diabetes Type Ll Diabetes

[nickman]

So, I am now being treated by the VA for type ll diabetes. I am on 4 doses of insulin a day.

My question is, as an already rated 80%, Vietnam service connected, disabled vet, will my new claim, filed 11-10 kick me up tp 100%?

I have been unable to work since July of '07....I am stone deaf.

Any ideas here?

[Berta]

They should definitely award you for DMII.

If yo are presently not employed you should file for TDIU paid at the 100% comp rate.

It is VA form 21-8940.

I hear your disgust with them- it is a war game- a war of the words.

I think many vets don't even bother to file for higher ratings because of the rigmorale they have already been through to get what they have.

[halos2]

I must be missing something here:::: VA math does not take 20 + 30 + 30 = 80% not VA math...you then write "is it probable that I would be awarded 20% that will give me 100% disability overall rating. NOT HERE. VA math does not equate 20+30+30+20 = 100% nor does it ever take 20+30+30=80% Do you have some other awarded disabilities you are not posting here?

VA calculator: 20% + 30 +30= 60.8%= 60% + 20%= 68.64% ROUNDS UP TO 70%.

I am kinda new at this and I guess I don't know the right questions. Sorry.

My rating currently is based on...

20% for a rt ankle reconstruction.

30% for a lt knee replacement.

30% for hearing loss.

Last summer I was VA diagnosed with diabetes and I filed a claim under the Agent Orange issue, for the diabetic condition.

The leg injuries are service connected from 1968 and 1970 respectfully, resulting in a medical discharge and the hearing loss was granted as service connected in 2008.

My question is, is it probable that I will be awarded the 20% that will give me 100% disability rating overall. Although my hearing has deteriorated to almost total deafness, I am seriously fed up with the claims process and probably will not bother with it......at my age.

I am simply tired of 35 years of argueing with the VA.

Thanks for the input..........Nick

Edited February 21, 2011 by halos2

[nickman]

Sir, I was not trying to get in a math quiz, or an arguement here............I don't know ...or care, how they chop it up.......GEEZ!!... Did you, like, retire from VA customer service department? Or what!?

I have an 80% VA rating and the three items I listed ARE the issues the VA has listed. I now draw the 80% rate..

Sorry to be wasting your time with my bad math.

I now remember why I did not feel good about this site some years ago.

[halos2]

nickman, there is no argument here I have a vet whose % look like 150% yet VA math is 80%. If you get 80% for that I hope someone doesn't recheck it and see they didn't use their rating table. It is not my rating table...I would prefer regular math, but that is not the regulations used. BTW I am a female and here just to prevent factual info. If the VA does increase your award I hope the best for you but would hate to see you get nothing for months because they claim they overpaid you. Just saying...

Also no I never worked for the VA, but as an RN many many years.

I have found here on this site people want to share what they have learned with their dealings with the VARO and VA. I too do that. Heck the VARO declared me dead a few years ago, but I proved them wrong, so then they tried to sever my claim, so I have time to study and read the regulations but never claim to know it all, just try to post the facts found in the VA sites and the methods they use to pay. That's it in a nutshell!!

BTW the percentage table is here on hadit's first page which shows how the VA uses their own math to rate claims. Be my guest and see for yourself. Glad tbird posted it here too.

Sir, I was not trying to get in a math quiz, or an arguement here............I don't know ...or care, how they chop it up.......GEEZ!!... Did you, like, retire from VA customer service department? Or what!?

I have an 80% VA rating and the three items I listed ARE the issues the VA has listed. I now draw the 80% rate..

Sorry to be wasting your time with my bad math.

I now remember why I did not feel good about this site some years ago.