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Vet Service Rep Says Leave Well Enough Alone

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Awarded 100% P & T. Have many other illnesses that could account for additional SC. Advised by vet.rep to just let it go since I am not scheduled for any further examinations. In other words...don't rock the boat, leave well enough alone so your file doesn't get brought back up for review. That makes sense and you don't exactly get more than 100%. In otherwords is it worth the risk?

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Tell the service rep he is an lop eared idiot.

If you have 100 percent and you have more issues to service connect than you should service connect them. If you have a non service connected condition that should have been service conencted and you die in a couple of years from it, your survivors will get aquat.

There is also the factor that if you have a total disability and another one that equals 60 percent, you qualify for a special monthly compensation or SMC S which is around 300 additional dollars per month.

Your VSO just wanted you out of his hair.

You are entitled to service connect every illness that is related to service.

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A Veteran is a person who served this country. Treat them with respect.

A Disabled Veteran is a person who served this country and bears the scars of that service regardless of when or where they served.

Treat them with the upmost respect. I do. Rejection is not a sign of failure. Failure is not an option, Medical opinions and evidence wins claims. Trust in others is a virtue but you take the T out of Trust and you are left with Rust so be wise about who you are dealing with.

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It depends. If there is the chance of a widow, or of going downrange from one of your non-SC conditions, Id get the worst of them on the list, even at 0%.

The Earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound.Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a book,and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching. --17 different possible sources, all lacking verifiable attribution.

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M.S.Ed. Purdue University, Instructional Development and Technology, Feb. 2021

M.S. Purdue University Information Technology/InfoSec, Dec 2022

100% P/T

MDD

Spine

Radiculopathy

Sleep Apnea

Some other stuff

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M.S. Instructional Technology and Design- Purdue University 2021

 

(I AM NOT A RATER- I work the claims BEFORE they are rated, annotating medical evidence in your records, VA and Legal documents,  and DA/DD forms- basically a paralegal/vso/etc except that I also evaluate your records based on Caluza and try to justify and schedule the exams that you go to based on whether or not your records have enough in them to warrant those)

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That SMC "S" or any SMC contributes to DIC. That is well worth it if you leave someone behind. $295 tax free is actually worth around 450 of earned income. I am trying to get it and I have been P&T for 9 years.

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Awarded 100% P & T. Have many other illnesses that could account for additional SC. Advised by vet.rep to just let it go since I am not scheduled for any further examinations. In other words...don't rock the boat, leave well enough alone so your file doesn't get brought back up for review. That makes sense and you don't exactly get more than 100%. In otherwords is it worth the risk?

Once a veteran is rated 100% service connected, the only claims that really needs to be filed are life threatening conditions or claims that could lead to SMC payments. All claims that are on appeal should be continued until awarded, sometimes VA will award a veteran 100% service connected hoping the veteran will drop all appeal claims and lose any type of retro payment. Of course a veteran should consider any type of CUE claim if warranted. The bottom line is it could be more money.

My intentions are to help, my advice maybe wrong, be your own advocate and know what is in your C-File and the 38 CFR that governs your disabilities and conditions.

Do your own homework. No one knows the veteran’s symptoms like the veteran. Never Give Up.

I do not give my consent for anyone to view my personal VA records.

 

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you have to seriously look at the issues you are thinking about filing on could they cause your death? are they 10% issues or 60-100 % issues by themselves I was rated at 100% P&T for PTSD I still appealed my CAD and hypertension it went to BVA and I was finally awarded 60% CAD and 10% hypertension so now if I die from a heart attack or my heart just quitting for other reasons or a stroke my wife will get DIC plus since I have the issue rated at 60% it qualified me for SMC S which like they said took me from 2763 to 3200 a month I hope I live at least 10 more years if not longer every month I get that deposit I see where I benefit from keeping that fight going if you are talking about Tinnitus though or hemmeroids then let it go

100% SC P&T PTSD 100% CAD 10% Hypertension and A&A = SMC L, SSD
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I have always advocated going for eveything the va owes you. A lot of folks say don't rock the boat.. I say if you didn't do anything dishonest you have nothing to worry about..

I am rated 100% P/T with SMC K, and L 1/2 .. When I was awarded the 100% , I was already rated TDIU...

After I was awarded TDIU, I fought for the adapted housing grant.. and won,

I have three claims pending one for an EED, one for CUE , concerning houseibound under bradkey v peake, and one 1151 on my eyes ( which will when granted be another SMC)

If I wasn't already rated for 2 lung diseases, I would request a rating for Sleep Apnea ( secondary to asthma/COPD) with CPAP , but there is no way to get another ratng for lungs, and I have already been P/T for over 11 years, so my spouse is covered when I pass..

When I retired years ago I was rated for 4 things.. today I am rated for 12 medical issues... let me tell you it adds up even the 10% ones....

Because I never listened to the nay sayers.. I get a healthy $3745.00 a month...( and I lost a lot more than that when I was forced to retire from Civil service)

so if you can't decide, remember this, the only way to ever get a decent raise from the va is to prove your more disabled than you are now.... hell maybe I will go after the sleep apnea rating , I need to check it might bring another SMC...

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