grent

HELLO, MY PRIVATE DOCTOR RECENTLY WROTE A PRESCRIPTION FOR WHEEL CHAIR TWO MONTHS AGO. I REQUESTED THE CLOTHING ALLOWANCE PERMANENTLY TO BE AWARDED TO ME THROUGH MY LOCAL VARO. I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. ARE OTHER VETERANS HAVING THE SAME DIFFICULTY AS ME IN REGARD TO THIS CLOTHING ALLOWANCE ISSUE. I HEARD THAT REQUEST DOES NOT GO TO THE VARO BUT TO AND ONLY TO THE ORTHOPEDICS CLINIC @ VA HOSPITAL IN MY AREA? SHOULD I RE-SUBMIT 21-4138 OR DO I USE A SPECIAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE REQUEST SLIP? CAN YOU HELP ME IN THIS MATTER? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. GRT PS, SAD TO HEAR NO COLA AGAIN THIS YEAR.

ABOUT 10 SCS FOR A TOTAL OF 100% P AND T IF A VETERAN HAS LEFT LEG DAMAGE FROM SPINAL CONDITIONS AND LEFT ARM PARALISIS FROM IN SERVICE INJURY CAN SHE RECEIVE SMC O / P THKS GT

HI I WENT BACK THEIR AT 0430 TODAY AND IM ABLE TO START LOOKING AT CASES AGAIN SO IT LOOKS LIKE ITS FIXED THKS GT

THANKS SO MUCH I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK AT CASES AND NOTHING IS COMING BACK BUT ZERO I HAVE A 1 800 BVA WASH DC WILL CALL THEM TOMORROW AND I WILL REPOST ANY INFO I GET FROM THEM HERE SO I KNOW YOU GOT IT MY BVA CASE IS BEEN PENDING NOW FOR TWO YEARS I CALL THE LAWYERS NEVER IN NEVER CALL ME BACK WILL TALK TO YOU TOMORROW ON WHY THE BVA OR THE BVA SAID TO ME ABOUT SEARCH CASES NOT WORKIN THANKS AGAIN GRT

IM HAVING TROUBLE PULLING UP CASES ON THE BVA SITE I TRY USING SEARCH IN THE UPPER FAR RIGHT AND THEN THE BAR OFF TO THE LOWER LEFT AND NOTHING COMES BACK CAN SOME ON PLEASE HELP ME OR SHOW ME HOW TO LOOK UP CASES FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE CERVICAL AND LUMBAR ISSUES ON THE BVA AITE VERY DIFFICULT TO USE I CLICK ALL YEARS NOTHING COMES BACK THX GRT

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE FORUM. IF A VETERAN HAS ALREADY BEEN RATED FOR CERVICAL AND LUMBAR INJURIES AND HAS ANOTHER SEPERATE 100% SC CAN THE VETERAN RECEIVE SMC IF THE LUMBAR AND CERVICAL ISSUES ARE CAUSING HIM URINARY, BOWEL AND WALKING PROBLEMS IN THAT HE HAS TO RENT A WHEELCHAIR OR WALKER TO GET AROUND ? THNKS GRT

I HAVE A QUESTION ON HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. IF A VETERAN HAS HAD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AS SECONDARY TO BEING AWARDED CERVICAL AND LUMBAR SERVICE CONNECTION IN OTHER WORDS>>>>>>>> COULD THE VETERAN RECEIVE 100% RATING FOR THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SINCE HIS CHRONIC BACK PAIN BOTH CERVCIAL AND LUMBAR PAIN WHICH HE IS SERVICE CONNECTED FOR ALREADY IS CAUSING THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HE IS ON HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATIONS ALREADY???? THANK YOU GRT

if a veteran is scheduler 100% P and T and one of his sc's is 100% PTSD can a veteran work and make as much as he wants?? Or if he does work can the VA move to suspend, reduce or take away any SMC or any K awards i know if you have A and A attached to SMC I think i read you cannot work but if you do no have an A and A and just have SMC without an A and A award you can work and make as much as you want could the forum please clarify my question I hear a lot of information but not sure if tis correct. Thk you again Gt

I would like to know after a veteran gets a Bachelors Degree can he still re-apply to voc rehab for graduate school? how long does a veteran have before his voc rehab expires? thx gt

Most of the cases i read @ bva web site end with bva judge saying complete social and occupational impairment veteran is here by awarded 100% PTSD the doctors who comment seem to by pass the anger issues and focus on whether a veteran is able to1 maintain relationships and be 2 able to work in a work type setting when he is not able to then he is awarded 100% but in my opinion i would say the underlying causes for that could be anger and poor behavior or what VA terms as loud out burst of anger or innapproriate behavior i see what your saying i agree thks gt

