snomanx3

Thank you all for the help! You all are very kind and considerate here in this forum. Im not sure I want UI. But ill tell you im not sure I am capable of actually working. I cant be around a lot of people. I have ptsd from Iraq. I was a corpsman and ive seen the most horrible injuries ill ever see, plus being shot at everyday. I havent worked since leaving the Navy. Its kind of driving me nuts. I cant even shop at the commisary.... I feel like a bomb is going to go off in there...so i shop at small markets with less people. Rway I was rated with three diagnosis from the Navy %20 %10 %10= 40% TDRL The VA rated me %20 %10 %30 for the Navy rating....I thought VA doesnt rate Military ratings?? VA gave me also %30 for something else and a bunch of %10 and %0 ones... VA total %80 I think I will fight for the 100% from the VA So wont the VA pay me for everything except for the military ratings? 40% TDRL is half my active duty pay, minus that from my va pay is what VA will send me... right? 1650(Navy)-1450(VA)= -200 So VA wont send me anything?

Hello all =) I was discharged 40% tdrl from the Navy in Nov06. I applied for a VA claim Apr06 and finally got back my final rating of 80% service connected. Dfas sent me a letter in Dec06 that my retirement rating is 100% and back payed me to Nov06. The dfas check is more then what the VA is going to send. So now im confused because I was told that the VA will recieve the 40% from the Navy until the "severence" amount is paid. Then I would get only a check from the VA. With the tdrl thing of 40% and seeing the dfas letter saying im 100%... maybe its the tdrl with the VA(40% +80%)? I thought the VA doesnt rate diagnosis that the Military rates you for? Am I only going to get one check or two checks with the Navy check being reduced? I was only in for 13 years, Iraq x2. So I dont think im eligible for cdrp or cdrc. I hope to get my VA rating to 100%, so many evaluations were in the grey area and close to increases. Im so miserable and in pain 24/7 taking vicodin to survive. ugh....