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CHARLES

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  1. My name is Charles. I recieved an evaluation of 100 percent disabling on July 1st 2004. I had a re-evaluation on Decmber 01 2006 and I recieved the letter saying ( evaluation of panic disorder with modifed agoriphobia, to include major depressive disorder which is currently 100 percent disabling, is continued However, there continues to be the possibility of improvement in the futurem with continued treatment, a future examination will be scheduled. Therefore this total evaluiation is not to be considered permament at thie time.) 1. Is this 100 percent called Scheduler? 2. It does not say anywhere that I am IU. However I am 100 percent so how can I not be IU? 3. How long before I can become permament ? 4. Do I qualify for vocational Rehab ? 5. Is thier any way to get my family medical benefits ChamVA. They tell me because it is not permament that I do not rate it? I do not understand? 6. Can I submit something to request it to become permament or could that open up a can of worms that I should not open? 7. While the money I get I am thankful for , it does not pay the bills for a family of 6, am I able to work a certain amount of hours and it not effect my 100 perecent? 8. I was thinking about going to vocational rehabilitation and going back to school and getting my masters degree, I heard they pay for it, I guess I just dont know what to do, I want to try to get better and work, and at the same time I am worried about my medical condition, I just dont know what avenue to go. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated ?
  2. I have been rated 100 percent for about 3 years. I had a re evaluation about 6 months ago and the rating remaigned the same. However, they did not make it permament, they feel that thier is a chance that I can get better since it is a mental illness (anxiety and depression). They also say I am currently unemployable. The doctor said I could eventually apply for permament. My questions is 1. Because I am not permament they say my family does not rated champus medical benefits. Is that true and are there any suggestions to get my dependents medical coverage? 2. When will they make it permament and is thier anything I can do to initiate it, or to quicken the descion. Not having medical coverage for my dependents is tuff. I just dont understand (if it is true) why one person who is 100 percent rates medical coverage for his family thru champus becuase that person is permaament but another percent who is 100 percent doesnt because tier is a possibility he could get better. Shoudnt they rate it until that time comes, if it even does?
  3. I was medically discharged from the military June 2004. The VA gave me 100 percent disability[, unemployable but not permanent. I went back this January 2006 for a Re-Evaluation with Compensation and Pension. Just got the findings in the mail and they kept it 100% but did not make it permament, they ruled me unemployable but kept open the possibility of future evaluation because they still expect improvement. Here are my questions.. 1. When will they makle it Permament? 5 Years 10 years ? 2. Can they call me back after 5 years and reduce the 100 percent?? 3. I wanted to try to work some part time hours, and try to work a little, how much money can I make or hours can I do and still be consider 100%? I heard you make make an additional amount of money and still be 100 percent? 4. The guy doing the evaluation said I should apply ofr social security. 5. Most Importantly, I have two children a wife and a third on the way, and apparently I am not eligible for Champus medical for my family because I am not 100 percent permament????? Is thier anything I can do about this or am I just screwed with medical benefitsd for the family. I am 100 percent for Major depressive disorder, Modified Agraphobia, and general Anxiety.. Thanks guys and ladies for your help. God Bless!!!!!
  4. Jesse I just spoke to the VA and they said I am 100 percent schedular and that this is just a routine follow up that was actually schedulled at the time of my first rating. However, she did also say that it is very possible they may rate me permament when I go to this appointment. However, i never believe anything they tell me when I talk to them. Because here is the funny thing I called two minutes previously and spoke to a rep and he said the system said I am 100 percent pewrmament and thier is no future exam.. So I called back and got in touch with the VA office in pttsburgh which is the regional office I am regfistered at and thats when she told me the above. So anyway I am apparently 100 percent permament but have a routine followup.
