ptsd Final C&p Exam For Increase To Iu Or 100%

[Doc Kelly]

I had my C&P exam and thing seem to have gone well, Doc. stated that she put in my report as P&T plus some other info in my favor. This exam was for PTSD IU . I have been in treatment for 1 year plus. What are my chances at this point? THANKS

[Chuck75]

I'd be a little concerned with a significant or 100% PTSD rating. As a possible precaution, I'd talk to a lawyer and possibly a doctor concerning competency to manage your own affairs, and in the event that you become incapacitated, appoint someone you trust to manage them. Ideally, getting a federal district court to declare that you are competent to manage your own affairs. (Difficult to get to happen.)

State laws differ, and generally federal law may defer to state laws. The VA has recently come under fire for it's extremely poor practices in it's fiduciary program. Waco Tx in particular.

Another issue may be to have a bank account in one bank that you deposit VA checks into, and move the money as cash to another bank and account as soon as possible.

Many people do not know that an automatic deposit arrangement also (due to the banking laws) automatically authorizes the depositor to withdraw funds as well as deposit them.

The VA has been known to be indiscriminate, and seize control of all a veteran's accounts at the same bank, under the fiduciary program. If that should happen, a veteran can be in for a heck of a legal fight.

If the VA suddenly decides you are not competent to manage your own affairs, recourse exists in law, but in practice, seems very difficult and time consuming to obtain.

Hopefully, the C&P examiner mentioned somewhere that she considered you to be competent to manage your own affairs.

I had my C&P exam and thing seem to have gone well, Doc. stated that she put in my report as P&T plus some other info in my favor. This exam was for PTSD IU . I have been in treatment for 1 year plus. What are my chances at this point? THANKS

Edited February 16, 2011 by Chuck75

[Pete53]

I think that your chances are good but most of the C&P Docs do not have a clue about what ratings will do.

I am 100% P&T and competent to manage my money by VA but not by wife nor family.