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From 20 Percent To 80 Percent.................

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LarryJ

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If Larry submits another peice of evidence to get the IU then the VA will use the date of that evidence to grant IU. They are miserable and tricky. When you need the money most fall into the trap. That is exactly what they did to me. I had an appeal in the hopper for a few years and then submitted some additional evidence and bingo I got 70% and then IU and the date was the new evidence.

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Congratulations Larry! sorry to hear about your mdd, but the 70% sc rating seems to balance out the diagnosis a bit, eh?

John, I wonder what "another" peice of evidence Larry needs to submit? Maybewe should ask Larry to describe what he submitted for tdiu, then go from there. Also, John, what per chance did you submit that put your tdiu claim over the top? Just a curious and supportive cowgirl here. best to ya'all, cg

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If Larry submits another peice of evidence to get the IU then the VA will use the date of that evidence to grant IU. They are miserable and tricky. When you need the money most fall into the trap. That is exactly what they did to me. I had an appeal in the hopper for a few years and then submitted some additional evidence and bingo I got 70% and then IU and the date was the new evidence.

For my children, my God sent husband and my Hadit family of veterans, I carry on.

God Bless A m e r i c a, Her Veterans and their Families!

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Just received the big white envelope..........finally.

Received 70 percent for MDD.

Brings me to 80 percent.

I had also asked for TDIU, which they denied (I'm receiving SSDI strictly for the same condition.....all SC'd). I sent them my Social Security "award" paperwork back in 2003......then re-sent it last year and included the fact that I was drawing SSDI for my SC'd disability and pointed out that they HAVE the SSDI papers and have had them for 5 years.

Looked at the evidence that they showed that they had made their decision(s) on.....not a word about my Social Security disability award.

They didn't EVEN mention it.

Now I think that that is ridiculous, if not blatantly criminal.

But, of course I'm crazy.....OFFICIALLY CRAZY as of today!!

Oh, well. Time to slip another round in the chamber.......NEVER QUIT!

LarryJ,

Congratulations!!!!!

You are correct, NEVER QUIT! I am learning to keep pushing until they give us what they are supposed to.

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Larry congrats. Great job - I am just sorry that you had to fight an almost one sided system. They try to make vets who filed and obtained their just benefits feel as though they assisted them. Assisted them, hmmmmmm let me see. Nope as I followed your posts I don't remember seeing any VA assistance there. You fought and served your country, I just hate having to use the words fight or fought when a veteran obtains their earned benefits. However, your fought a good battle and once again you succeeded. Great job. Keep going and you will get the rest of your earned benefits my friend.

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Thanks, Gulls and Bouys!

Ya know what they are gonna do, don't ya?

They are going to MAKE me send in ANOTHER copy of my SSA award.

They are going to say that they have NEVER received it, although I have sent them THREE copies.

They are goint to then, after they receive my FOURTH copy, give me an effective date of when they FINALLY receive my FOURTH copy.

dem dirty rats!

"It is cold and we have no blankets.

The little children are freezing to death.

My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death.

I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find.

Maybe I shall find them among the dead.

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Chief Joseph

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Boy-wuth the awards here lately I think the VA is breaking new wind!

ooops ground---

Larry! Ask them for a Reconsideration-

I have giving advise here many times on how to wrote this letter-

it des not stop the NOD clock so mark your calendar and Tell them again that you get SSA for the MDD.

And you are bonafide, certified, and totally disabled by it-

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

(PS does the SSA award letter actually say MDD? they might need those actual records from SSA)

It should- my husband's said PTSD

Dont feel bad- I had to send Rod's autopsy 12 times !!!!!!!!

Of course it was the most important piece of evidence for my 1151 claim.

GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !

When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief

Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was

simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."

Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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