Tammy

Hi, I just wanted to let you kow we do hafe have an attorny for SSD cases and it will go to district court and he said he thought he has a good chance.

Can you tell me if my husband has all these disablities, what would be your guess at him getting SSD? He was denied the first time, denied on the reconderation, and denied on an appeal and now he is taking it to I believe District Court I don't believe its federal. Anyway 3 of the disablties he had were not yet diagnosied when he did the last appeal, the one for bilateral hearing loss, Chronic adjustment sydrome, and also an encrease in the loss of more urine control. But prior to that this is what he had when he filed the first time but now the last 3 i mention were not on there. So, I hope they will be taken into consideration since it was new diagnosis. He had during the frist hearings Disc sydrome 40% bladder condtion 20% but was increased last month to 40% chronic adjumstment sysdrome 30% which is also new and wasn't on the first papers arthritis fo the spine 10% IBS10% torn urether 0% PTIU and a special compensation for loss of use of his penis If someone could please give me a ideas if the last three diagonsis will help alot when we go to Federal district court oh is also was recently diagonosied with bilateral heearing loss. So please if anyone can tell me what that chances with the mental disorder and the bialteral hearing loss will hold alot more wt now when we go to court. Thank you so much for all who respond. Tammy

Hi and thank you for your guy words. My Sond did graduate and he had Family day on Thurdsay the 19 and he Graduated and 10 am on Friday. Than he was shipped to Abeerdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. I called him and he is a little disappointed because he doesn't get to start classes until the other guys come in because they picked so many and than they had to wait for antoher group to come in to start up again. So, he said it was worse than Basic and very boring. I told him to keep his chin up. Things will get better. But yes he did graduate this month. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know that you would of look for him if he hadn't of graduated...that sure is very sweet. I was real tickled to hear you say that. Tammy

Carlie, Thank you so much for that website and yes I was on here about a year ago and my husband got caught in between two 5 ton trucks and sqeezed up pretty badly. I am am just so upset over how to get the information for eveything and how to work this site. I did just recently got a new s/c disablity at 30% and and increase from 20% to 40% on his kidney the 30% was mental for chronic adjustment disorder. Thank you for your constructive critism in one of your post regarding my clarity...I will be writing a letter soon when I get the letter completed. Right now I am dealing with the Social Security and they denied my husband. This week we had to put our dog down after being a family member for nearly 17 yrs, he was a Malamute/German Shephard but he was a inside dog so he got to spend the cold days inside and the hot days in aircondioned house, but boy we miss him. We we just so blessed to have him that long but we knew it was time for him to go. although I just can't stop from thinking about him. anyway I will write more later. Thank you Tammy

Dear Peter, I hope I didn't sound like I was out there fishy for money so I could attend my son's graduation. That would be the last thing I would do on this website, we are all here trying to help people get money that is owned to them for all they did while serving our Country. The last thing I would want anyone to think was that I was pan handling. I am not concerned about the amount of money you get...and I hope you wouln't take my inventory and how much we recieve....You have no idea what my finiances are as I have no need to know yours. So, please if you had planned on doing something from the kindness of your heart thats one thing but to make me feel so bad because I didn't attend because my husband you assumed is paid at 100% shouldn't of been in the equation, or in your statement. I am sorry if I misunderstood you statement but when I read it over and over the hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm really got to me. I really am a very kind person but sometimes things hurt my feelings and that just happen to be one of them. I am very proud of my Son regardless. Thank you

