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the veterans evaluation services is a subcontractor that does medical and hearing tests for the v a. this has to do with disability claims against the v a. basically a second party evaluation and probably always leaning toward the v a's favor. do not miss one of these sessions or your disability claim will go down the tubes. be prepared with every ailment and proof you can come up with. do not give them any unnecessary info unless it might help your case. they are not your friend. look closely at the instructions in the folder. if you are suppose to see a doctor and only see a doctors aid make notes. you will need all the ammo available if you have to go before a v a board to contest the results. be smart, no one is going to help you but you.

Fraud!!!!!!!

thank you for the info. if you don't call back and schedule an appointment with them, they will just schedule one for you, at their convenience

These people called my father looking for me. The VA has all my correct info. I'm very suspicious.

VES (Veteran's Evaluation Services). A Department of Veteran's Affairs (VBA branch) contractor who conducts disability examinations (to include specialty evaluations like audio, mental health, TBI, etc.).
Sometimes used when the regular VHA C&P at VA facilities cannot be used (for whatever reason, specifics not known).
VBA trying to shift to this only rather than use VHA in the future.  Oh joy.
Had no problems with any of my examiners (this time), now just waiting on the decision.
This is a valid phone number.
Yes, they will reschedule/schedule if there is no response. Please call them back at least. VBA mandates this unfortunately (so my VSO/VSR has advised me...).
Yes, they will try to work with you to get you in as soon as possible (they did this time with my schedule). I wasn't so fortunate the last time (I didn't know any better then....).
Forewarned is forearmed.

Yes.  Legitimate caller who is a subcontractor with the “VES” for official veterans medical disability claims.  I was informed by my VA counselor to expect the imminent call from one of their VA subcontractors.  Good luck with your disability claims!

Legit. Veteran Evaluations Services.

VES (Veteran's Evaluation Services). A Department of Veteran's Affairs (VBA branch) contractor who conducts disability examinations (to include specialty evaluations like audio, mental health, TBI, etc.).

I was also told by Veteran Service Officer to expect a call but that there have been issues with this company regarding claims and types of doctors (examiners) that are being scheduled. I have experienced this firsthand with a shoulder rating where a doctor of public health is scheduled to evaluate my shoulder rather than an orthopedic doctor. Now they seem to have opened a review of my burn scar on my arm in addition to the evaluating my shoulder. I do not trust them!

They called me to say first time act like to schedule appointment then sent me email to verify reciept of email to reply to email  while on phone . Then said don't reply h'mmm. Never set any of 3 appointments then said look for 3 future emails and don't miss the emails. I'm gonna go respond to the email. And mention what instructions I got

Was called the other day by them (6:30 AM) I had to call them back. I just didn't like them and didn't pass the smell test..so I contacted my VA Clinic about them. They never heard of them and to proceed with caution. I will follow through with them but I don't like it once bit..But yet at the same time I do have a claim in to upgrade my Type 11 Diabetics disability rating for now I taking shots once a day.

They are NOT here to help the veteran!!! You must understand this!  - "Are they even here to evaluate a veteran?" - I asked myself as i got my answer letter from the VA... check this out you guys... i was ALREADY at 100% "natural"...
Okay... let's go to the beginning.  In 2016 i was awarded 50% for Severe Anxiety Disorder, also filed for Depression and PTSD, they said this all goes as "secere anxiery disorder   They told me that because I was so honest with them about my drug use and being homeless, that I would not be awarded what my potential maximum might be.  Simply because many of the symptoms from combat can also be acquired during homeless and using drugs. That makes sense.

