Thank you very much for the reply. I didn't know I would need to actually apply for permanent. I have read that switching from scheduler to UI could result in a decrease. I had no idea asking for permanence could also....that's terrible. I'm nervous about that, it might be time to lawyer on on this phase? The biggest reason I am looking for permanent is the loan forgiveness, my kids school, and peace of mind. I'm fully retired from the military due to my conditions so I'm good on insurance. My digestive condition is severe irritable colon disease and ulcerative colitis @ 30%. So I feel your pain mate. I'd would think that you would have perm based on your short snippet into your life. I haven't gotten my brown envelope yet, so I don't know if they made any changes to that...I do know it's still 30%.
So the perm part sounds like its hard to get?
Less than 20 days passed from my UI exam to notification, which blows my mind. I have been trying to get this going since 2012 though. They retroactively gave me dec 2013 which is good, but not sure exactly how they got that date. I was thinking they would have put it to where I initially opened the case.
Now on the permanence - I read that if your condition does not get better in 5 years than you can get perm. Like I said in my first post
Chronic Major depressive disorder and anxiety has been on my records since 2002-6 while in service and when I got forced retired out it went to 30%. On December 2006. It is 50% now . My digestive problems was at 10% whenI got out and has increased to 30% now. Over 5 years has passed and there has been no showing that my condition will lessen.
When can the va start counting the 5 years? The day I got diagnosed back in 06 or dec 2013 retro activate date?