Thank you all for all your advice and the kind words of encoragement, and I will be more careful and slow down and be have more clarity with my responces or rather questions, like one of the gentleman stated this can make a person crazy and seriously I think it does...LOL Believe me I am educated but when it comes to the VA it seems like I turn into a crazy person. Its so disappointing because I have been working on and off with this claim since 79 and my mind is running 100mph and my tying at 1 letter a minute and it is hard to get out what I want to say because typically its after I have recieved a letter from the VA. REgarding some of the questions, or children are 27 and 20 and as a matter of fact my Son will be graduating on the 20th of April out of BASIC and he is graduating with honors we are so proud of him, he made all the discissions on his own to joing the service and if we had the money I would love to go to Fort Knox, KY to see him graduate I know that would mean the world to him. But, I said all that to let you all know that I am going to be writing a very detailed letter explaining exactly what is happening with us. Like I stated we filed an EED and also a CUE for his back that was broke in 79 and they would not give him anything for his back until 2003 which was 40% when he did leave the service he filed right away and they did give him 10% for a torn ureter and nothing for his back or any other problems, than in 2000 they did another candp exam and they gave him 0 percent s/cd on the urether and gave him 10% on the back so we did gain income but they did recongnize his back. But, I will write the letter alot better when I can expain things. When he did get 40% 2003 and several other s/cd disabitis including loss of the use of an organ his pensis and he got the Permant unemployablity the letter I wrote back after getting the 100% money rate with a disagreement on the effectived date on his back not nothing else but they threw everything into a earlier effective date...so now with the CUE that hasn't came back yet which will any day now. The VA states he never filed for his back within a year and he did and we have no proof it looks like they said he just filed a claim on his ureter and that don't make sense. Anyone who has had a broken back knows what a person goes thru and they had him back doing PT after 2 week convelesant and he was compaining than and its noted in the entrance and exit exam that there was several things wrong with him after he was discharged. You know all the x rays reveal broken or rater fractured and that is how it is stated on the report but the VA never states it that way although the Doctors notes do. I find that odd. I am going to try real hard to get a hold of the police dpartment to get the accident report in Germany and someone ask if he was in a civilain hospital and that is correct. Also this hasn't been sitting around I have always been active on this but there was a time span I let it slide for a couple of years because I didn't know the regualtions like I do now. The biggest or rather greatest fear I have is that they will take the away our income and we have just started to get on our feet But there is a statement that has been made twice in the statement of case letter I got a couple of weeks when they were denied the earlier effective dates on his injuries which I believe he has 6 injuries which are service connected, but in the letter in states "Consideration has been given tot he exta schedular provions of 38 CFR 3.32(:D(1)This case does not present such an exceptional or unusual disability picture to warrant referral to the Director, Compensation and Pension Service, because the evidence does not show a marked interference with employment or frequent periods of hospitalizations due to service connected condition as to render impratical the application of the regualr schedular standards. The evidence doesn to demonstrates that you have unfavorable ankylosis of the entire throracomlumbar spine which would not be idicative of a higher 50 percent evaluation. The evidence demonstrates that your lumbar spine remains consistent with a 40 percent evaluation based on the rage of motion. What does that mean and is it bad I mean who is the Director, Compensation and pension Sevice? I Better stop and than I will do up my letter. Again thank you so much for all the answers and I am going to the websites the one with the infintry site he wrote and stated he could not help find anyone in my husband platton or anyone that might of been over there the same time he was, but I tried. Bye everyone and have a good day today.

I know my situations sounds mixed up and i am sorry i can't get my points accross but this week i plan to to have a complete history of what and when I got this disabities and all the things I need to look at all my paper work so my questions aren't all messed up. I know im pemant and totally disabled i get chapter 35 but now the kids are grown,that saved money on the tax payers. Thanks again for everyting. I do read everything that is posted, i do aplogize but some of tthe questions are difficult to explain. Tammy

I just need to learn all the things on this and learn the lingo and yes i do take all the advice I am so grateful for all the questions that are answered and that help mme I just don't know how to answer all the questions, I'm confused and a new be, sorry if i insulted anyone of you because i do read everything I recieved and us the advice. Thank you so much

I was the one to request an eaelier effective date and I did a cue also i got the statement of case on the increase in disablities and eaelier effective date but not the Cue regarding my back. I hope that turns into good news but i don't have the police report of the accident that happened to me in 1979 and i don't know how to get them in germany or if they still have them. I don't rememeher the guys name that was pinned with me. Thank you for your comment.

I am so sorry that i can't answer the questions because i don't how to post or where to post? I do appreicate everyone helpin me though. I am tryint to figure out the system. I don't know if TDUI is the same as permant disabilty because my husband get chatpter 35 benifits and house taxes paid are the words the same. that is another problem I have its hard to get my point accrossed. I don't know much of the lingo. I am so sorry because i do read everyones reply but don't know or where to answer the questions. I hopw I am doing that now. thank you so much

What is Smrs and could you tell me how to get there? Thank you