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http://asknod.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/special-monthly-compensation-what-is-it/
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 July 22, 2009 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and CentersIn Reply Refer To: 211B Fast Letter 09-33 SUBJ: Special Monthly Compensation at the Statutory Housebound Rate This letter provides guidance for adjudicating claims involving entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate based on a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC or Court) in Bradley v Peake. Background 38 U.S.C.
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http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/vba-21-2680-are.pdf EXAMINATION FOR HOUSEBOUND STATUS OR PERMANENT NEED FOR REGULAR AID AND ATTENDANCE 21-2680.pdf
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New SMC Rates for 2021 http://www.veteranprograms.com/2021-smc-rates.html
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My current VA rating for veteran w/spouse is being paid SMC L1 since 2018. Last month I won my BVA appeal for CRPS both upper extremities but my rating did not change. The board granted the appeal but sent it back to the Houston RO to rate. Should I be rated "R" for having two separate L1 ratings or do you think I should be rated higher (at least O)? Can you become an HadIt patron with a 1 time donation? Be happy too. Current rated disabilities: L1 - Loss of use both feet rated on 8/24/2020 effective date 1/26/2018 (7-foot surgeries resulting in permanent use of mobility devices) L1 - (A&A) permanent need for Aid and Attendance rated …
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I have 100% on a single rating for PTSD. I have 10% on GERD and others. {increase to 60% if i should} I have 20% on my back {My goal is to try to increase % on my back if i should} I have 10% on right lower extremity I have 10% on my ankle I have 10% on my hand TOTAL: 100% P&T on all of them. Should I continue to do more claims to increase, and add more new claims related to combat related? I plan on trying to increase GERD to 60%, and I plan on trying to get headaches 50% aiming to that percentage, migraines 50%, and tinnitus added 10% if i need to after 100% PT already. I also have others that is labeled 0% as service co…
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A veteran who is 100% T&P receives generally over 3k per month from VA and receives healthcare at no cost. Would this not automatically disqualify said Vet from A&A based on income restrictions? The posts I've read seem to take this income to count against the income requirement. What am I overlooking?
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I am 100% P&T with a 100% PTSD rating alone, from December 2017. I also have had to have shoulder surgery and hold a 10% rating for that, 10% for tinnitus, 20% for lumbar(back), 20% for right knee. The 100% PTSD made me paid at a 100% rate since. Here is where things get bad, typically I know we are told not to add disabilities when we reach 100%. However, I am quite literally slowly deteriorating now. For the last year and a 1/2, I hospitalized at least once a month from cyclic vomiting syndrome. It had made me lose weight,my health and any hope I had in life. My Wife has quit college to be able to take care of me. My kids are scared. I have so many notes becaus…
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Due to some good advice and help on here, I decided to put in a claim last week for an Increase to my current PTSD 70% and SMC L. My wife is paid to be my Caregiver thru the VA Post 9/11 VA Caregiver Program. I had my Yearly Reassessment recently and the VA decided to continue my at the highest Tier, and listed me as not being able to Bath, or do activities of daily living without the help of my wife. My PTSD has been very bad for a few years, but I was scared to put in for an increase, as I did not want to rock the boat. As most of you know the VA has done alot to mess with me to include my recently being Reviewed, Even though I am 100% P&T. The VA actually reduced m…
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So I have bad PTSD and I know its bad and pretty sure I have TBI but never tested. I was blown out of a vehicle in a training accident in 2001(actually video’d) and also mortared and rpg’d a few times during the Iraq invasion and medivac’d home for toxic therapy(brutal) due to a flesh eating parasite. I have all sorts of muscular Skeletal injuries and had a disk removed in my neck. I served in the Marines, NG, and active duty Army unit 2014. Since then I haven’t worked at all besides attempting to run a LLC from home to pay the bills which was unsuccessful. Even though the VA had me produce a income form straight up showing it was unsuccessful they still say I am workin…
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Here's a great story to start Spring. Janet and Donald are my oldest customers. Janet found me here in 2014 before I was accredited. She waited and bided her time waiting for me to get my license to kill. https://asknod.org/2020/03/09/bva-r2-you-cant-always-get-what-you-want/ Nothing, I mean nothing, could keep this woman from winning. She also snagged all the goodies on SHA and the auto grant without me. I do hope Cupcake will be that aggressive on my account if I get this ill.
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I am 100% p&t and just had a knee replacement on previous 10% service connected right knee that has service connection of 23 years. I also have one disability rated 70% and another rated 60% as well as others at lower amounts. I looked on ebenefits and it says I have a claim in for review of hospitalization that I didn't initiate. Do I now qualify for SMC S or another SMC? Should I be worried about my 100% p&t? Do I need to be doing something? Thoughts? Advice? Game plans? Help?!!? It was total knee replacement.
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Ok, so if you have tdiu, then Howell suggests you should also get SMC S..because you are not leaving the home "for work". However, at a minimum, read this: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 July 22, 2009 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer To: 211B Fast Letter 09-33 SUBJ: Special Monthly Compensation at the Statutory Housebound Rate This letter provides guidance for adjudicating claims involving entitlement to special monthly …
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Check it out. https://asknod.org/2020/01/11/vba-fort-fumble-va-down-for-double/
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Here's a good one. Fresh off the VBMS Computer. Thailand Vets can win. It takes finesse. https://asknod.org/2019/11/11/veterans-day-2019-udorn-rtafb-my-band-of-brothers/
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The 5, 10, 20 year rules...
Five Year Rule) If you have had the same rating for five or more years, the VA cannot reduce your rating unless your condition has improved on a sustained basis. All the medical evidence, not just the reexamination report, must support the conclusion that your improvement is more than temporary.
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If you are 100% for 20 years (Either 100% schedular or 100% TDIU - Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability or IU), you are automatically Permanent & Total (P&T). And, that after 20 years the total disability (100% or IU) is protected from reduction for the remainder of the person's life. "M-21-1-IX.ii.2.1.j. When a P&T Disability Exists"
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NOTE: Until a percentage is in place for 10 years, the service connection can be removed. After that, the service connection is protected.
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Example for 2020 using the same disability rating
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While the BVA has some discretion here, often they "chop up claims". For example, BVA will order SERVICE CONNECTION, and leave it up to the VARO the disability percent and effective date.
I hate that its that way. The board should "render a decision", to include service connection, disability percentage AND effective date, so we dont have to appeal "each" of those issues over then next 15 years on a hamster wheel.
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Finally heard back that I received my 100% Overall rating and a 100% PTSD rating Following my long appeal process!
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