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BigDog

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  1. Does anyone know if you receive a HISA Grant if you loose the right to a SAH or SHA grant in the future? I want to apply for a bathroom remodel / modification for my father and don't want to stop his chance for a SAH or SHA grant when and if he needs one at a later date. Thanks in advance for reading and replying. BigDog
  2. Waiver of Premiums for Totally Disabled Veterans Under certain conditions, the basic S-DVI policy provides for a waiver of premiums in case of total disability. Policyholders who carry the basic S-DVI coverage and who become eligible for a waiver of premiums due to total disability can apply for and be granted additional Supplemental S-DVI of up to $20,000. Supplemental S-DVI The Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992, provided for $20,000 of supplemental coverage to S-DVI policyholders. Premiums may not be waived on this supplemental coverage. S-DVI policyholders are eligible for this supplemental coverage if: They are eligible for a waiver of premiums. They apply for the coverage within one year from notice of the grant of waiver. are under age 65 If I am reding this correctly the 1st $10,000.00 would have the premium waived and then you would be eligible to apply for a second amount up to $20,000.00 that you would have to pay for. Interesting I am reading it to say you can get $30,000.00 total. I never knew that till I looked this up .. lol
  3. Sorry I can not offer any advice on a insurance secondary to ChampVa. But you might want to check with your local / state Social Services agency for assitance. Three years ago my son was in the ICU the whole week of christmas with RSV. The total bill came to around 29k. We had limited insurance so out share was very large. The state picked up the tab under an Emergency Medicaid provision. It allows you to ask them to cover the bills for a single hospital stay as if you had medicaid. They simply used our income for that month as our deductible and they paid the rest. So our share of the bill came down to almost nuthing. It was a great help. Since medicaid is a federal program that is ran by the state, your state might also have the same Emergency type program. Hope this helps.
  4. Hello, Anyone here know the regs on your SSDI / SSA file? I called my local SSA office and asked about obtaining a copy of my file. The gentlemen at the local SSA office asked my why I needed the file and I told him it was for a VA claim. He explained to me that because I didn't have a legit SSA reason for the file he would have to charge me. He then said he would have to request my file from the main SSA office and when he received it he would have to count the pages to be copied and would call me with the amount I would need to pay to get the file. He said there was a per page charge that needs to be prepaid. He said it could take weeks to get the file and call me. He asked me why I wasn't calling the main SSA office in the capitol of our state and requesting the file from them. I told him his office was like 10 minutes form my house the other was 45 minutes away. I think he was just not happy that he had to actually do some work that day. Is this right? Should they be charging me for a copy of my file? Thanks in advance for taking the time to read or reply. Regards, BigDog
  5. I just found this also form the VA ratings schedule: 6260 Tinnitus, recurrent....................................................................... .................................... 10 Note (1): A separate evaluation for tinnitus may be combined with an evaluation under diagnostic codes 6100, 6200, 6204, or other diagnostic code, except when tinnitus supports an evaluation under one of those diagnostic codes. It sounds like to me you could be rated separately or combined depending on the situation.
  6. I am no expert, but I do have a family member that has Meniere's Disease. Unless someone knows otherwise, Meniere's can not be secondary to Tinnitus, actually Tinnitus would be secondary to Meniere's. I posted the VA rating section for Meniere's here for you. 6205 Meniere’s syndrome (endolymphatic hydrops): Hearing impairment with attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring more than once weekly, with or without tinnitus............................... 100 Hearing impairment with attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring from one to four times a month, with or without tinnitus.................... 60 Hearing impairment with vertigo less than once a month, with or without tinnitus........................................................................ ............................ 30 Note: Evaluate Meniere’s syndrome either under these criteria or by separately evaluating vertigo (as a peripheral vestibular disorder), hearing impairment, and tinnitus, whichever method results in a higher overall evaluation. But do not combine an evaluation for hearing impairment, tinnitus, or vertigo with an evaluation under diagnostic code 6205. It is my understanding that Maniere's Disease in and of itself actually means "A disease of balance (vertigo) with possible hearing loss, and other ear related issues, with no other identifyable cause". It is usually diagnosed by ruling out other balance diseases that have specific symptoms and causes. I can't help you with a possible service connected cause. I hope this helps some.
  7. I obviously had a brain lapse or something. lol It works for me now also. Thanks
  8. I must be doing something wrong.. This link is dead for me.
  9. My father applied for an increase in DMII for in March/2007. He had a C&P exam in May/2007. He received a Rating Decision in November/2007. In the "Reasons For Decision Section" I closely read the reasons. Under #3 "Evaluation of Neuropathy, Left lower extremity currently evaluated at 10 percent disabling" I found this sentence among the reasoning: "You were noted to have hammer toes and claw toes; you were unable to bend or flex the toes. The doctor attributed this finding as being likely due to the neuropathy." Under #4 "Evaluation of Neuropathy, Right lower extremity currently evaluated at 10 percent disabling" is states: "Please see neuropathy, left lower extremity for the discussion and examination findings." They denied an increase in severity for the neuropathy. My questions are : Should this be good enough to be considered an official diagnosis of Hammer Toes and Claw Toes / Claw Foot? Is the examiners statement as to it being likely due to his SC neuropathy goos enough for a SC nexus? Since the right is exactly the same as the left would this be bilatteral? Should this have been automatically adjudicated as a claim "inferred or implied" as it was a VA examiner that diagnosed it? Thanks in advance for reading and or replying!
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