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Questions About Vso
Hi All, we are having problems with our VSO. When we get in touch with him he is very knowledgable but, that's only when we get in touch with him. His email responses are often short and don't answer our questions and he is difficult to reach by phone. There are 3 other VSO's in his office but, I'm wondering if we have other options outside of that office. Any suggestions?? We understand that he is busy and make sure we don't call every week or with every question.
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Im As Cross Eyed As A Goose!
im trying to figure out if it would even be worth filing for IU but i cannot seem to find anything on what the pay rates r. is it decided individually? how do they calculate it? who decides all this? is it voc rehab? my eyes r so crossed from reading all this info (it was informative!) that i look like i was born on wednesday lookin for sunday both ways! thanks in advance!
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ptsd Question About Getting 100% Iu Through The Va
Hello I am new to the forums I was just awarded Social Security Disability in Missouri for PTSD, Seizure Disorder, herniated disks in my back, and kidney stones. Around a year ago I was trying to help a driver whom was passed out over the wheel I thought he was having a heart attack, but was drunk he ended up dragging me down the road until I could break loose. As a result I have herniated disks in my back that cause severe pain, and the majority of the time I cannot feel my left leg etc. But I have not been able to work since the accident. With the VA I am currently 40% service connected for my kidney stones. But I also have a case before the board in D.C. for …
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tdiu Is Va Adjudicating Tdiu Claims Incorrectly?
Hello Everyone. I have read a number of VA denial decisions on TDIU claims that Veterans have posted on this board and others. A number of these denials are very similar in that VA applies 3.321((1) rather than 4.16(B). However, the manual that VA raters use, M21-1MR, Part IV, Subpart ii, Chapter 2, Section F, to evaluate TDIU claims states: b. Applying Apply the concept of average impairment in earning capacity to the Concept determinations of the percentage of disability. of Average Impairment Do not apply the concept of average impairment in earning in Earning capacity to determinations regarding IU. Capacity This is…
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tdiu I Have Been Warned By Va..
Some of you here know my story from earlier thread (Please Help) well anyway still waiting on anything from my RO (Philly) my award for TDIU was granted by Washington 02 June 09.Well after numerous 1-800...phone calls and now two visits to my RO I can not get a answer as to even where my case is at this time..My last visit to the RO was this past Mon. a total waste of time the person at the desk told me if I don't have a reply by Oct. 15th to call back..Ohhh God. Well this is pretty serious now financially and health wise, its to the point that with winter approaching I don't have the bread to heat my house.So I mentioned that I may go my my local state representative, wi…
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tdiu 80% And Struggling...
Ok, started my claim for my back injury in oct 2007. In Feb 2008 I was awarded 60% Comp. (*of note I was also awarded my Social Security Disability in Jan 2008). The money finally came in... But I am STILL not able to work. I submitted an additional claim for my left and right legs (weakness, numbness, tingling...) and my left and right hip problems. Also in this claim I requested Unemployability. I was awarded a total of 80% Comp disability from the VA, (started this second claim in March 09 and final decision came in June 09). BUT I was DENIED my Unemployability. Reason was that the VA could not figure out if there was something other than my back, legs and hip…
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Gainful Employment How Much ?
Now denied unemplyability 90% disabled. the reason denied was gainful employment(900 a month) Where do I find out if this is a region decision or va wide . Do they decide localy?
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Does It Look Favorable?
i have just went to my last iu exam i am a 90% sc vet my hearing exam was the same as last time, ortho exam i dont know medical exam went well...i think..., and the psych examiner said she was going to support my iu claim. i have a letter from voc re-hab statin i am unable to do the program because of sc and nsc problems. and my last employer wrote i was canned because of my inability to do the job anymore. i have filed for ssdi as well thanks god bless
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My Iu Claim Due To Als
After I got awarded SSDI, I sent the award letter in, along with recent medical records and dr's statement from private neurologist. A couple weeks after I sent it in, I got a duty to assist letter from VA saying they had received my claim for an increase for ALS and for IU. Now, mind you, I sent this in as a reconsideration which I stately plainly. Anyway, the letter said they had already scheduled me for a c&p exam for my joints. I knew this because the ortho from the vamc called me a few days early to schedule it. The va also requested my medical records from ssa and they said it could take a few months to receive. they also asked for all information I had already…
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tdiu Individual Unemployability - How To Determine
How do you know if you qualify for IU? I am a Soldier, still on active duty, with a total knee replacement with servier stability issues which require me to wear a knee brace and in pain all the time. Thats not all I also have fibromyalgia that makes the pain worse in all my joints and to top it all off I have the vertibra in my back between c3 and c9 with c6,7,8 crushing down on my spinal cord taking my breath away every time I take in a deep breath. I am on constunt pain medication making it somewhat unsafe to drive; my wife will let me drive to work and home and that it. I am not in the process for MEB/PEB because I have reached 22 years of active duty service …
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tdiu Start Tdiu Claim?
Hi to everyone. I was put on the TDRL from the Marine Corp and rated 40% for unretractable migraines, neurocardiogenic syncope, and clusterheadaches in September 2008. I was subsequently given temporary 100% from the VA. I havnt been able to work since I was seperated from the service and I dont see myself being able to work at all due to the migraines, syncope episodes and meds. However I am in the vocrehab program and barely hanging onto that because of classes I have had to drop due to my conditions. Well the 12 months have passed and I have yet to hear from the VA for my exams and I was wondering if i should file for TDIU now? On my temporary 100% decisio…
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tdiu Turned Down For The 2nd Time Tdiu
Hello I am in need of advise. I am rated at 80% with 60% 30% 10% 10% 10%. I applied for TDIU last year and the VA claim was they "Lost" my file. Well I am at that point to not knowing what to do. If I appeal it to the VBA it will be forever. I want to keep the orignial claim date as I have been working this claim and do not want to loose the orignal date of Claim. I also asked for an increase in rating for my back but that apparently was also lost. I called the 1-800 number and was told today they denied the claim for TDIU. I was actually surprised that the guy gave me the information. My back has went through a lot of changes in 2 years 3 disc are herniated my leg has st…
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