tdiu TDIU then 100% Scheduler

[TLaff]

Question's

I was turned down for TDIU and talked with DAV and he said get my letter from Social Security stating i can not work and the he would ask for a reconsideration, i did not have SS letter at the time i filed TDIU he said i would 99% be granted TDIU.

However i have appeals in that looks as if i will become 100% scheduler anyway but by reading allot of statements from VET'S getting reduced after several years i think it would be better for me to go ahead and submit the Reconsideration for TDIU because if Social Security states i can not work due to my service connected injuries i doubt the VA would ever try and remove TDIU but with Scheduler if they think one of your 10 connected injuries is getting better they can do a C&P exam on you and you could loose your 100% scheduler 10 or 15 years down the road.

Any Thoughts?

 

TLaff

[killemall]

Im in the exact same situation.

 

Im 70% from the Va for

Hearing loss 50%

Tinitus 10%

Left and right shoulder 20%

Right wrist 10%

 

My ssdi letter states I receive disibily for the following...

Hearing loss

Tinitus

Right and left shoulder

Right wrist

Mild meiners disease

FEAR has kept me from applying for tdiu, just like the origional poster.

 

We are in the same boat.

It was stated above that p and t or 5 years give you some saftey to being reduced.

My award letter of 70% was june of 2014, but I was back paid at the 70% rate to August 2012 when I origionally submitted the claim.

Does this mean that by August 2017 I will have had my 70% ratings locked for 5 years and it is now safer to apply for tdiu?

 

Or am I misunderstanding the 5 year thing.

Awesome thread by the way. Im learning so much!