Well  2 years of being homeless on the streets, in the way that I was, you don't get there by being healthy. Let me just be clear with that.  I would love to hear another explanation, somebody trying to pin that on the person. Try that lifestyle for a week or 2, and if you could manage that.... go for a couple months. If you can do THAT then try those 2 full years and then let's have this conversation again following that.   Without severe severe severe mental health and/or traumas from their past...  Probably a bit of not feeling accepted by their family nor other loved ones that were supposed to be the ones who helped feel them somewhat safe.  There's not just a rebelliious person making foolish choices youre dealing with who goes 2 straight years under certain circumstances .  I am talking about the  TIRED, COLD,  HUNGRY type of homeless.... not the couch surfing friend-bum we all may know from somewhere along in life.  If you understand what I am saying...  Then you will understand that I have an enormous amount of P TSD and anxiety that reflects that... on ! Daily/hour/minute/moment
to moment basis...  Ask any of my friends that didn't manage to remain friends with me along the way of me being a "skitzo-paranoid-flakey-anxious worried of EVERY little thing"... dude that is obviously unlovable and just unacceptable..  As most of my friends pretty much all of them have parted ways, as has my own family who always at the very least didn't really like me because of how I thought differently.

Let me fast forward to the now moment where I have struggled with drug addiction and alcoholism part of that time but this has lasted about half of my life now. 20 years almost.   And now that holistic healing and modern discoveries through meditation and such, we are now seeing that drug addiction is far from an illness. That's what doctors from the VA have told me the whole time, including Paul Nicholai. He was coordinator to the substance abuse treatment program, but interestingly that was more of a hobby.... as he was DIRECTOR of this particular VA and several others.  He would tell us over and over how sick we were.   Anyways it is such a relief to discover now that all these  powerful and "smart" people - were wrong.

So back to my present condition....  When I talk there is oftentimes I get anxious  and start stuttering or something like forget what I'm saying, as it is. That has been like my whole life lol.
Well now as traumas have kind of stacked up throughout life, and the anxiety and insecurities in such have all gotten worse, yet I have gotten to a point where there is no other possible way out other than heal my traumas...  I have begun opening up more than ever about certain things that I experience and have had issues with throughout my life. This is now talking about things with another human.... these things that I wouldn't even allow myself to think a complete thought about, most of my life!
So let's just say I stutter even more now sometimes.... ---- and sometimes I can't even make it to that conversation!  So we are talking something that has not stayed stagnant nor improved whatsoever. This is something that I continue to struggle with at an *increasing* pattern as i "heal" through and work through certain things...
Anyone who spends more than 5 minutes, sometimes it just takes 5 seconds, around me sees this.....

So if you are with me this far in the story then thank you very much for holding space in such a way, hopefully supportive... because that's what I really need!!! lol but either way I don't mind because I am being vulnerable to express this VAnonymously!  I hope this helps someone else out there understand that they cannot trust these people. I would hardly go to say that you can trust the VA because they are so BIG, with so many  little unconnected-by-design departments to get lost within.  - And then on top of that they use these other "subcontractors" or whatever the heck you wanna call these civilian agencies...  It all just gets so confusing and to understand that that was purposefully done, just baffles me.

So this story is not made up, this is my story and it's what I experience each and every day. Right now my family is not anywhere near in my life because I am just so far down "off the rez" or whatever they call me..   But this woman after an evaluation of her literally interrupting every single question that she asked me, due to my stuttering and inability to get my mind to concentrate on what it was that she was actually asking, she would interrupt me to get on to the next question, and then interrupt that 1 and so on and so on and this was the entire hour I spent talking to her. She goes on to put in her notes, "dramatic improvement"...!
So let's fast forward to the day that I am shaking and crying with confusion and anger and feeling of betrayal, taking my new letter from the VA into a veteran service officer at my local Vet Center,  That says my new award is now back down to 70%..
I hope that I am not being mistakenly heard as ungrateful because I was very grateful for the 50% along with the apartment voucher that they granted me until my money went up so much to graduate the program. And I was very grateful for the 70% also and I think it was then that my food stamps went away..  So that was nearly half of the increase that I got just right there alone.  And then the fact that I cannot be around people very much and nature is the only relief that I get and that is only temporary and sometimes it brings relief - it doesn't always work. I would spend most of my time out in nature camping or whatever from my vehicle. And this extra money on top of paying my bills is what allowed that all to happen.  Freaking out at the thought of being homeless again or even not being able to go into nature when I need to, I could not even process any full thought at that point and just literally began shutting down I couldn't think my mind and my body was shutting down.  I know it's probably very dramatic too most of you but this is not a joke this is very serious for me. This was not within my control and not pleasant in the least to experience.  The Veteran service officer told me that right then and there he could see me in that state, checking nearly every Box off except maybe 1 or 2, all up to and through the 100% range of criteria, of that evaluation checklist.  He said that there is basically this list for anxiety type conditions that they will go down and check certain things and the more further down the list, the more severe. So at the top will be like the 10% questions, then following that will be the 30% questions, then 50%, then 70%, then 100%.

