I thought I had posted this earlier, but I can't find it. I served in the Navy for 7 years active and 8 years reserve. I filed my first claim in 2004 for a SC back injury and hearing loss. I had the prof I needed and was immediately given SC but rated 20% for my back and 0% for hearing. Not enough since I haven't worked since 2001, and am on SS. I filed an appeal in 2005, and just got the results back last week. They bumped me to 40% on my back, gave me 10% for rediculopathy, and held the 0% for hearing loss. I plan to push on with a claim already filed for knee pain and depression. I probably should file for tinnitus, and PTSD as well.
My question is on my SS disability letter it states that I was disabled due to a fractured right leg. When I questioned the SSA about this they stated "We only need to list one cause for our award of 100%". Yes when I had my SS exam I had a broken leg from a motorcycle accident(not SC). But get real they don't put people on permanent disability for a broken leg, my back was also considered. The appeal results pointed out that I was on SS for the fracture not the SC back injury, and did not consider me for TDIU. Did I get screwed by the SSA?
My VSO is DAV, and I haven't heard from them as to what my next step should be.
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I thought I had posted this earlier, but I can't find it. I served in the Navy for 7 years active and 8 years reserve. I filed my first claim in 2004 for a SC back injury and hearing loss. I had the prof I needed and was immediately given SC but rated 20% for my back and 0% for hearing. Not enough since I haven't worked since 2001, and am on SS. I filed an appeal in 2005, and just got the results back last week. They bumped me to 40% on my back, gave me 10% for rediculopathy, and held the 0% for hearing loss. I plan to push on with a claim already filed for knee pain and depression. I probably should file for tinnitus, and PTSD as well.
My question is on my SS disability letter it states that I was disabled due to a fractured right leg. When I questioned the SSA about this they stated "We only need to list one cause for our award of 100%". Yes when I had my SS exam I had a broken leg from a motorcycle accident(not SC). But get real they don't put people on permanent disability for a broken leg, my back was also considered. The appeal results pointed out that I was on SS for the fracture not the SC back injury, and did not consider me for TDIU. Did I get screwed by the SSA?
My VSO is DAV, and I haven't heard from them as to what my next step should be.
Any ideas on this?
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