Hang in there - I often tell myself that if I had a previous life it was that as a pit bull... If I feel I am right then I hang in there no matter how hard they try to shake me off. Amazingly we were told he "hit the mother load' (that's exactly what the VA told him when they called), told this after being advised by officials it would take another one, perhaps two more years of wait before his case could be heard. We were then told that the VA often startles folks by swiftly handling over what they should have in the first place. Honestly, if anyone had told me HD's SC would spring from a paltry 10% SC to 70% in a matter of days after fighting for over three years I would have ignored them. After presenting so much factual supporting evidence who wouldn't laugh in their face - I sincerely hope for both your sakes it happens just as swiftly for you as well. My HD is still sitting here in shock - sorta funny- he swings from disbelief that its finally over to despair that the VA now validates how serious his condition is - what a mixed plate life has handed us. Now its hoping the AO does not rear its ugly head. They are still testing him for heart problems.