navyguy Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I currently receive IU and am rated 80 percent. I would like to know if it is beneficial for me to apply for TOTAL Disability just to get away from the IU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Pete53 Posted September 9, 2011 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted September 9, 2011 Welcome to Hadit Veterans deserve real choice for their health care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNDW Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 You would have to apply for an increase to your current service connected conditions in order to request a Total disability rating. Total means 100%. If your conditions do not warrant an increase you might want to stick with the IU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Memoriam Stretch Posted September 9, 2011 In Memoriam Share Posted September 9, 2011 Depends on what ever the disability is and if you are able to work or not. The pay is the same. StretchJust readin the mail Excerpt from the 'Declaration of Independence' We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Philip Rogers Posted September 9, 2011 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted September 9, 2011 I don't think the VA will change it. I recall seeing a case where the court refused to award 100% because the claimant was already TDIU and in essense already receiving the 100% rate. jmo pr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Tbird Posted September 9, 2011 Founder Share Posted September 9, 2011 Since you are being paid and have the benefits of being 100%, personally I wouldn't do anything except let my c-file build dust. I don't think the VA will change it. I recall seeing a case where the court refused to award 100% because the claimant was already TDIU and in essense already receiving the 100% rate. jmo pr Tbird Founder HadIt.com Veteran To Veteran LLC - Founded Jan 20, 1997 HadIt.com Veteran To Veteran | Community Forum | RallyPoint | FaceBook | LinkedIn | About Me Time Dedicated to HadIt.com Veterans and my brothers and sisters: 65,700 - 109,500 Hours Over Thirty Years I am writing my memoirs and would love it if you could help a shipmate out and look at it. I've had a few challenges, perhaps the same as you. I relate them here to demonstrate that we can learn, overcome, and find purpose in life. The stories can be harrowing to read; they were challenging to live. Remember that each story taught me something I would need once I found my purpose, and my purpose was and is HadIt.com Veterans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teac Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 You should understand that being rated T/P requires either a TDIU rating or a 100% rating. You could request T/P but that may automatically trigger a C/P exam to determine if you condition is static or not. A C/P exam could result in a lower rating... someone else stated that you couldn't get rated 100% because you have a TDIU rating... but that person got it backwards.... If you are rated 100% the va will not consider a TDIU rating... Now if you really want to get away from the IU award then you have to request an increase in disability and the cards fall were they may. You have an 80% rating, but I don't know how that breaks down.. so you may need another single rating at 50% or a 30% rating no way to tell based on what you have stated, but it is almost impossible to go from an 80% rating to a 100% rating, unless you do like I did and go straight to a 100% rating for one disability... of couse this only happens if you have a very serious physical disability or a life threating disease..... hope you have neither..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I currently receive IU and am rated 80 percent. I would like to know if it is beneficial for me to apply for TOTAL Disability just to get away from the IU.
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