u/blkveil

New Ring owner here and just turned off this feature. To see someone post about fireworks and trying to interpret them as gunshots on July 4th was enough for me.

Or about some cat that ran off. It reminded me of Nextdoor which the idea wasn’t bad but turned into nosy neighbor nonsense. This latest alert made me see the feed and it wasn’t something I’d be interested in receiving alerts on. I don’t need these useless alerts coming from my home surveillance app.

Why does Gmail suck at filtering these spam messages? Every day I get slammed with these two spam campaigns. It’s so obvious the emails are spam. Creating filters doesn’t work. Cause they tweak the spelling or content. I’m surprised there isn’t a class action against these MFrs. It’s harassment at this level.

There’s so much negativity posted here. My next payment is just a couple dollars thanks to a nice $310 dividend payment received. Nice surprise from my auto insurance.

I’ve gotten 8 emails in the past 24 hours about no changes to my credit this past month. This is getting annoying. Is it just me or anyone else getting them too?

Called the main 800 number to remove the current POA for VSO on file. Coming up on 2 weeks and still there. Why do I want to remove? I’ve reached the end, no more claims.

Would it be ill advised to day trade while TDIU? Does anyone here who’s TDIU day trade? I came across this by asking Gemini about income cap limits and it said capital gains from investing in stocks isn’t an issue as it’s looked as passive income and reported under Schedule D in your tax return, but if you are a day trader it can be seen as someone who can handle high stress situations and could trigger a review somewhere down the line. While I understand the rationale behind this, you’re still not reporting any earned income to the IRS which is what the VA monitors.

In the past I haven’t executed that many day trades. Perhaps a couple of 0DTE trades per week if that. The rest is swing trading through holding shares and options. I just don’t want that to be a problem and flagging me. Who here is active in the market and falls under these circumstances that can provide some feedback.

What a hell of a battle it’s been, but thank God I have reached this point and talk about cutting it so close with my financial hardship and struggles. I’m still processing this and haven’t told anyone besides here.

VA Benefits letter now reads:

* You are being paid at the 100 percent rate because you are unemployable due
to your service-connected disabilities: Yes

* You are considered to be totally and permanently disabled due solely to your
service-connected disabilities: Yes

Question 1: Is this static?
Question 2: Do I qualify for all benefits as those who are schedular 100%?

What’s the best way to back test a Public agent? I just created my first agent and I’d like to see how it would’ve performed in the past 12 months.

What’s the best way to back test an agent? I just created my first agent and I’d like to see how it would’ve performed in the past 12 months.

I have a back condition the C&P examiner fumbled up and the VA denied instead of kicking it back to rework like every other condition the same examiner got kicked back for rework. I’m currently waiting for HLR informal conference scheduling on this.

In the meantime, I continue to receive chronic pain management treatments at the VAMC and continue to accumulate more documentation and treatments on top of an already thoroughly documented condition. I was referred to this program which mixes both physical therapy along with cognitive behavioral therapy to “retrain” the brain on how to go about my pain. It’s both PT and psychological treatment. I have objective issues shown in MRIs, CT scans. So it’s not just my mind telling me ouchie. My spine is fucked. But for those who may be familiar with this program and even competed it, I’d love to hear some feedback and realistic expectations.

The initial screening process was basically informing me how I should have goals for the end of the 10-week program and we put them in so that we have measurable progress. I don’t think this is going to resolve my spine condition, there clearly is objective evidence that some type of invasive action needs to be taken. My concern is, with an ongoing battle with my recently denied back condition which I will continue pushing for HLR and even further if I need to, the VA pushing for positive progression through this program. In other words, is it prudent to do this while I’m fighting this claim or trying another alternative that may not relieve any of the pain but shows I’m throwing everything but the kitchen sink before going to surgery — if I can come to accepting having someone open my back up and poke at my spine.

I don’t want the VA rater to think hey this person is better now because I met my goal of being able to take extended walks from no activity at all or improved ROM compared to the C&P exam. The interviewer said the VA doesn’t look at the notes unless I open a new claim. I don’t want to shoot myself in the foot on a program that tries to retrain my brain on how to go about my pain but not really doing much fixing the issue. What do you think?

