I recently received my award letter for TDIU and it was made Permanent and Total. I want to thank all of you for your kind advice over the years and teaching me about how I should approach my claim. It has helped in many ways, especially letting me know what to expect.
I filed a notice of Intent to file in February 2016 and submitted my claim in August of 2016. In calculating the back pay, they went back only to August 2016 and not February 2016. They said in the letter that since I left work in February 2012, they would only pay me from the date that I filed the claim, August 2016, since I did not file within a year of leaving work. I don't think that is correct and think they should go back to February 2016 when I filed the Intent to file. I just want to make sure I am right or they are right before I formally question that date.
My next question is: Since I am rated TDIU and Permanent and Total, should I file Secondary Conditions. I am rated at 60% and have had that since 1994. My concern is that if something happens to me that my husband will be able to have some money coming.
Again, thank you for helping me over the years. I certainly appreciate it.
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Penelope
I recently received my award letter for TDIU and it was made Permanent and Total. I want to thank all of you for your kind advice over the years and teaching me about how I should approach my claim. It has helped in many ways, especially letting me know what to expect.
I filed a notice of Intent to file in February 2016 and submitted my claim in August of 2016. In calculating the back pay, they went back only to August 2016 and not February 2016. They said in the letter that since I left work in February 2012, they would only pay me from the date that I filed the claim, August 2016, since I did not file within a year of leaving work. I don't think that is correct and think they should go back to February 2016 when I filed the Intent to file. I just want to make sure I am right or they are right before I formally question that date.
My next question is: Since I am rated TDIU and Permanent and Total, should I file Secondary Conditions. I am rated at 60% and have had that since 1994. My concern is that if something happens to me that my husband will be able to have some money coming.
Again, thank you for helping me over the years. I certainly appreciate it.
Penelope
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I recently received my award letter for TDIU and it was made Permanent and Total. I want to thank all of you for your kind advice over the years and teaching me about how I should approach my claim.
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If you have legitimate secondary conditions I would file because (like you ) I am TDIU P&T and I got a second rating of 60% and got Housebound which is another $300 a month. Neither the VA nor
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The general rule for effective dates is the later of the "facts found" or the date of claim. There are many exceptions to this, however. One thing you can do is to take your information to an experi
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