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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?

Thanks, I'll give it a try and report back.

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".

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????.

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...

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?

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.

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

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?

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.

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?

Real smooth operators aren't they?

I am currently 100% via TDIU and I think.... 94% scheduler (if my VA math is correct?). I ask my VSO to submit a claim for painful scar from a IHD CABG at San Francisco VAMC, for which I was unaware of until a few years ago. My most recent C&P was an increase for hearing from 0% to 10%.... That brought me to 94%, dame, to bad it didn't hit 95% @$#% Current Service connected: 70% MDD, 60% IHD, 30% Hearing Loss, 10% Tinnitus, 10% DMII Awarded TDIU 100% Permanent This morning I had the C&P for Scar and he wrote it up as 'painful'. He also said my last C&P was in 2013 and they should have listed this back then. Although this is the only claim for 'painful scar' I have submitted, if he is correct, does this amount to a mistake or cue? I don't think they are going to backdate the effective date... and if they did, I believe the TDIU was from 2013. Last question: is my VA math correct and the 10% award for painful scar push me to at least 95%, thereby rounding up to 100%? That's what I'm hoping for.

I am currently scheduler 94% (VA math) but was awarded 100% TDIU Total & Permanent some time ago. I have s-dvi $10k policy and exempt from premiums. How does the VALife effect S-DVI (premiums waived) if I apply for $30k (or $40k if I could, not sure if I keep my s-dvi or does it convert to VALife). Can I still have s-dvi 10k premiums exempt AND apply for VALife for $40 policy. Anybody have a better handle on this than I?

I filed a claim for Acquired Hemolytic Anemia in Aug 2019, it was rejected due to the worthless DBQ submitted by my Hem/Onc doctor. If I was to gather new evidence that strongly supports my claim (due to Jet Mechanic toxic exposure to AO, Benzene, TCE, PD680, degreasers ....), is it to late to reopen or should I submit a new claim? The only evidence submit in Aug/2019 was the DBQ. (; I should know the answer, but he brain is getting a little foggy

Thanks everyone, I finally broke down and paid $85 each for my wife and myself. I filled out the application, chose a Staples near my home as a walk in. (appt were 2 months out). Two days later I walked into Staples and three days after that my wife and I got our KTN (known traveler numbers) via email. Also, took us both to a local Army base with my commissary letter and got our CAC cards. Incidentally, as previously mentioned, they are good for 5 years, then you have to reapply.

It would be great if you would consider some counseling if you continue having that 'other option' thought on your mind. I am TDIU as well and it can get depressing feeling isolated... especially in these times with Covid, it's not a good place to be for some of us. I don't know when you became TDIU but if you are eligible for Voc Rehab & Ed, you may be able to keep getting your bene $$$ while training for a new job. I think you would keep your benefits $$$ while you train and for sometime afterwards as well. Some pursue college or some a trade. But I would NOT recommend getting some kind of work if it puts you over a substantial living wage (approx 12K). IMHO

Thanks Buck52, I'll be shelling out the $85.00 x 2. I thought at one time, maybe 5, 6 years ago TSA did accept DOD #, I was told you could get an ID if you had a letter for Commissary Privileges butut now, you had to be 100% to get that letter. But now you can just use your VA Health ID to use Commissary, so everybody and their uncle gets a bit more challenging to keep tabs on ;)

I am permeant, total, IU 100% for several years now, I'm no 70w years young . I have heard somewhere that I could get a TSA number for myself & spouse at no cost, if I have a Commissary Letter, but I don't know if that is the way to go since there has been changes to eligibility to commissary privileges. I have online eBenefits Premium, not sure if that will help. Traveling from Boston to Hawaii mid February/2022. Where would I go if I have to go the commissary route - there is a Hanson AFB here near Boston. Thanks & Mahalo

How were you exposed? Boots in VN, Thailand. Was you DM secondary to AO?

I sent a private msg to my VA PC, they scheduled me for past Friday 1/29/21, I received the !st Modena (luckily no side effects for me, slight soreness in arm similar to Flu shot). What was surprising is while waiting in a que to get the injection, they were taking walk-ins, no questions asked. Go figure.... Boston MA, Jamaica Plains VAMC