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Carlos C. Parscal
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On 12/12/2022 at 8:26 PM, TexasTweener said:
I've been encouraged by a fellow Veteran and friend to apply for Housebound/SMC S.
I'm not sure I would qualify and don't want to tie up time and resources other Veterans need.
I'm TDIU P&T.
50% Depression
10% Right Shoulder
20% lower left leg radiculopathy
20% lower right leg radiculopathy
10% GERD
10 % Tinnitus
and a couple of 0% service connected.
Also I have/had non=service connected prostate cancer and I'm pretty much incontinent. I do have a AUS but it's not perfect.
I've been TDIU for over 10 years at this point.
Due to my back problems I have problems standing and walking. The time it takes to brush my teeth causes my back to start to spasm and hurt. I can normally get around the house without a cane but it I try and walk 50 yards I must have the cane to prevent my back from spasming and my legs to hurt worse.
My daily schedule is thus:
I get up in the morning, take the morning pills and make my way to my power recliner that I had to purchase with my own funds since the VA wouldn't provide one. I'll sit in my recliner for 1-2 hours and get up to eat breakfast. After breakfast it's back to the recliner. I'll get up a couple of times during the day to urinate. Once in a great while I'm able to help my wife with preparing dinner. I have to do so sitting at the table since I can't stand long enough to do much of anything. We're retired, no kids, so we eat dinner in the family room.
I'll maybe get up one more time between dinner and bedtime to use the restroom.
I spend around 11-12 hours a day in bed and the remainder in my recliner. All total through the day I might walk 75 yards. I only get out of the recliner for breakfast and head calls in a normal day.
In the past year I leave the house an average of three times per month. One of those visits is my outside pain doctor since the VA quit prescribing opiates. Usually one trip to Walmart with my wife, and one time a month for dinner out.
It's very hard for me to get around. Carrying a gallon of milk for a short distance is about all I can carry.
My wife has to put my socks on and take them off. She has to help me dress. I'm of Scottish heritage so I've taken to wearing a kilt since I can get that on myself. My wife has to help me bathe. She does all the housework, almost all the meal prep. She's a saint and I'd be lost without her.
I used to be pretty active. I'd go fishing once or twice a week. Go to the range once a week. None of it was easy but it kept me active. Now all that is a distant memory.
My friend and fellow Veteran tells me I am effectively housebound and that I should qualify for SMC S with no problem.
On 12/12/2022 at 8:26 PM, TexasTweener said:I've been encouraged by a fellow Veteran and friend to apply for Housebound/SMC S.
I'm not sure I would qualify and don't want to tie up time and resources other Veterans need.
I'm TDIU P&T.
50% Depression
10% Right Shoulder
20% lower left leg radiculopathy
20% lower right leg radiculopathy
10% GERD
10 % Tinnitus
and a couple of 0% service connected.
Also I have/had non=service connected prostate cancer and I'm pretty much incontinent. I do have a AUS but it's not perfect.
I've been TDIU for over 10 years at this point.
Due to my back problems I have problems standing and walking. The time it takes to brush my teeth causes my back to start to spasm and hurt. I can normally get around the house without a cane but it I try and walk 50 yards I must have the cane to prevent my back from spasming and my legs to hurt worse.
My daily schedule is thus:
I get up in the morning, take the morning pills and make my way to my power recliner that I had to purchase with my own funds since the VA wouldn't provide one. I'll sit in my recliner for 1-2 hours and get up to eat breakfast. After breakfast it's back to the recliner. I'll get up a couple of times during the day to urinate. Once in a great while I'm able to help my wife with preparing dinner. I have to do so sitting at the table since I can't stand long enough to do much of anything. We're retired, no kids, so we eat dinner in the family room.
I'll maybe get up one more time between dinner and bedtime to use the restroom.
I spend around 11-12 hours a day in bed and the remainder in my recliner. All total through the day I might walk 75 yards. I only get out of the recliner for breakfast and head calls in a normal day.
In the past year I leave the house an average of three times per month. One of those visits is my outside pain doctor since the VA quit prescribing opiates. Usually one trip to Walmart with my wife, and one time a month for dinner out.
It's very hard for me to get around. Carrying a gallon of milk for a short distance is about all I can carry.
My wife has to put my socks on and take them off. She has to help me dress. I'm of Scottish heritage so I've taken to wearing a kilt since I can get that on myself. My wife has to help me bathe. She does all the housework, almost all the meal prep. She's a saint and I'd be lost without her.
I used to be pretty active. I'd go fishing once or twice a week. Go to the range once a week. None of it was easy but it kept me active. Now all that is a distant memory.
My friend and fellow Veteran tells me I am effectively housebound and that I should qualify for SMC S with no problem.
According to your symptons, I recommend you see a neurologist. You have all the symptoms of Parkinsons diesease or Parkinsonissm. I have Parkinsons disease, with all your symptons. If you have Parkinsons, you will rated SMC L. aid and attendance. You can't get Housebound and A & A at same time. If you are a Vietnam veteran it's on the AO list.
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On 3/14/2022 at 7:46 PM, Russell R said:
Has anyone here had their AO Hypothyroidism claim settled? If so what was the rating?
Mine was rated May 2022 under the Nehmer review. I was denied in 2018. Nehmer rating 10 percent for continuous medication.
I guess they didn't see the other numerious symptoms. I filed a appeal that was a 100 percent claim.
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On 11/2/2021 at 12:54 PM, broncovet said:
Carlos...
We can not determine your effective dates or retro without a review of your file.
We need to know (at a minimum):
1. When did you first file for Agent Orange?
2. Were you a Nehmer Vet? (Usually this means boots on the ground Vietnam)
3. When did your doctor first say you had symptoms?
4. Did you first file within a year of exit from service?
5. Do you have NVLSP or some other law firm helping you? (You should, NVLSP gets paid, by the VA, under court order for Nehmer Vets, if I understand it correctly). To make sure, if you have not contacted NVLSP, and you are a Nehmer Vet, you should do so ASAP. Again, as part of the settlement for the Nehmer class action, Nehmer Vets get attorney fees paid by VA.
1. Hypothyrodism Feb 2016
2. Nehmer vet yes
3. Feb 2016 Hypo
4. Filed in 1979 discharged 1 Jun 79 bilateral hearing loss
5. No attorney. I am living overseas I don't need a attorney.
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I am 100 percent disabled. I was denied Hypothyrodism 2019. It is on appeal.
The VA added it as a new claim Jun 13, 2021. The claim is being reviewed under the Nehmer case, because VA added it to the agent orange diseases.
Since I am 100 percent when the claim is completd am I eligible for a rectroactive payment?
thank you
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What is the difference between SMC aid and attendance and pension for Parkinsons Disease?
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I have a appeal for hypothyrodism. It was passed into law Jan 1, 2021. with bladder cancer and Parkinsons symptoms. When is is added to the list what happens to my appeal?
You are rated 30 percent for six months. My appeal would of been a 100 per cent rating.
thanks
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SMC S1 housebound. Prostate cancer, surgically removed. Surgery was 13 months ago. No SMC K for loss and use. Another VA error.
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my appeal was closed. not being worked on. they shut the door. living overseas, getting the paperwork back to them in 30 is next to impossible, that's their goal I guess.
Housebound/SMC S question?
in SMC S
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According to your symptons, I recommend you see a neurologist. You have all the symptoms of Parkinsons diesease or Parkinsonissm. I have Parkinsons disease, with all your symptons. If you have Parkinsons, you will rated SMC L. aid and attendance. You can't get Housebound and A & A at same time. If you are a Vietnam veteran it's on the AO list.