I have a back condition the C&P examiner fumbled up and the VA denied instead of kicking it back to rework like every other condition the same examiner got kicked back for rework. I’m currently waiting for HLR informal conference scheduling on this.

In the meantime, I continue to receive chronic pain management treatments at the VAMC and continue to accumulate more documentation and treatments on top of an already thoroughly documented condition. I was referred to this program which mixes both physical therapy along with cognitive behavioral therapy to “retrain” the brain on how to go about my pain. It’s both PT and psychological treatment. I have objective issues shown in MRIs, CT scans. So it’s not just my mind telling me ouchie. My spine is fucked. But for those who may be familiar with this program and even competed it, I’d love to hear some feedback and realistic expectations.

The initial screening process was basically informing me how I should have goals for the end of the 10-week program and we put them in so that we have measurable progress. I don’t think this is going to resolve my spine condition, there clearly is objective evidence that some type of invasive action needs to be taken. My concern is, with an ongoing battle with my recently denied back condition which I will continue pushing for HLR and even further if I need to, the VA pushing for positive progression through this program. In other words, is it prudent to do this while I’m fighting this claim or trying another alternative that may not relieve any of the pain but shows I’m throwing everything but the kitchen sink before going to surgery — if I can come to accepting having someone open my back up and poke at my spine.

I don’t want the VA rater to think hey this person is better now because I met my goal of being able to take extended walks from no activity at all or improved ROM compared to the C&P exam. The interviewer said the VA doesn’t look at the notes unless I open a new claim. I don’t want to shoot myself in the foot on a program that tries to retrain my brain on how to go about my pain but not really doing much fixing the issue. What do you think?

How was your experience with Mochi Health? I came across them after doing a little research and ChatGPT listing them as a one of the alternatives to Ro and Hers. Those two were a little too much for my budget and ended up going with Mochi at $100/mo with medication (Semiglutide + B12 mixture, any dosage). The app seems pretty robust and the medical staff available were quite accessible. I received my packaging and was pleasantly surprised on the quality and presentation. Not sure why I was expecting different but the only comparison I have is my partner getting his own from the VA and that’s a Wegovy pen.

The medication was shipped by Seven Cells Pharmacy out of Jupiter FL. Prior to this I think I came across one of Mochi ads without really paying any attention to them, but so far the experience has been good. I’m hoping the quality of the medication is good so we’ll see. I wanted to hopefully see some positive results from other members.

Currently in week 8 at .5mg and for a couple of weeks now I’ve been experiencing day long dull lingering pain in my stomach/abdomen area. Anyone else go through this and is this normal? Like a mixture of hunger/nausea/pain sensation that radiates throughout the day. Not really hungry though.

Why is Vega so slow compared to other AI trading platforms? I try to ask the same questions on Robinhood Cortex, Public Alpha and Webull Vega is the slowest and it gives you a glimpse behind the curtain as it processes your query. I think if it didn’t do that, you’d think the app froze and probably back out of the screen. None are perfect. Are you using any other outside AI tools and if so, which?

I have some claims pending and submitted a HLR for one denial last month. They wouldn’t call back that soon no? I told them AM hours for the informal conference. This number called mid afternoon. Called back it says Washington Regional Office of Dept of Veteran Affairs. No voicemail left for me to look up the person in the automated directory.

Reached out to the state this morning to get some status information on the case opened on me. It’s in the closure stages since the filing parent has not provided any of the requested documents. This is after I retained an attorney upon receiving the case notification, money that I could’ve used elsewhere.

Perhaps the other parent is worried about letting the state know they make more than reported and still getting aid, I don’t know. Maybe not realizing how intrusive it is to have to open up your household’s finances. For whatever reason the documents haven’t been returned.

Any other dummies out there? Make me feel better about my position.

Home owner’s email does not have owner permissions on their own cameras. The person who setup them up decided to use their own email to set them up and then gave access to the cameras down to the home owners afterwards. The cameras need upgrading. If we replace these cameras with newer Ring cameras and set them up, the home owner will now have ownership rights to these new cameras. Will the old owner have any residual permissions sort of speak? The permission chain doesn’t work backward like that right? I feel silly asking this but want to make sure.