ARmy Rumour SErvice

**gettinoutsoon** · 29-08-2008, 21:41

In two months time I will have to put pen to paper and submit my claim. Should I do this on my own? Should I get the help of the RBL? or a claims lawyer? How did it work out for you? How long did you have to wait?

Can you advise or pass on your experiences so I head off down the right path? Ta Forum

**Detonator** · 29-08-2008, 21:44

I think somewhere there is a good thread like this...

Wait out.

**Detonator** · 29-08-2008, 21:45

Start here: http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/...4.html#1389864

Cant get the search function working, so thats all your getting. Good luck.

Edited: Nope, here it is: http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/...c/t=72110.html

**longlivethequeen** · 29-08-2008, 22:02

rbl will help u

**themonsstar** · 30-08-2008, 14:10

How long did you serve, is it for a physica or mental condition

RBL.
SSAFA.
Combat Stress (your Welfare Worker).
National Gulf Veterans & Families Association (NGV&FA).

**Codger** · 01-09-2008, 09:51

Before you try the RBL, contact the Service Personnel & Veterans Agency.It is their job and somebody there can help you with the form.

Helpline is 0800 169 2277

**fingers_1661** · 03-09-2008, 15:20

What exactly is the nature of your claim VC206?

**gettinoutsoon** · 03-09-2008, 18:26

Such a detailed reply. Thanks for sharing on this forum. Fingers crossed that it will all turn out OK for you.

**Baseplate** · 04-09-2008, 17:41

Similar circumstances to mine, some 7 and a bit years ago.

RBL are excellent: cannot say enough for the old guy who acted as Accused's Friend (which is how I was made to feel) at the initial hearing. The second we walked out of the hearing, which did not come up with the result we were expecting ("So, Baseplate, one of your legs is VOR? You have another, don't you? March out, that man!"), he was advising on the challenge and a further claim for new condition - the premise being that, because of the delays, the original condition was the provable cause of another condition!

Without patronising, make sure that you have every Med doc that has affected you during your service: and I mean EVERY one. MOD seem to treat them with the same attitude as they do laptops.

RBL: all the way (on this welfare issue).

**Tremaine** · 18-05-2009, 22:05

Hi. I claimed through my nearest VA office (Newton Abbott) and they visited me, completed the initial paperwork and sent me for an assessment. later I got the lowered standard of occupation (A.L.S.O.)
I guess I had a good caseworker because it all went very well. Later on, there will be reviews to see if you've recovered or improved, in which case, the message must be: its not always for life.

And yep, TRBL would seem to be the best claims manager.