  5. If I ask to be made P and T would they not think I was trying to manipulate the system or get over? I would have thought it would be better for me to play dumb... Same thing with a private doctor, why would I go to a private doctor if the VA makes readily available to me all the doctors I need to see because I am 100 percent? Can they just keep calling me back in every two years and never make me P&T ? This may be your chance to get the VA to assign a permanent and total rating. After you are P&T you won't be called in for exams anymore. This may be why they are bringing you in because the VA realizes that if they do not act soon to reduce you then you should be assigned P&T status. What ever decision the VA makes you should probably ask to be made P&T. It is probably your youth that is prompting them to re-examine you. If I had a private doctor I would get them to write me a report saying I am permanently and totally disabled by my mental disorder and present this to the C&P doctor. Age not supposed to have anything to do with it but if you were over 55 you would probably be P&T.
  6. When I recieved my medical papers from the VA two years ago after my initial evaluation, it said 100 percent disabled and unemployable, I did not see anything that said 70 percent, however I never seen anything that said schedular, it said you are 100 percent disbaled and unemployable but they expect it to improve in the future....Yes I did work two jobs over the past two years but none of them were more than two months and eaxh of them I was either let go and quit because of my disability. Mental disorders are evaluated in steps of 0%, 10%, 30%, 50%, 70%, and 100%, so a reduction in your case would probably mean 70%. The VA isn't suppose to reduce veterans with mental conditions in drastic fashion, meaning from let's say 100% to 10% in one reduction. Are you receiving 100% due to the rating schedule (meaning 100% schedular) or are you receiving 70% but being paid at the 100% rate due to Idividual Unemployability (IU)? If you're are rated 100% schedular, the VA may reduce your benefit to 70% if some improvement has been noted in your medical records, but still pay you the 100% rate because of unemployability; especially if your records indicate that you're unable to work becuase of your condition. You did state that you worked twice for a short period of time in the past, so maybe that may be the route the VA will take. If you're are rated 70% with IU, then the VA cannot reduce your IU award unless there is clear evidence that you have maintained employment. In your case you have not, so I wouldn't really worry about it too much. In either case, I wouldn't really worry too much about it. In both cases you would still be paid at he 100% rate. The doctor doing the evaluation does not make the rating decision. The doctor examines you and then writes his/her report and submits it to your regional office. At your regional office a Rating Veteran Service Representative (RVSR) will make the final determination and assign a rating percentage to your case. As far as how long it takes is hard to tell. it all depends on each indivual regional office and how backlogged they are. It could take as little as 30 days or it could take as long as 6 months. As far as being called in every couple of years for a re-exam, that is a judgement call on the RVSR. Hope this helps! Vike 17
  7. I was in the military from 1991 to 2004. I received a medical discharge while I was in the military and the military awarded me 10%. However, 3 months later the VA rewarded me 100% disabled and unemployable. How one can award me 10 % and the other 100% is beyond me, but that is a whole other topic… I have been 100 % for the past 2 years. The diagnosis is Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, and mild Agoraphobia. They called me back to the VA on December 1st 2006 for a re-evaluation. I guess I am concerned that they will try to take away my benefits or reduce my 100 percent rating. Even a 10 percent reduction is a significant amount of money every month from 100 percent to 90 percent. I have three children so I am concerned. I have been going to the VA for the past two years on a regular basis I see a psychiatrist and psychologist. They have me on Paxil and Klonipan for medication. I have tried to work two times in the past two years and each time I did not last very long because of my medical condition, and this is noted in my record.. and if I am not mistaken all the most recent notes from both the doctors I see regularly at the VA say that I should not be working yet, I think!! But here are some of the questions I have. Is it easy for them to reduce me from 100%. Is it my word and the doctor’s word and that’s it? Will me working two jobs in the past year, although for only a very short period and each of them I quit due to medical reasons that I am diagnosed with by the VA for disability, will this help me or hurt me? Is their anything I can do to help prepare myself for the visit? When I go for the re evaluation, will he notify as soon as it is over of his descion or are their others involved higher up , how long till I will know? After this ruling, do I have to go in every two years or at some time does it become permanent?
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