Guest terrysturgis Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Welcome to the 100% P&T Club. May many more join our ranks soon. Congrats! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted December 18, 2009 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted December 18, 2009 It is a let down because permanent is permanent. Hope of rehabilitation is gone. I think Larry is right that if you can find something to do where you can keep trucking you will be better off. Remember, that this is the Christmas blues time of the year. I did not like my job, but I liked working. It gave me structure. Now I have to invent my own structure. I will be 60 years old in a few weeks. The VA compensation plus SSD is more than I made when working and much more than my retirement would have been if I had kept working. Still, I would rather have been able to keep working. It does not always work that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 This is GREAT! And down the line-if any disablities you claimed could cause possibly your death- best to get a rating as SC -if possible- in your lifetime for them. BUT Meantime RELAX- we wait so long that it often takes time for an award to sink in and realize we can put down the weapons for a while. But It all causes battle fatigue. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlie Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Boon, Check out your additional VA and State benefits for 100 % P&T. carlie Carlie passed away in November 2015 she is missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfire27 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Congratulations on your rating. Just thought I would let you know......You can apply for Independant living services, through Vocational rehab through the VA. There is info here on Hadit about that under Voc Rehab on the main forum page. They can help you out with learning new hobbies and the supplies you need for it, this can help to fill you time and keep you mind and body busy, it's a really good program my husband learned to be a jeweller through this program and they bought all the stuff, and his feels a little more useful. It really helped him overcome the idea of being permanently disabled and continues to keep him busy. Good Luck and enjoy your retirement! :-) We are a Vietnam vet and vet's wife, we are not lawyers or VSO's we're just learning as we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimHigh1986 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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