ptsd Ptsd

[grent]

HI GOOD AFTERNOON. MY CURRENT RATE IS 100% P AND T JUST GOT REMOVED FROM TDIU BOUT YEAR AGO

MY PROBLEM IS THIS ONE OF MY SC'S WAS FOR MOOD DISORDER THEN THE VA DID AN OOPS RECLASSIFIED ME TO 70% PTSD.

I KEEP APPEALING AND SHOWING MY LIFETIME GAF OF 40 PLUS MY VO-REHAB DISMISSAL LETTER SAYING IM NO LONGER ABLE TO STAY IN THE PROGRAM PLUS ALL MY PYSCH REPORTS STATING I SHOULD BE 100% PTSD

VA STILL CONTINUES TO LEAVE ME AT 70% WHEN IN FACT OTHER VETS GET 100% PTSD FOR GAF OF 55 OR HIGHER

BUDDY MINE SAID JUST KEEP APPEALING EVENTUALLY VA WILL WAKE UP SMELL THE COFFE

ANYONE HERE STUCK IN THIS SITUATION OR FINALLY GOTTEN 100% PTSD

ILL BE GLAD WHEN I FINALLY GET ADVANCED TO 100% PTSD

ANY THOUGHTS HERE THANKS

GT

[LarryJ]

I don't understand. You say you are 100% P&T.

Then you say that you "just got removed from TDIU a year ago"?

I don't quite follow you, for, if you are 100% P&T, why would the PTSD 70% rating matter that much?

And, no, I know of no person that has received 100% PTSD simply based on a GAF "score", and certainly never ran across anybody that was granted 100% PTSD on a GAF of "55 or higher".

Your post leaves me scratching my head...............I'm sorry.

[john999]

Are you trying for SMC housebound? Is that why you want 100% for PTSD? If you were 100% for mood disorder and then DX'ed as being 70% only for PTSD that makes no sense. The criteria for 100% for MMD and for PTSD is the same. Total social and occupational impairment.

[grent]

I WAS ON TDIU BUT CONTINUED TO FILE FOR OTHER SC'S THAT FINALLY GOT APPROVED

THEN I GOT ANOTHER RATING DECISION THAT SAID I AM 100 % P AND T

[LarryJ]

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[Philip Rogers]

I'm w/Larry. ???? If you're receiving 100% pay what's the difference? If you're receiving TDIU it is unlikely you'll get increased from 70% to 100%, for PTSD, as the pay is the same. jmo

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Edited September 9, 2010 by Philip Rogers

[vaf]

OK, this is a guess, but here goes...

I think he means he was TDIU at 70%, but had other disability claims pending that eventually were granted service connection, thus qualifying him for a 100% schedular rating. The VA then removed him from TDIU status, gave him a 100% schedular rating and made it permanent and total.

He may be pursuing a 100% rating for PTSD possibly for housebound benefits.