harleyman

You stated you opened a claim for temporary 100%.The temp 100% I am assuming is for surgery that was done for your heart. Was the surgery for your heart or your spine or ? MY BAD...I got it, Guess I didn't see this....

.........My surgery was for a c-5 -6 and C-7 acdf cervical fusion.


There really is no reason for the heart condition to be opened, unless the claim assistant thought you were claiming temp 100% due to convelescence from surgery for your heart.

I would get on this as you do not want to open a can of worms on your heart.

I would go to the RO if possible and talk to a VSR who undertands your claim and get this fixed. If that is not possible, if it were me I would withdraw my claim in writing wait a couple weeks or a month to make sure there are no pending claims, and then resubmit the temp 100% claim again and see if they can get it into the system the way it should be.

The date of claim is not so important that you can't withdraw and start over. The temp money will be a flat rate for 30 to 90 days so date of claim is not important as long as you file within one year of the surgery. I would not chance my 60% heart on a temporary increase.
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Harleyman

JBasser is correct. A single disability rated IU or 100% plus an additional 60% disability or combination of disabilities equaling 60%. The VA always uses the combined rating table, even after your initial IU or 100% disabling condition, even for SMC S and higher evaluations.