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Thank you. 80% is based on PTSD and Diabetes Type 2. No relation to the cancer. SO said she would submit!

Thanks for the quick response. So I will let everyone know what she is entitled to.

I am currently in the negotiation stage of a divorce. I was under the impression that my soon to be ex spouse can not touch my Service Connected Comp. My Attorney says she can have a portion for what he calls "Maintenance. " Any feed back appreciated.

I am currently at 80 % and unemployability P&T being paid at 100% rate. I have been recently diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. Since I'm all ready being paid at the 100% rate is it even worth submitting a claim? Thanks Bill

I have been told by various people in the know that one has nothing to do with the other. My example: I am currently classified as Unemployable 80 % Service connected for PTSD and Diabetes Type 2. P&T. My SSDI is paying me at the maximum due just for PTSD. The two agencies do not look at what the other is doing. Just my 38 cents. Have a good one

I have been told that they are two different animals so it really doesn't matter. BUT and there's always a but with the VA if you are granted SSDI based on the same claim for IU your chances increase. I was 70% PTSD and 10 % for Diabetes. I was granted SSDI based on my mental situation that included PTSD. I was recently received IU Total and Permanent with no further examinations. Hope I didn't confuse you more.

My SO has told me not to work any job that creates a W2. Also to be careful of Volunteer work that shows a steady improvement. Her reasoning is that should the Government/VA decide to cut Benefits they would go after those working with a paper trail.

The wait and see attitude paid off. I am P&T at 100%. Thank you all for your feed back! The sun continues to shine.

My SSD is based on mental, PTSD. P&T was important due to the benefit of health insurance for wife and educational benefits for daughter. It does not say aanything concerning CH 35, but does say that Basic eligibility to Dependents Educational Assistance is established from November 13, 2012 My retro was based on 100% The claim is not now nor ever listed on ebenifits. Thanks all I am taking a wait and see attitude.

My awards letter for IU dated May 8th states: We have assigned a permanent 100% disability evaluation for service connected disabilities effective November 13, 2012. No examination will be scheduled in the future for your total and permanent disabilities. I met with the Regional Rep. today for my Commissary Letter. The computer states that I am 80% being paid at the 100% rate and that an examination would be scheduled for 2016. WHAT THE ####!!!!!!! We had just met with my SO on Friday last and she went over all the new benefits. Gave me a list of things that my wife and I needed to do and she went on vacation until next week. Gee do you think someone screwed up or what. More to follow!

Thanks again all and yes New York has property tax exemptions and I do have SSD Benefits.YOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!

I just received notification from the VA that I have been awarded a permanent 100% disability evaluation effective November 2012 under IU. It states that no future examination will be scheduled in the future for your permanent and total disabilities. I am grateful to all that answered my questions and motivated me to stick with it and put up with some whining about the system. If I can be of help to anyone in the future please don't hesitate to ask. I am not an expert, but I can tell you what they required and how it was done. Thanks to all again! The sun is finally shinning over our house!

I just received retro for my daughter going to school. This was attached to my unempoloyability claim. Does this mean I was turned down for unempoloylabilty? Also the amount for the retro seems low as it was for two years. I know I receive almost $300.00 for my son.

I am pretty much in the same situation you are. I also have SSDI for PTSD/ Mental problems. 80% total 70% for PTSD and 10% Diabetes. My package for IU has been in the system since last April. Everything they have is positive including my C&P exam. Letters from employer, pastor, friends, etc. Everyone I've spoken to says it looks great, BUT it's the VA so nothing is for sure until that paper is in hand or the back pay shows up in my bank account.. I will keep in touch with you through the Forum on anything I get. Welcome to the Forum. Great group of people here. Also I am a 13EC.

Thank you for the update. I am still waiting for my outcome. Maybe they are waiting for me to turn 67. I would lol here but you never know!

In E-Benefits it states claim is complete in one area it is closed in another. Is there a difference between the 2?

As the others have said the easiest way is on My HealtyVet. It's also a good way to look at all the notes that are put in by different Doc's to make sure they are accurate!

PR and broncovet, Thanks for the response. Yes the noise is in my head. The type of Hearing Aids I have are molded to the outer ear. When I talk it's like an echo in my head. If I'm sitting in a quiet room it is louder to me. My wife walked downstairs one morning and asked how I could stand it being so quiet? I said it wasn't, as to the ringing and voices in my head. lol. I am waiting for an answer on my TDUI which should be soon. If I submit another claim which would have to attach to the original will it not make it longer? I had planned to rescind with my SO for other reasons, but felt I should wait until the outcome of the TDUI. Unless it won't effect that. Thanks again,

I'm waiting for my decision on TDIU. I just read something that makes me ask the question: According to my SO I can not file for Tinnitus as the VA gave me hearing aids which I do not use as it makes it worse. Therefore the question is she accurate?

Congratulations. Happy to hear you kept up the good fight!

Thanks Gastone!

Received a call yesterday from the VA as I had sent a question as to why my claim no longer showed up in E benefits early part of November. She explained that this type of claim will not be listed there. She said my updated status from reading the notes was that they were trying (????) to figure out how to code it. I asked what does that mean as it's an IU claim. She said they were trying to code it either IU or PTSD, then quickly back tracked saying she wasn't sure what was going on but she was going to put a note in to expedite as it had gone passed their normal time. Any thought on the coding comment? Thank you!

And the same to you and everyone else on this site!

Thank you for your excellent feedback as usual. I should realize by now that it will take time as I've said elsewhere I've been fighting this battle since 1995. It just becomes so frustrating at times that I need to know from someone else that this is the norm for the VA and what experiences they've had. So the below is what they have along with a letter from my previous employer, etc. when I had the meltdown to what I am today. I do have a college education but due to Electro. Therapy my long and short term memory sucks. Bottom line_ I don't play well with others! Gastone and all: Like your friend I am 80% also - 70 % PTSD 10% Diabetes Type 2. SSDI granted me as stated - Although the claimant has some chronic medical conditions there is no need to discuss them now. SSDI Doctor diagnosed major depressive disorder, severe and PTSD(2F/4). The claimant is disabled based on his mental impairments alone. I thought I was going to be called back in for a C&P, but their Psych. was told in writing: Please do not recall the veteran unless it is necessary to provide the opinion. He wrote: Based upon the records examined, particularly the last compensation exam conducted on March 7, 2014, relevant literature, and the training and experience of this examiner, it is the opinion of this examiner that this veteran would be unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment in his normal occupational environment, regardless of the physical or sedentary aspects of a given job, primarily due to persistent PTSD. There was much more, this is his summation. Lastly the Diabetic Doctor stated the same concerning not able to work whether it be physical or sedentary. I have a copy of the decision from Social Security that I am quoting from. Yes the VA also has. I can read the Patient Notes from My HealtheVet that are above. Is there a light at the end of this fricking tunnel?

I was just told by my Regional Office in Buffalo that my claim for IU is in the pending decision process. It has been there since the beginning of September. Anyone have an idea or educated guess how much longer it will be? I would greatly appreciate it. Bill