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x020574

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  1. I recently moved to a (partial) handicap apartment, it has one bathtub. If owner/management would allow a tub to shower conversation at my expense! I’m 72, spouse is 62, I’m 100% P&T with the VA. My wife is also severally disabled as well, she can’t stand more than a few minutes - both of us are very high risk of falling and unable to get up without assistance. Will the VA allow expenses for a converstion?
  2. Thanks, I'll give it a try and report back.
  3. Thanks, what has me confused is the documentation infers the veteran is receiving a pension. Only served 4 yrs, I don't get a pension, but I do get VA SC compensation. I submitted an ASK VA form for clarification, haven't heard a response back yet. Learn new thing everyday: "The nickname Tri Five is used to represent a specific set of classic Chevrolet vehicles, namely the iconic 1955, '56, and '57 Chevrolet cars".
  4. I am 100% SC, 72 yrs old and my wife of 30 yrs is 62 yrs young. She has become plagued with Lipedema, Lymphedema, five yrs out from cancer surgery etc... needless to say she has become dependent on me for most ADAs, to the point where she needs help bathing, walking more than 30 -40 feet ( whenever she falls she is unable to get back up, due to weakness in legs & arms. She is terrified she'll fall and nobody will be around). Would she be eligible for A & A and/or Homebound while I'm alive or does she have to be collecting DIC (meaning I'm dead). Unfortunately, she does not have enough work credits to get SSDI. My 10 yr service connected anniversary comes up in Aug/2023 - not sure if that helps????.
  5. What happens when a vet is 100% IHD and then gets rated for an additional SC 100% (cancer)? or yet another SC 100% Aplastic Anemia? How do the raters handle that if they can't concluded one is not related to another? Just curious...
  6. How is it rated if you were rated 100% for IHD (AO) and you develope an additional claim for a presumptive 100% rating? Is this when additional SMC codes are used? Would there be a significant monetary benefit?
  7. Is OSAP secondary to hypertension ? I take 5 different meds to control my blood pressure and I have a VA issued CPAP for sleep apnea.
  8. Well that sux, I thought the RH insurance was building equity to 10k and one could take loans against it? So if you are correct….poof, all that goes away after the second year of the new policy? Thank you for your response
  9. I'm still a bit confused with S-DVI and VetLife. I have S-DVI with waived premiums which, as I understand it, it is similar to a whole life policy with a 10k benefit. I understand it is good that I have that because the full force of VetLife is is not payable until after 2 yrs. Knowing that, if I signed up for 40k benefit from VetLife would my beneficiary (wife), after 3 years be entitled to 40k + 10K?
  10. Finally!!! I see that my disability status changed from TDIU to 100% scheduler on eBenefits. Brown envelope sent but haven't received it yet. I was 94% scheduler (100% TDIU) but I submitted a claim for 'scar' secondary to a Bypass Operation I had back in 2010. I feel more comfort knowing that the politicians thought about cutting some benefits for those collecting TDIU & SSA retirement at one point. I'm glad that never came to fruitarian... but that doesn't mean they won't try again. Now that the PACT Act honors hypertension presumptive for AO I was considering filing for it, but here is the thing. I've been taking 5 different meds to control my BP and been doing so for a couple of years... they do a good job keeping them in check. How would they evaluate my benefit level if my BP is within normal limits while on medication? Really don't want to stop meds just to prove a point,,, especially since it probably would not amount to anything monetarily.
  11. Hi All, I read a Military Times article about veterans who may be eligible for SC compensation if they contracted Covid while serving. Presumptive??? The article seemed unclear as to whether or not this would also pertain to veterans (out of service) contracted Covid, I had a hospitalization due to Covid recently, I was admitted because Covid made it look like I was having a NSTEMI. It has been determined I had mild cardiomyopathy which has since resolved. I will still need a chem stress test to rule out and damage. FYI... I am SC for IHD, DMII, etc due to Agent Orange exposure. What do others think?
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