Temp 100% Convalescent Pay After A Surgery

[foleyj]

I submitted a claim for convalescent pay after spine surgery and the doctor put that I would be out for 3 months. I just received that payment, but it is a lower amount then I was told. I am rated at 60% with a spouse and one child. The 100% rate would be 2932.00. If I am doing the math correctly 2932.00-1129.00=1803.00. The difference is 1803.00 and that should be the amount that I should have gotten for the 3 months for a total of 5409.00. The payment that I received was 4335.00. Is this the way the VA calculates this, or is there a different rate table for this type of situation?

[AimHigh1986]

Good luck to you. What I don't understand in my situation is that the schedule of ratings for heart bypass surgery specifically states:

7017 Coronary bypass surgery:

For three months following hospital admission for surgery.......................................... 100

Seemed like a no-brainer to me, but I guess I was wrong.

[foleyj]

Good luck to you. What I don't understand in my situation is that the schedule of ratings for heart bypass surgery specifically states:

7017 Coronary bypass surgery:

For three months following hospital admission for surgery.......................................... 100

Seemed like a no-brainer to me, but I guess I was wrong.

Yeah you would think so. I have a feeling that they just automatically just give 2 months and then hope that you just get frustrated and forget about it. I can't seem to find anyone that actually understands the rating schedule. Good luck with yours.

[kookiebean2001]

What was the outcome?

[caubulldog]

Still waiting since 3/11 when I filed for a scope knee surgery and missed one month of work.Sent in with all evidence and no movement since then.