jerlor

Hopefully someone can help me with this question. My rate is 70% TDIU , but I have a letter from the VA stating that I am 100% permanent and totally disabled effective Sept. 1, 2010. My rating letter also stated " No examination will be scheduled in the future'' Will this proposed budget reduce my pay back to 70%. I am a 69 year old Vietnam Vet. Totally worried that this will pass. If I hear one more politician say they are for veterans, I will Puke. I wrote my Senator about this and got a form letter reply saying how he is for Choice care. Nothing mentioned about the budget proposal.

Not to sound stupid, but what is the SVR show?

I signed up for the $10,000 life Insurance policy, It states I must file a written application for a waiver of premiums and supply proof of disability. Can anyone tell me if my one page letter from the VA stating that I am 100% permanent and totally disabled be proof enough or would I have to supply the entire award decision? Also is there an application form I need to send with the proof? The letter from the National Service Life Ins. Policy has a PO box in Philly.Am I to assume that will be where I send the proof etc? Thanks for any help

My wife and I went to WPAFB today, we got ID cards and only had about a 5 minute wait. We then visited the commissary. Everything was great including the prices. Thanks for the info and the phone number.

I have been awarded 100% P&T, is the Life Insurance free to disabled veterans?

Thanks to all here at Hadit. Everyone here has been very helpful with real good advice. My cancer was AO related. I lost a vocal cord and part of my Larynx due to a couple surgeries for cancer. I can speak at about a whisper level. I was granted TDIU in Sept. 2010.I have been rated 100% P&T. I am very happy with my rating and don't plan to rock the boat - so to speak(Even though I can't) I just found out that it don't seem to take much to trigger a C&P exam. I am lucky to have a GREAT VSO to help me . I had all the paperwork stating I was 100% P&T with no exams scheduled in the future and still got scheduled. My VSO got it straightened out.

I went to visit my county VSO. He called the VFW and got everything taken care of. He is the greatest. I had been scheduled for a C&P by mistake. The VA called me to verify that my C&P had been canceled. I was awarded 100% P&T with no reviews scheduled in the future. My nerves are better now.

I haven't sent anything in, But all my follow up care is at the Dayton Ohio VA hospital. Would a check-up that I am required to have every 4 months trigger a C&P exam?

I hate to be a pest but my nerves are getting the best of me today and this place gives good advise and is very helpful so please bear with me. As stated earlier I got a call scheduling me for another C&P exam Feb8. It seems like I just got the letter stating that I had been awarded 100% TDIU. That letter arrived in my mail Sept.23,2010. The back page stated there would be no further exams scheduled. Here it is 4 months later and I have another exam. Is this what I can expect every few months? I receive SS disability and thought after two and half years of VA exams that I didn't have to worry that they would take away the TDIU and reduce my benefits. I am 63 years of age, my voice is about a whisper. The VA letter states that I am rates 60% larynx cancer residuals and 30 % for major depression. My C&P exam is for the throat, even though they don't usually send me to a ENT, the C&P doctor usually id just a regular MD. My question is, as hard as it was to get the TDIU, would they take it away so quickly. Also is there any way to find out why? I also got a letter stating I was 100& P&T. I thought that meant no more exams.I am very confused and hate to ramble but any help would be appreciated.

I was rated 70% and given 100% TDIU with no future exams scheduled. I also got a paper stating I was 100% P&T effective 9/1/10.Hope this helps.

I was Vietnam in country, Agent Orange related larynx Cancer if that is of any help.

I got a call this morning scheduling another C&P exam even though I have been awarded 100&P&t as of Sept. 10,2010 with no examinations scheduled in the future. Why would this happen?I am very worried.

Thanks for the advise my brother was also under the impression that he was not in long enough to apply for anything. Hadit was a huge help for me through the whole process, and I am trying to educate him that there is help out there. Again thanks all for your help.

He was discharged because as a draftee his surgery would not heal in time to be any use for the Army.

My brother was drafted into the Army around 1967, while on KP he got a hernia lifting a bag of potato's, he was operated on at Ft. Hood Texas and given a Honorable discharge after 4 months of service. He has had problems with scaring of intestine and resulting side effects ever since. My question , was he in long enough to file a claim with the VA?

I have been awarded 100% TDIU w/o any future exams. Although I have a 70% service connected disability. My wife gets Champ VA healthcare. My question is, do I have Armed Forces Commissary & Exchange privileges. If so, how do I go about getting to the PX? What proff will I have to provide and where do I get that proof? I live pretty close to wright Patterson Air Force Base. I do have the VA letter stating that I am 100% TDIU.

Thanks to all, my wife called the 800 number today and found out I am P&T. Everyone here is such a help. I will try to be of assistance when I can.

My paperwork says "No examination will be scheduled in the future". Is that a good thing?

Reply to Berta: I can speak a little above a whisper. My ratings are 30% for larynx cancer(Loss of vocal cord) and 40 % major depression.

Can anyone tell me if my wife can get health care through the VA. I am 100% TDIU and 70% service connected.

After my rating was increased to 70% due to appeal, the TDIU went rather quickly,I am 30% for Larynx cancer and 40% for major depression. I had 3 C&P exams, one for blood work, one with a ear nose and throat doctor and one with a shrink. All were very nice and listened to what my wife had to say. My VASO was also very helpful. I am thankful for all who post here. I read almost all post and got a lot of good advise. My experience with the VA has been a positive one. I am attending PTSD classes and trying to cope with the loss of vocal cords, my job etc. The TDIU sure is a big help. Good luck to all getting what is well deserved. My advise would be to be nice to the examiner, I think it is important for him to like you. It also helps to have all your ducks in order.

Good news today, 100% TDIU, thanks to all that post on this forum.Everyone replying have been very helpful.

I got the letter today and they rated me for only 30%. I don't understand how SS can disable me and the VA only rates 30%. That isn't even close to being on the same page. I would appreciate any advise about an appeal.

I had the C&P exam today, Not sure how it went. He wanted just the facts, like Dragnet he said.I tried to tell him I was awarded Social SAecurity disability but he was only interested in what he had to type in the computer. He didn't want any other paperwork. He completed the exam in 26 minutes and was very proud of the time. I don't know if that was normal or not. I did meet with my VARO and asked him to submit a claim for TDIU Jerlor

I am a Vietnam veteran (Proudly served in the Americal Division 1968-1969) I applied for benefits after I was was diagnosed with throat cancer and found out that type of cancer was on the Agent Orange list. I had a physical at the Dayton Ohio VA and was advised by the VA Dr. to apply for benefits.I was given a temp rating of 100%, I also applied for SS disability and was granted that in October. I am trying to find out what a C$P exam is like and what I would need to do to help retain my rating of 100%. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Jerlor