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i'm a marine vet. 04 to 08 (machinegunner). Did 3 tours.2 iraq, 1 afghanistan. Got was in a n humvee roller and was ejected over 25 foot embankment. got a grade 3 concussion and lower spine injury. on my first employment in fallujah that happened. My 2nd deployment i my humvee was blown up. got another grade three conccuson. i got slammed in the side and it about torn my left pec off. my jaw got messed up too. Third deployment was a no injurys :D ! I saw a lot of stuff as did most so now i have a lot of ptsd symptons. a gaf of 40. My decisions for service connection on first clame was 50% ptsd, 20% T.b.i., 20 % lowerback. 20% hearing, 10% tinnitus, 20% left pec or shoulder and 10% tmd, some jaw clicking thing and like 3 other 0% stuff ..so with therr math tota is 80%. I put in increase for back, tbi and ptsd all have gotten worse. Versy suicidal and flashbacks alot. memor y problems too. The thing is i work though. I think i could work if i were a vegstable. always push through you know. But its getting tougher. well my question is if they dont grant me an increase enough to get 100% what would you do if you were in my shoes. my brain doesn't work well like it used to so i need advice. I would want like to have 100% so wife and daughter health insurance is in then. I just want some advice thanks. Semper Fi

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Well i've been soaking up advice since august of 08. It has helped me alot with my the claims i put in. I was in the Marine Corps august 16th 2004-august 16th 2008. I went on 2 deployments to fallujah and 1 deployment to afghanistan, All as a 0331 (machinegunner). 8 months ago i was awarded a combined total of 80% for t.b.i. from an IED explosion and a highback humvee rollover where i was in the back and was ejected over a 25 foot embankment and was knocked out and got my back messed up also. my other claim was for my back. I put in a claim for ptsd, tinnitus, hearing loss,. I had medical records for everything, 2 combat action ribbons and i sent the va as evidence the read up for my NAM(navy and marine corps accomidation medal) which said right on it that it was awarded for my actions that directly resulted in the killing of insurgents in 3 seperate attacks on my platoon. Im currently trying to get my ptsd increased from 50% to a hundred. and I am trying to get my tbi higher also, its only at 10%. so since after my awarding i had 2 seizures i think they should raise it. my memory and thinking ability is sh*t. well thats me in a nut shell. Im kind of messed up in the head but this web sight lays it out dummy proof for me so i like it. I read a lot of topics on people getting lowballed, but it didn't happen to me, well i guess it did cuz i should have been a hundred off the bat! well i guess im done now. semper fi...