I have a question for the HADIT Forum. My question is this regarding PTSD if i veteran meets only one of the 38 CFR criteria for 100% rating for PTSD can he be awarded 100% PTSD? Yes or No? If say for instance a veteran meets only the social occupational aspect where by he cannot secure gainful employment due to difficuly in adapting to stressful circumstances (including work like setting); inability to establish and maintain effective relationships, should not the veteran be awarded a 100% PTSD rating?? or does the veteran have to meet more than one of the 38 CFR requirements to be awarded 100% PTSD one final note if a vet is already 70% PTSD will that work in his favor to add to his request for 100% PTSD or not? and then based on the new laws for SMC i think its Bradley v Peak case law I think Berta mentioned this case law----- if the vet is awarded 100% and has another rating at 60% or even a couple of 30% sc's or say couple of 40% sc's does the VA now have to try to see if they can qualify the vet for SMC plus some SMC K awards I would like to hear from the HADIT forum in relation to this issue. Thanks again grt

my question is this If the VA suspends a veterans benefits do they have to send the veteran a letter or do they just go ahead and suspend his benefits in other words if they are going to reduce you have 60 days to respond do you have 60 days to respond before they suspend benefits thx

HERES WHAT WILL HAPPEN THE VA WILL HAVE TO AWARD ME 100% PTSD BASED ON MY SOCIAL SITUATION WHEN THAT HAPPENS BRADLEY V PEAK AND THE OTHER NEW LAWS REGARDING SMC SHOULD KICK IN AND I WILL BE REVIEWED FOR SMC BASED ON MY SMC ISSUES WHICH I WILL HOPEFULLY GRANTED AFTER YOU ARE REMOVED FROM TDIU AND GRANTED 100% P AND T THEIR ARE ONLY CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU ARE GRANTED SMC I FEEL CONFIDENT IN READING ALL THE OTHER POSTS THAT FOLLOW ALONG THE SAME AREAS AS MINE FOR ME ITS NOT A QUESTION OF HOW ITS JUST A MATTER OF WHEN THANKS I CAN SEE WHERE I AM HEADING NOW

the va mis diagnosed me and said i have mood disorder then later down the road they re-classified my mood as PTSD and gave me 70% when in fact based on my not being able to obtain gainfull employment because of my PTSD the va should have given me 100% PTSD THAT DIDNT HAPPEN I GOT 70% PTSD THATS ABOUT TO CHANGE !! now the laws changed once they give me 100% Ptsd they will have to consider smc but going back when i was removed from TDIU and granted 100% P and T (70% PTSD included) the VA should have considered SMC and going back even further if i read the law right when I was placed on TDIU at that point VA should have considered SMC THAT DIDNT HAPPEN EITHER it s really nothing major everyone i talked TO tells me just to keep re-filing for the 100% PTSD and eventually i will get it JUST LIKE ALL MY OTHER VET FRIENDS DID THEY WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING The reason why i will get is because of "CONTINUITY OF CASES." THE REASONING HERE IS IF YOU DO IT FOR ONE YOU DO IT FOR ALL I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT I KNOW AT SOME POINT I WILL GET IT JUST LIKE I KNOW I WILL GET SMC ITS NOT A QUESTION OF HOW OR WHY ITS JUST A MATTER OF WHEN I CAN WAIT THEM OUT THATS ALL !

