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Entitlement - Veterans Compensation Benefits Claims
Once you know you are eligible for Veterans Disability Compensation, the question then becomes are you entitled to it by law. This is where to post those questions. it's OK, if you are feeling confused this is not at all unusual it can be a very confusing system. If you were injured in service and have a question about whether you are entitled to file a claim, post it here. Law 38C.F.R.3.4 (a)
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VA % and Army Reserve LHI Connection?
Sorry if this is in the wrong location - wasn't sure where to post. I have a very high disability rating from the VA and am also currently in the Army Reserve. I am due for my PHA and have to fill out a long medical question'd questionnaire by LHI, basically asking has ANYTHING medically bothered you in the past 12 months? How much of this does the VA have access to? Should I just click 'No' for everything so they don't question me being in the Army Reserves or kick me out? At the same time I don't want to answer 'No' for everything and then the VA sees it and thinks 'OH, okay he doesn't have any symptoms now according to this LHI questi…
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New BVA Grants
The Board just granted left and right sinus tarsi syndrome, osteoarthritis of ankles, and bilateral pes planus. What are the sinus tarsi syndrome rating percentages? Waiting on the decision letter.
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Help for fellow veteran
Help! Veteran friend is Desert Storm vet, diagnosed with PTSD. The bad..... He has a general discharge under less than honorable conditions. He went AWOL for a short period of time after Desert Storm when his dad was diagnosed with cancer. The problem is that he was authorized to receive mental and physical care at local VA and has been going for the past 15 YEARS! ..with no problems. I encouraged him to to file a change bin Character of Service with the VA and DOD bc of war related PTSD. He has not filed, yet.......but started gathering evidence for this claim. Today, he gets told by local VA, the very one he has been going to 15+ years now, that he can no longer…
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Static disabilities
I just reviews my disability ratings in my C-file. Everything is rated as “static”. I also have a pending appeal that could push me to 100%. If the items on appeal are also rated as static, would this translate to getting 100% p&t?
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Chapter 35 for Spouse. How does that affect my disability payment?
Two of my kids are already using Chapter 35 for college, so I know that I lost the extra disability compensation for the kids out of my disability payments. My question is if my wife uses the Chapter 35 for college, does that mean my disability payment will decrease as well? If so, how much?
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VA Retroactive pay
Hello, I have a claim that was closed last week and i got back pay before i actually recieve my rating but then my rating got updated and it matched the back pay. My issue that i have now is that my claim was closed and i have back pay pending again but this time is seems that that pending back pay and the pay i have already recieved is more than what my closed rating is. So will my closed claim update to a higher rating or is it possible that the va had messed up and is giving me to much?
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Tremor presumtive
I have had hand tremors for a few years now (i don't remember exactly when they started). I was recently told by a doctor to see a neurologist, which I did last month. I was told that she believes they are physiologic tremor. With no known history tremors in my family and no abnormalities in my blood work, I am curious if this is a condition that I could apply for as presumptive to service in the gulf war? I did 3 deployments to Iraq (2005,2006, 2007), I am also already presumptively service for IBS from gulf war service. Has anyone had experience with this?
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Backdated LOD's
Hello all, I injured my back on 2018. The doctor who examined me did a quick "movement" check or a similar exam that the VA does for limitation of motion. I was in pain the whole time and he prescribed me muscle relaxers and sent me out the door. I asked for an X - ray and MRI and I was denied. This injury due to negligence or anything like that. I was performing a assisted lift with a buddy and he dropped his side of the weight we were carrying (several hundred pounds) I had an informal LOD investigation and received a LOD for lumbosacral strain because that is what the Doctor diagnosed. This was all effective service connected in August 2019. In Februar…
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Depression Secondary To Hearing Loss
I went to the va mental health a year ago. told them I was depressed because of my hearing loss. Made me do all kinds of testing. my GAF score was an 55. On axis 1 the doctor wrote depression secondary to medical condition plausable. Do I have a shot at a depression claim?
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100% Disabled
My husband is 100% permanent disabled. He is 72 years old and also gets retirement and social security and I work full time. He has a rare lung condition called pulmonary Fibrosis. He has been in the hospital for 3 weeks and is still not stable enough to come home. But when he does get to come home I would like to know if he would be eligible for home healthcare? And if so where do I go to apply? income guidelines? I hope to be able to keep him home and take care of him but what if he will need to go to a facility because he can't walk? Would he be eligible for a VA Hospital?
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Am I actually service-connected for this or is this a CUE?
I've got a question concerning my ratings code sheet. The info enclosed below is depicted on all three of my Ratings Code Sheet (Original - 2013; IU - 2019 & PTSD RFE 2020). Does this mean that I'm service-connected for Sinusitis at 0% or is this just a VARO mistake (maybe a CUE)? Is there any additional action that I should or could take? Thanks in advance.
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avoiding reduction
I am mildly worried about the VA wanting to reduce my IBS rating at some point in the future, which is currently at 30% . I went to see my VA PCP and he noted that I had "dramatic improvement" when he asked me how it was. This is not what I told him. I said it was a little better at the moment, but it is absolutely not dramatic. I want use these records, which contain information on another condition, when I submit for another claim, but I don't want the VA to think this issue is getting better, I just happen to be on a short stretch where it wasn't at its worst. Should I avoid submitting these records now, or just send a message and/or get another appointment when …
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