of company that will give you some basic guidance in getting the paperwork in your hands and telling you how to fill in the boxes.
They put you in contact with their doctor and you get to pay that doctor! What sports! The $350 teaser for the medical phone consult invariably turns into a series of examinations that often go north of ten grand.
I don't go in for high pressure sales tactics.
Further, what they are doing is directing you to commit fraud if you will let them. Ultimately it's YOU filling out the paperwork and attesting to the veracity of the claim.
No, I don't think I will sign that contract.
I was on the subreddit for veteran's benefits and there are many people who are using them. They are sketchy as hell. They get DGQ's from private doctors that are usually generous in the assessments and they inform the veteran that they should not attend any of the claims exams so that the data doesn't conflict. In many cases these assessments are accepted but there are many times where veterans pitch a fit because the VA denied them because the DBQ doesn't match the information in the medical file and these veterans pitch a fit and are out 1500 bucks.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that the VA ostensibly funnels the more complex cases to these sketchy organizations. The VA requires a Nexus letter that is time consuming to research and write. I've never heard of a VA doctor being willing to write one and I've only rarely heard of someone's private physician writing one.
Many vets didn't go to sick call when they were in because it was looked down on. My buddy was in the 82nd and suffers chronic back and knee pain. Never went to sick call so there is no documentation for these. His only option would be to go to one of these places in order to get them to write a nexus letter saying that his current issues are more likely due to jumping out of planes.
It's a catch 22. To get the benefits you need the nexus. The VA mostly won't provide the nexus, nor will any accredited agency. The only places willing to do this are ones that are less than reputable.