I was on tdiu then i filed some more claims based on lost records and i told the VA my mood was not mood but PTSD months later without even telling me brown envelope comes in the mail and it brown envelope does not say hi hello you are kicked off tdiu it drabbles on in the VA mumbo jumbo legal dictum so i had to call DAV and they told me I was removed from TDIU granted 100% P and T and my mood was re-classified as PTSD but only at 70% because during that time frame VA put a directive out to all VARO's NO MORE 100% PTSD because VA started to see a spike in 100% PTSD awards friend of mine said yeah of course VA saw a spike in 100% PTSD claims because at that time 2 things happened the law changed on PTSD and a lot of troops were going to and returning from Afgahnistan and Iraq and a lot of troops were going to counseling seesions like mine and those sessions the out patient vet PTSD group sessions i went to were completely filled up. In the intrem of this mess i met a viet nam friend in one of my vet sessions and he looks over the new decision i got he tells me the va is way off base in fact the VA did not look at the whole picture in regard to my PTSD and in fact because i cant go back to work because of my PTSD plus having a GAF of 40 not only should the VA have awarded me 100% for PTSD but in fact should have considered and awarded SMC because also the law changed on vets who got and approached 100% scs in regard to SMC so now i have re-applied again for 100% PTSD and the SMC denial is on appeal timely appealed form 9 @ the BVA The issue here is actually three things as i see it maybe im wrong correct me if i am first PTSD was on the TV a lot in 2000 not only for the military but work in general, then the VA started giving extremely high awards for PTSD then a directive got sent to all VARO's to stop awarding 100% PTSD awards then after that happened the law changed on PTSD and the VA based on the complete medical record and new law that if only one of the conditions is met in my case not able to substantially secure gainfull employment and its because of PTSD then the veteran is awarded 100% PTSD but that did not happen to me i got 70% BO BO BO Of course chronic pain FROM MY APPROVED STRESSOR causes high blood pressure which in turn causes depression but thats only one small part of my PTSD picture va failed to catch the fact i cannot "SECURE GAINFULL EMPLOYMENT" its my opinion I have met the standard for 100% PTSD so now i have to wait but its based on federal law and continuity of cases if you do it for one you have to do it for all but to comment further most service organizations and veterans i have talked to feel that if only one of the conditions is met for 100% then the veteran is should be awarded 100% PTSD if not then the whole psychological record should be re- evaluated to see if the veteran can still qualify for 100% PTSD and then if that happens then the question is because the law changed on smc awards then the VA would have to consider elegibility for smc after the decision was made to grant 100% PTSD i think now law changed va has to consider smc on all award s even approaching or definately at 100% either tdiu or schedular here again correct me if im wrong thats how i see the PTSD issue on 100% PTSD awards but here again i could be completely wrong and off base no problem correct me if i am but i would like to see more articles and hear what other veterans are going through or have gone through with PTSD awards I try to read as much as i can on PTSD and try to piece together how the rating law applies to me. thks grt

I am currently 70% for PTSD my question is this If one of the requirements is met for 100% PTSD ----- I E ---- 1889 38 CFR 4.16 a mental disorder precludes a veteran from securing or following a substantially gainfull occupation the mental disorder shall be assigned a 100 % evaluation under the appropriate diagnostic code their fore since i cannot secure a substantially gainfull occupation because of my PTSD my 70% PTSD should be moved to 100% PTSD. I don't believe all the requirements have to be met to get 100% for PTSD whats your opinion on this matter any comments would be greatly apppreciated. Have read soldiers guide for PTSD that helped me get my 70% thanks grent

i have quick question i am currently 100% P and T if approved how much would i get permonth for A and A thanks

I would like to know about the white envelop vs brown envelope every time i get an envelop from VA good or bad its always brown i see posts on the white and brown whats the differance? thks gt

My doctor has prescribed wheel chair for me my doctor has precribed leg brace for me i kept sending in the copies of the RX to the VA VA has not answered me on the clothing allowance i guess that will come up at the BVA hearing since i will be appearing in abstentia my lawyer will be their any thoughts?? i guess if you have a BVA hearing everything stops on your pending claim and the VA just waits until the BVA makes a decision thks gt

thank you this case was excellent gt

i was on tdiu i continued to file for other sc those sc were granted and at that point my mood disorder was re-classidfied as ptsd 70% then after that i was removed from tdiu and granted 100% P and T i am currently filing for smc and housebound my question is this since i have total occupational impairment from my scs should the va move my 70% ptsd to 100%???? also would like to know if i am granted 100% ptsd can i work if possible?? thank you for your help

my question is since the va said we are reclassifying your mood to ptsd and we are moving your 50 % mood to 70% ptsd if i am awarded 100% ptsd will that count towards my request to be considered for smc???????????? my reasoning is because 100 P and T or 100% tdiu cant be used for smc unless you have 1 sc rated 100% now my next question for ptsd i am at 70% PTSD currently in my 214138 i stated to the VA and to my lawyer that my PTSD should be granted at 100% level because in march of 1989 38 CFR was amended to add subsection c stating in cases in which the only compensable service connected disability is a mental disorder which pre-cludes a veteran from securing or following a substantial gainfull occupation the mental disorder shall be assigned a 100% percent evaluation under the appropriate diagnostic code (please note ptsd is not my only sc i have a lot of other scs as well) which my PTSD has prvented me from doing key wording and factor precludes vet from following securing gain full occupation if you could respond to my ptsd argument that woud be great yes im applying for SMC thank you for your help gt

would my damged spine also be taken into consideration plus the fact i am in a wheel chair and have trouble going to the bathroom im trying to get assistance at home thanks