Unimployability From 90 Percent

[meggi]

Good afternoon fellow Vets. I have recently been changed to 90 % disabled. Actually, useing there math I am 93 %, but it rounds out to 90 %. My primary care doctor at the VA has just placed the following statement in my VA records:

"I have known Mr @@@@@@@ for approximately two years in the context of a doctor-

patient relationship and am quite familiar with his physical disabilities and

medical illnesses as well as his mental health problems. Given the totality of

his clinical picture, I have no hesitation in stating unequivocally that I feel

he is unemployable."

I signed a release at the VA so that my service officer VVA could get this information and send it in giving this as additional information. This was just sent in to the rating board to appeal the 90 percent ruleing. Now I thought that

this was significant and would hold a good deal of weight with the rating board. After reading some of the posts I see that this is not a sure thing?

When you send information to appeal a decision does the procedure take 8 months, just like the original request for an increase in percentage. I have heard it both ways, appeals are quick and the opposite?

Thanks for any help you can give me on this.

Tom

meggi@rochester.rr.com

[spike]

I think you will be just fine. Its not a hard decision to make for i/u especially if you have a doctors imo.

[Vike17]

As far as how long an appeals take, I've had them go through in as little as four weeks and take as long as 18 months. It just all depends how compklex your claim is and how backed up the Appeals Team is at your Regional Office. Did you also request a hearing with the DRO? If not, this may be a good idea to do so.

Vike 17