tdiu Dumb Tdiu Question

[Money Mike]

Hey guys, I'm not quite out of the Army yet but about to file my BDD. I have been looking through my medical files and the "warms" website, and it looks like my disabillities may add to 100%. i.e. 60, 50, 50, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 10. So what happens if without any requests for tdiu, your stuff adds up higher than 95% ??? do you just get awarded the 100% disability, or do you have to ask for it? and if you do get the 95% can you still work or do you have to try and drop a couple things to leave you at 90%. I have been searching around and couldn't find a question similar to this, probably just overlooked it.

THANKS ALOT GUYS!!!!

[Money Mike]

JOHN, maybe

tinnitus,

hemmeroids,

arthritis,

Brittle, yellow toenails,

service oriented scars,

if you had any serious injuries that still bother you, go take an xray or mri to see if tere or any undocumented changes, (could backfire)

go take a sleep study if you have ANY issues with feeling tired or trouble sleeping,

if you have hypertension, high blood pressure, sleep apnea or anything like that, you can try to service connect obesity to a prior injury (ie foot, ankle, or knees), and then connect these types of things to the obesity.

Here are some minor things for you to take a look at and consider. I don't know a whole lot, but i see things, and a friend of mine got screwed for trying to make up a psych disorder so i definently would not recommend anything shady like that. I would recommend you take a serious look at your health, and if you find something wrong, see if there is a way to service connect... lol like "connect the dots"!!!! it's a fun game!!!

[pacmanx1]

The mark is 95 on the combined rating chart, which will be rounded up to 100%. I was 90% combined and got 10% and my rating stayed at 90% but then I got 40% which put me at 95.5 and VA rounded my combined total to 100%.

John not knowing all your ratings, it is difficult to say what you would need to hit the 95 to get rounded to 100%

[Money Mike]

so pete, since all your stuff added directly up to 100% are you able to make any income that you desire, or is it monitored???

Thanks

[pacmanx1]

No, I am not working and I am not making any money. I do not see myself working again; at this time I cannot even volunteer because there are days when I don't even leave my home. I am not housebound, I just have bad days.

[Testvet]

if you get TDIU or 100% from VA you should file a claim for SSD between the 2 checks you should be fine money wise if your spouse is working then part of your SSD might become taxable I think it is 32,000 joint income anything above that becomes taxable if you do have another source of income I really advise you get a tax professionals advice to save you any headaches from the IRS they are usually unforgiving of unpaid taxes and add penalties and ignorance doesn't work as an excuse lol

actually I think I get more take home now than I did working full time at the Post Office I have lost 2 of 3 letter carriers to VA disability since I bought this house it must be contagious I don't know........and tax breaks on house and cars helps a lot also

there are NO dumb questions like I had a drill sergeant tell me many many decades ago the only dumb question is the one you have that you don't ask then when you get caught and penalized you will wish you had asked the question at that point it becomes a "dumb question"