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TDIU
To All If you are 100% P&T can you file for TDIU to collect SMC S? I had to retire in 2021 because I could no longer travel for my job. Thank you for your info.
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Passport
Good day, Are veterans rated 100% eligible for free passport?
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Karl Kazmierczak
Karl is my lawyer. I retained him in December of 2007. He immediately requested my C-File. So far the VA has not even sent him a copy. They notified me that I have a DRO Hearing in St. Petersburg in July of this year, but did not even bother to notify him. Now he is asking me to send him my copy of my C-File. I will, of course, but it seems that the VA is doing their best to sort of cut him out of the process. He is going to be at my hearing and thinks it is a good thing. Since it is a CUE from 1973 I don't even know why he needs the file since all the information they made the bad decision on is from 1973 and I sent him all that stuff. Since the only information that is …
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Permanent ant Total Disability
Hello I just need some clarification on 100 P&T disability. I have been 100 P&T since Sept 2015 and have read this is not a protected rating and the VA only award you this to give you additional benefits. But I also have read that you are protect from future rating decrease if you are awarded 100 P&T. So my question do I have to be concern about the Possible of future rating Decreases or not? Thank you
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Your Nexus should include all this:
Your nexus letter should include all of the following: 1. The CV of the doctor/physican/medical professional. You need to demonstate this physician is a competetent witness, and has significant training and experience diagnosing and treating your type of disorders. If you want an opinion on your back injury, dont seek that from a Psychiatrist. The VA probably does not know your doctors level of expertise. 2. The doctor needs to state "he reviewed your medical history". You probably are not interested in my opinion of "Star Wars" movie, if I have never seen it. A medical exam without knowing the patient history is not that useful. 3. The nexus …
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Parkinson Disease (AO exposure on Johnston Island)
Good morning! I am posting this question for my husband who is now unable to type due to the tremors in his hands. He was stationed on JI 1975-76 and his exposure is due to the AO that was stored there (the metal drums stored on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean….salt water and metal drums…= leaking barrels). Parkinson disease is now on the presumptive list so I will be filing to add this to his VA disability. He is already rated at 80% (I did his filing by myself with so much help I received on these forums)! We visited our local VSO and he was very overworked and didn’t offer much info for the initial filing..so I took it on myself and we were successful …
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Nexus Letter to Appeal Sleep Apnea Denial
Dr. Anaise is working on a Nexus Letter to appeal my denial in December 2023. Do I need to submit any other documents with the Nexus letter?
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VA form 21-4192, employer out of business.
Greetings, long time since I been here. Sitting with 90% disability and filed for TDIU through state of Florida VSO. I am unable to get an appointment with VSO for a month. VA told me to send a VA 21-4192 to my former employee. I have not worked for them since 1999 and they have went out of business, I worked in the same place from 1971 to 1999 but for different companys. I am guessing I need to notify the VA of this but how exactly do I notify them? I do not see a chat button or form to fill out. Any input, suggestions or wise cracks appreciated. Jim Semper Fi
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Can the DRO make a decision on an undecided claim? a veteran's claim
Veteran files a NOD on RO decision on original claim. DRO is selected. Veteran then files a new claim for TDIU. Does DRO have jurisdiction to issue decision on new claim or
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Prostate Cancer
My name is Andy Clark. My question is the BOA Approved my claim for service-connected Prostate Cancer that I filed in 2015. There was no rating. Will I get a rating?
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How do you know if you are a schedular 100% Am I?
What is the big difference between schedular 100% and 100% via TDIU. I am attaching my 3 relevant rating decisions. In January 2022 they conceded I was 40% for my legs. Last July they rated me at 100%. I had assumed because of everything I have heard about being schedular 100% and getting to 100% via TDIU, that they would say I was a schedular 100%, if indeed I was. It seems to me I am. On the VA disability calculator (and others) my different disabilites when combined equal 100% (95). I filed a request for higher-level review primarily because the dimwit issuing the decision chose to ignore the correct effective date of claim that was determined in January 2022…
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VA ER fails to address severe pain. Advised to take Tylenol
I am a 100% disabled vet. I am also a retired registered nurse. Last year I went to the ER at a VA facility when I had a severe exacerbation of chronic lower back pain and siatica. The CT scan revealed severe Foraminal Stenosis in one area along with multiple herniated discs. I was told to take Tylenol and make an appointment with my primary care physician. The pain was so severe I could barely walk. I had to use the rail on the wall to get to and from the ER. I spent the next 3 days in bed with excruciating pain unable to do much of anything. Just getting in bed caused tremendous. I was unable to extend my right leg without severe pain. The solution according to the VA …
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