So it's pretty cut-and-dry as far as the severity shows, where they are for what they are evaluating and what they're standard for that is. And what he was telling me is that he would have checked the list that he has seen multiple times, for this exact thing that we are discussing about, and he would check sevral boxes within that 100% range maybe minus only a couple...  And that's because I was keeping my clothes on and was not being so belligerent that I couldn't be talked to or whatever I don't know,...I wasn't drooliing on myself....i'm not sure what was left to be checked off. Know what I'm saying?!

Then this guy as he is reading down he sees the woman's name and says "whoa wait a minute here.... I have seen this before this exact thing with other veterans".  Her last name was Hussein and he said he couldn't forget that because it made him think of Saddam Hussein and that made me laugh because I thought the exact same thing during the appointment and the phone calls leading to that.

Well something lucky for me happened because somewhere along the way of all of this disability nonsense, somebody along the way put a note in or a certain form or something that made me approved for "TDIU/total disability for individual 'unemployability' "!!!  Because it was clear to them that I was not and probably would not be ready to go back to work.  I am infinitely grateful for this person, even though I don't know who they were! BEcause that is what kept my benefits at the exact same $$$ amount, even when the woman had the power to get my rating percentage amount changed down (100% NATURAL TO 70%)...  When symptoms of my conditions have clearly only gotten more severe as time has gone on since being homeless.

Anyways the VA is something to be considered here also, because their immediate response after applying for an appeal hearing,  simply  To speak with another human being about this particular situation so that I could  Express to them what had happened .  Their response to that was since it is not changing my benefit money amount, that this is NULL & VOID... that was literally their wording.!

When as a matter of fact  it changes several things. One being I would have gotten my entire funeral paid for when I pass away, and would be able to be buried at veteran cemetery in Medical Lake WA or wherever that ended up being if otherwise..,  Nobody in my family or anyone would ever have to pay for one penny of that. that went away.  Because of my addiction there was a possession of substance felony (only one), and when I went to FAIRCHILD, The local Air Force base,  They freaked out when they saw my name and the guy reached for his gun and they all started screaming and telling me to get my hands away from my pockets, treating me like a complete violent criminal.  This was simply to go inquire about getting a military ID again, to help me have a second form of ID to get my social security card back.... which had gotten stolen/lost with my wallet along with other things from the police during the arrest for this crime.  They laughed at me as they told me to leave, and said unless I can come back someday as retired or 100% disabled to just not come back. I didn't know what that meant until I found out the requirements to get a military ID long after you have been out.  100% service connected and/or retired.  Well there was a certain time window issue where  I had to wait until December of 2020, they said 5 years after the conviction, until I could come back and get my ID. And that was if, and only IF I was retired or 100% service connected, like I said. Which I now was 100% service connected.  Well as soon as that time window dropped off I went to go do this up there at the Air Force base again not thinking anything of that 70% rating drop because my pay was still the same as when I was 100%.

Well somehow Fairchild AFB can see every small detail and everything that has happened and they said that technically since that rating was dropped I now would not be able to go for my ID.
This is what we are working with here you guys be very aware and be cautious and I wish you luck and infinite blessings with whatever you might be going through with any of these people. Stay positive and keep your mind upright and stay blessed, these things will come to you if entitled truly, I am not speaking to those that are manipulating or lying. Infinite blessings to you all.

(PS.... milab, mkultra...  I may not have it all together yet but I am beginning to remember.....)

You seriously wrote a post that's probably as long as War and Peace? You really think anyone cares about your medical problems?