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    I am now 100% P&T, what do I need to know to apply for Social Security Disability?

    in Social Security Disability Questions

    Posted · Edited by traveler

    Okay, So I applied for SSDI online.

    The process is, you fill it all out and submit it.

    THEN they give you an address to submit any copies of evidence you have, which is a perfect time to send them copies that are highlighted so as to make the job easier for the reviewer.  From reading what the guys above have said, you have to make it so that it meets the "blue book" listings.  If your condition is in the  BLue Book Listings, it gets approved....at least that is what I am hearing and reading.

    So, after applying, it stated the average submission takes 200+ days to complete.  I am thinking, if you have a blue book listing condition, and you have provided copies of medical records with those listings highlighted, it SHOULD be fairly straightforward.  The idea is to make the job EASY for the reviewer.  They are backlogged, and don't spend too much time on any record, as it is easier just to deny, deny, deny to get through their work stack.  If I make it easy, I think it MAY work out for me.

    Sound good, or am I missing something?

    I am now 100% P&T, what do I need to know to apply for Social Security Disability?

    in Social Security Disability Questions

    Posted · Edited by traveler

    "100 plus "s" "?  I don't follow, Sir.  Being retired military, you get concurrent receipt which is a retirement check AND a VA disability check, if over 50% VA Disabled and 20+ years of military service, i.e. retired military.  The C+P I just had 3 months ago is what got me to 100% P+T.  I am really beat up.

    I am now 100% P&T, what do I need to know to apply for Social Security Disability?

    in Social Security Disability Questions

    Posted

    Thanks for the responses to my question on applying for SSDI.

    Yes, I have the mental stuff. 

    Thing is, I work 2 days a week, and from what I am reading, to get a mental disability, I have to NOT be working.

    When I apply online, Do I have the opportunity to tell them about it? 

    Can I attach my copies of C+P's etc that bolster my claim?

    Can I tell them where the info can be found?

    Thanks in advance.

    Appeal at VBA Judge for over 5 years. how much longer will it take?

    in Appealing Your Veterans Compensation Disability Claims NOD, DRO, BVA, USCAVC

    Posted

    7 years of getting all of my benefits little at a time added and built up ....getting the % up where it should be.  The process has worked for me.....but the "Gulf War - Undiagnosed illnesses" is the last one to get done, and it is THE ONE that the VA doesn't want to do.  Thankfully a judge can now have a say.  Hopefully a Judge understands what presumptive means.....hopefully a Judge understand what buddy statements are.  average time is 240 some days, it has been over a year.

     

    Help please, claim was decided but doesn't make sense

    in Appealing Your Veterans Compensation Disability Claims NOD, DRO, BVA, USCAVC

    Posted · Edited by traveler

    Thanks.  Dr. Dash on the VAWatchdog site seems to be well known.  I shot him an e-mail.

    I am being sent off base to a civilian podiatrist.  Perhaps he/she may be willing to write a letter stating that Knee arthritis and pain can cause plantar fasciitis.  That may be enough to get the VA to give me the foot condition as secondary.

    Arthritis and shin splints have 2 separate codes (5262, 5003), yet the RO tried to take my new claim and add it to my existing claim...well, didn't try....they DID IT!

    Anyone else have any ideas....please?

    Help please, claim was decided but doesn't make sense

    in Appealing Your Veterans Compensation Disability Claims NOD, DRO, BVA, USCAVC

    Posted

    Hello again, everyone.

    I submitted a claim for 2 conditions secondary to Bilateral Knee Arthritis.  Shin Splints and Plantar Fasciitis.

    My claim was completed, and they took the shin splints and just added the word "shin splints" to my existing condition Knee arthritis.  Not as secondary to.....just added shin splints to my existing condition.  So, they combined a new condition to an existing condition.  This can't be legal.  Any advice?

     

    Second condition, plantar fasciitis was declined as the C+P doctor stated that my plantar fasciitis was caused by me standing at my job working in a hardware store, and wasn't secondary to my knees.  My contention is that my bad knees and now my bad shin splints CONTRIBUTED to plantar fasciitis, as I have been working at this job LONG before this issue came up.  Does anyone know of a way to link my feet to my lower leg conditions and knees?

    Because of the way he wrote this, I am thinking I may need an Independent Medical Opinion or Exam

    Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

     

    weird, but worth asking

    in Entitlement - Veterans Compensation Benefits Claims

    Posted · Edited by traveler

    The evidence is from a colonoscopy performed in 2014 where the dr. noted no sign of anal fissures, or external hemorrhoids.  Internal hemorrhoids noted.  This must be where they got the info for them to say the condition has improved.  They are calling it a "clear and uncontestable error" I believe.

    In my C+P. it was over all anal issues.  I was noted by the examiner (nurse) moderate leakage from loss of sphincter control, which under CFR 38, part 4, as a 10% disability claim.

    So, I will send in a copy of her report, highlighted, with my contention that at least 10% is warranted.

    Is it normal for the VA to go back and review disability claims like this, or was it a review since it had just been awarded in May?

    I could have my PCM out at the base take a look if that would help.

    Comments please.

     

    weird, but worth asking

    in Entitlement - Veterans Compensation Benefits Claims

    Posted

    Okay, so on 4 August I submitted my FDC

    Approved 5 May 2015

    80%.  Life is good :)

    Today, I get a letter from the VA saying they reviewed my claim, and disagreed with the 20% I received for Hemorrhoids, that it should be 70% overall and if I want I can submit evidence to keep my rating.

    So, at my C+P the nurse noted in the record loss of sphincter control, moderate leakage when doing the C+P for hemmorrhoids.  Under 7332 on CRR38 Part 4 that is 20%.

    But VA review makes no note of it, stating that my hemorrhoid condition is insufficient for anything over 0%

    Apparently South Dakota RO gave me the 20% for the leakage, but the VA didn't like that.

    Is that because it falls under loss of sphincter control instead of hemorrhoids?  I would think that if it is noted under the C+P exam for hemmorhoids that was conducted, that it should be compensable, as it has been.  Is it normal for a completed disability to be reviewed 2-3 months after it's done?  Hell, I thought he VA was backlogged!

    So, I will respond with the evidence about the leakage and hope they will give me the 10% that it would fall under which would keep my 80% total finding intact.

     

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