tdiu 100% Schedular Permanent & Total

[bigoc]

Does anyone have or have any experience with 100% P&T schedular.  

I know some would suggest to go for the individual unemployability route but I am not interested in this.  I also hear that 100 schedular is near impossible, I am not interested in this view as I am almost there, even with VA math.

I still able to work but I have a multitude of disabilities incurred in service and I am in the process of getting my claims fully rated as I am lowballed or denied for a few.  Once everything is fixed up according to the VA's own rating criteria I will be 100% schedular.  

So I just wanted to know if anyone has any experience in getting their 100 schedular P&T.  Or any experience with the 100 schedular issue in general.  Nothing against the individual unemployability folks, this is just not my situation. 

[bigoc]

Thanks for the words of encouragement.  And I hear you with the process going soothly(sarcasm).  I have prepared myself for a long process.  I started out with no idea how to submit a claim.  Put in a really poorly put together claim and got 60%.  Now I am educating myself with the help of this platform and other sources of info and I hope to gain much more with a better understanding of the process.  I am trying to get to that 100% mark and then I will hope to feel a sense of completion.  I am helping many other friends of mine with their claims locally and it does give you good feeling helping others.

I think there is a sense that because you can work you do not warrant a 100% rating.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Some veterans before a disability may be able to achieve an annual income of $100,000+.  No one, not even our current government has the ability to tell you what income you are entitled to earn.  Employment income and VA disability income are two separate sources not to be confused.  That is why the VA system is based on specifically how the condition with the use of ability to earn income(VA verbiage specifically: "loss of earning") as a secondary factor is used only in some conditions.  SSDI is based off loss of ability to work and not primarily evaluating the condition.  SSDI cases usually have more to do with showing a loss in ability to keep gainful employment.  And if you will notice there is no specific dollar amount mentioned anywhere in the VA rating system except with TDIU ratings.

Let no one forget what this whole system is about... compensating veterans for their service to this great country and injury they may have incurred in that service.  I think some get this system confused with the social security system.  

Long tangent, I do appreciate everyones help and support with all of these issues.

[carlie]

I think there is a sense that because you can work you do not warrant a 100% rating.  

I don't feel that way at all - heck, you can bet your bottom dollar

that if I were VA 100 % schedular and could still hold employment,

I would surely be doing that.

Employment income and VA disability income are two separate sources not to be confused.

You are right about this.

SSDI is based off loss of ability to work and not primarily evaluating the condition.  SSDI cases usually have more to do with showing a loss in ability to keep gainful employment. 

In all of the SSDI cases I've seen to include mine -- all medical conditions

are brought into the SSA adjudication process and highly evaluated on the effect

the condition's have on employment.

Let no one forget what this whole system is about... compensating veterans for their service to this great country and injury they may have incurred in that service.  

Yes, you are correct,

"this whole system is about... compensating veterans for their service to this great country and injury they may have incurred in that service."

Something I have realized though is that the VA disability claims adjudication

process - has many problems in it - thousands of claimant's with solid claims

get denied or lowballed for various reasons.

I think some get this system confused with the social security system.

There maybe a few here that have certain aspects of VA and SSA a bit

confused - but I feel most here are quite well versed in the difference of

the two.

carlie  

Edited October 12, 2009 by carlie