peter4034

Gastone, Thanks bro I really appreciate all that information for me to be totally honest with you I will try to continue to work for the Va as a Nurse but unfortunaley I am running out of time my knee is so bad that I can hardly walk any longer I also have just been diagnosed with service connected PTSD at 50% and I am having trouble sleeping and my anxiety level is hitting an all time high as of late and im in constant stomach pain due to my IBS its really awfully hard for me to get through just a normal day let alone smile. What do you suggest ? should I pursue a NOD DRO hearing like you mentioned? and also how would I get a va vocational rehabilitation letter ? should I pursue all of this once I leave my job for good? because I honestly think I might quit in the next 6 months for what it is worth I thank you very much for your response and trying to help me ! Happily Holidays Brother! Semper Fi Peter

HERE IS MY CONTENTIONS I JUST RECEIVED IN THE MAIL YESTERDAY THEY INCREASED MY RATING FROM 80% TO 90% I APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYABILITY ALONG WITH INCREASE OF ALL MY EXHISTING CLAIMS WITH A NEW CLAIM FOR PTSD THEY AWARDED ME 50% SERVICE CONNECTED PTSD AND THEY INCREASED MY IBS FROM 10% TO 30% SO HOW IS IT IF I AM AT 80% ? HOW CAN THEY JUST AWARD ME 90% WHEN I GOT AN INCREASE OF 50% PTSD AND AND AN INCREASE OF 10 TO 30% FOR MY KNEE? I WAS DENIED THE UNEMPLOYABILTY PROBEBLY BECAUSE I AM STILL WORKING BUT SOON I WILL HAV E TO QUIT MY JOB DUE TO MY DISABILITIES SERVICE CONNECTION FOR PTSD 50% (NEW CLAIM AWARD) IBS INCREASE AWARD FROM 10% TO NOW 30% SLEEP APNEA WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA 50% CONTINUED SUBLUXATION TO RIGHT KNEE 10% CONTINUED( PENDING DEVELOPMENT FOR PRIVATE TREATMENT RECORDS) DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE 10% CONTINUED( PENDING FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR PRIVATE TREATMENT RECORDS)

thanks guy wow it looks almost impossible by reading those combined ratings according to that chart that anyone can receive 100% I guess maybe after I leave my job due to not being able to work any longer then I will reapply for IUD maybe then I will get a good serious look and consideration after seeing I cant handle a full time job any longer thanks

Hello fellow vets I have an interesting dilemma if anyone can help me I would really appreciate it. here is my current ratings before I received my 10 % increase. sleep apnea 50%, irritable bowel syndrome 10% right knee subluxation 10% degenerative joint disease 10% for a total of 80% now in my new claim I applied for PTSD and was awarded 50% service connected and they even increased my IBS to 30% and they denied my unemployabilty mainly because I am still working but... my question is how come they only rated me at 90% but what they did was put my status from pending decision approval back to gathering of evidence phase but yet they decided on giving me a partial increase to 90% my claim is still open and it says for my 10% knee claim its continued pending development for private records does this mean that they want more evidence for an increase for my knee? Please help if you can I am barely holding onto my job due to my disabilities and I am missing a lot of work and soon I will have to throw in the towel because I just cant do this anylonger that's why I applied for an increase in the first place. thanks for listening Peter USN HM2