Mardela Vet

I have a question for those who have college age children. On the fasfa, do I have to include my disability money? Do I have to tell them my child will be receiving education benefits? Thanks.

Hello all. I am new to this, but let me offer up what I have done and my success. I have never filled out the forms they asked me too. I was medically discharged in 1997, and I applied for VA when I was out. I just sent a letter to my local office and they started the paperwork. They scheduled exams and such and gave me a low rating for somethings, and a 0% rating for my back (the worst problem). They gave me an xray that said nothing was wrong with my back. I sent them MRI that showed all the problems and wrote a letter stating I wanted a higher rating. They agreed without any exam. My total was 30%. My condition grew worse andbtween 2002 and 2005 I had three back surgeries. The last being a fusion of the lower three vertabrae and two disks removed. Between the second and third operation I wrote a letter and asked for an increase. They gave me an exam and gave me an increase to 60%. this took 4 months from my letter to receiving increase in money. I told them at the exam that in 4 months I was having my fusion done. After the fusion operation I wrote another letter stating I wanted another increase and requested 100%. I didn't specify PTIU although I hadn't worked for 9 months. After 8 months they said that I had been decided, but they wouldn't tell me over the phone what they decided. They said it was being held up by accounting because they originally figured my payback amount wrong and that once that was straight I would receive a letter. During this time I applied for VOC Rehab, since I didn't know if I would win. I got a call from the nice lady at voc rehab and she asked why I was applying for this since I was awarded 100% ptiu. I told her that I didn;t know and I applied for both just incase. About a week later I received my letter and saw alot of money go into my bank account. Currently i'm 70%, but 100%ptiu. I'm not really sure about what all the terms mean here. I never fill out the forms because they ask for releases of all my medical records. I want to be in control of what they get. I alway write letters. This has always worked. I call once a month, and when things take too long, I write and say I'm living off my charge cards, they are about maxed out and I don't know how much longer I can go. Seems to work for me. No hassles. And I deal with the Baltimore office which is pretty busy. I've been happy with them.