Entitlement - Veterans Compensation Benefits Claims

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1. Establishing Service Connection For Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation

   Establishing Service Connection for Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation: There are two types of service-connection Direct and Presumptive There are three requirements to establish Direct service-connection for residuals of injuries and diseases; In-service documentation of an injury or disease. A current condition with a medical diagnosis. "Before November 2000, when the VCAA was enacted, veterans had to obtain a medical diagnosis of a current disability on their own. The VA was not generally obligated to help them in obtaining this medical evidence. Some veterans, who could not afford a private doctor, were placed in a no win situation…

   Asked by Tbird, August 11, 2008

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3. Va call center tip

   Hey everyone, I called the VA earlier today to sort out a question. I got ahold of probably the most helpful VA employee ever. He gave me a solid tip for when you need more information about your status than their usual scripted answers. If after their scripted status answer they don't provide any extra useful information, ask them to check the program "Case Flow". According to the rep this is where all the detailed status and notes are kept. He also said if you ask them to look, they are supposed to, including what is written in the notes. This is how I have found out exactly what people have been up to in my appeal. Hope this helps, just having a real idea wha…

   Asked by SPO, Thursday at 03:12 PM

   • status update
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   4 answers
4. Benefits for a 10 year old

   I spoke with a mother whose son was adopted by his great grandfather at 90 years old. The great grandfather lived until 99 years old and became deceased in 2014. The mother filed paperwork for custody because the adoption process removed biological mother and father from the original birth certificate. The current birth certificate only list great grandfather as the adoptive father. In addition, to the child receiving SS benefits from great grandfathers work history, she also indicated he was a veteran at 100% disability rating upon death. I didn't ask but he sounded like a WWII veteran. In lieu of veteran being deceased in 2014, does the 10 …

   Asked by Fat, June 8

   • life at 90
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   4 answers
5. Anxiety - am I doing this right?

   Brand new here. I'm posting because I'm so confused and unsure if I'm doing the right stuff, or if I should be doing it at all. I'm hoping to find answers on how to file a claim for GAD/Major depression. Here's my story. 1996-2000 high school captain of soccer and baseball teams. Captain of Snare Drum line in marching band. 2000 - enlist in USMC, squad leader in boot camp, meritoriously promoted to PFC at graduation. 2001 - Class leader in A school 2002 - PCS to Japan (Iwakuni) volunteer for secondary school, awarded Microminiature soldering credentials. Perform extra duties and awarded Meritorious Mast for going above and beyond. Compete in …

   Asked by USMCNASA, May 30

   • anxiety
   • depression
   • broken arm
   • spiral fracture
   • njp
   • drugs
   • alcohol
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   24 answers
6. Received P&T Unemployability. Should I appeal 70% Rating?

   Hi, Last week, I was awarded P&T TDIU for a claim that was previously awarded 70% mental health disability rating. Should I now appeal the 70% mental health rating? The word "total" is difference between a 70% and 100% mental health rating, as I read the information. Is P&T unemployable possibly considered as a 100% disability rating? Thanks

   Asked by aggravating_coyote, June 2

   • tdiu
   • appeal
   • rating
   0 votes
   6 answers
7. 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…

   Asked by glashutte, May 17

   • lhi
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8. 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.

   Asked by 63Charlie, October 13, 2020

   • appeals
   • ratings
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   14 answers
9. Helpless Child VA Benefit and SSI Disability

   I am 100% P&T and I applied for and was granted Helpless Child for my stepson before his 18th birthday with little or no problems from the VA. He is now over 18 and eligible for Social Security benefits, but we are having issues with the SSA and the VA. Social Security is docking my son's SSI payments and counting the helpless child payment as income for him because I am getting the helpless child payment on my VA disability. After lots of calls and back and forth, we have finally got SSA to say that we need a letter from the VA showing the break out of the payments and that the payments from the VA is only for me. However, when I looked on EBenefits I could not find…

   Asked by CVN Driver, July 4, 2019

   • helpless child
   • ssi
   • dependent
   • social security
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10. 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…

    Asked by 2oicclouds, April 28

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11. 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?

    Asked by SPO, April 16

    • static
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    22 answers
12. 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?

    Asked by JaeT.21, February 18

    • chapter 35
    • disability comp
    • spouse benefits
    • spouse
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    1 answer
13. 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?

    Asked by Turks, February 14

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14. 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?

    Asked by SPO, February 5

    • presumptive
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15. 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…

    Asked by Tiago, January 24

    • lod
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    2 answers
16. 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?

    Asked by killemall, June 10, 2013

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    29 answers