i am new here to the site and i'm in need of some help. any help would be greatly appreciated.
i have put in for TDIU. i didn't know that i could ask for a rate increase so one day while i was at the VA i stopped and asked a VA rep about it. He told me that i should have come in A LONG TIME AGO and that if he were the one to have done my initial claim when i retired in 08, that i would be 100% w/o a doubt. I am not working and haven't since retirement.
according to my rating decision sheet, i am sc'd at
50% for PSTD INCLUDE INSOMNIA AND COGNITIVE DISORDER
30% POSTCONCUSSIVE HEADACHE OF THE TENSION TYPE DUE TO MILD TBI (CLAIMED AS MIGRAINES)
20% RIGHT PECTORALIS TEAR WITH RIGHT SHOULDER TENDONITIS
20% LEFT PECTORALIS MAJOR TEAR WITH LEFT ROTATOR CUFF TENDONITIS
10% RIGHT FOOT DJD WITH HAMMER TOE/HALLUX VALGUS TO INCLUDE RIGHT FOOT BUNION
10% LEFT FOOT DJD W/HAMMER TOE/HALLUX VALGUS TO INCLUDE RIGHT FOOT BUNION
10% LEFT KNEE DJD TO INCLUDE PATELLOFEMORAL SYNDROME
10% RIGHT KNEE PATELLOFEMORAL SYNDROME
10% ANTEROLISTHESIS CERVICAL SPINE W/MYALGIA AND MYOSITIS
10%DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE THORACOLUMBAR SPINE, ALSO CLAIMED AS LUMBAGO
10% MELASMA
0% RIGHT FIFTH FINGER STATUS POST TENDON LACERATION
0% RIGHT GASTROCNEMIUS TEAR
now that sure was a mouthful of info to put out. i was advised to drop a packet for a temporary 100%TDIU status back in july on 2011 because i got micro fracture surgery done on my right knee. then i was told by the VA rep to change that and go straight for TDIU and look into getting soc sec. i was then called up and told to look into asking for 100% p&t so not knowing any better, i did that. i also figured that i should probably be represented by someone with A LOT MORE knowledge about these things than me so i went to the DAV. i made up a POA with them and i'm waiting to hear something but no one there has contacted me about anything so far.
i was directed to re-do all of my c&p exams and i finished those up in november. i went in tuesday of this week (01-07-12) to see where my claim was and a different VA rep told me that it was at the rating board for a decision but they kicked it back for some reason or the other but he didn't know. he tried to call the actual person that had my claim but was unable to reach him so i am in a holding pattern as of now. that is where i stand. i kind of feel like i went about filing my claim the wrong way so i may have hurt my own chances by doing so. hopefully not.
any input and/or guidance as to what i should do would be greatly appreciated. thank you all for your service too!
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i am new here to the site and i'm in need of some help. any help would be greatly appreciated.
i have put in for TDIU. i didn't know that i could ask for a rate increase so one day while i was at the VA i stopped and asked a VA rep about it. He told me that i should have come in A LONG TIME AGO and that if he were the one to have done my initial claim when i retired in 08, that i would be 100% w/o a doubt. I am not working and haven't since retirement.
according to my rating decision sheet, i am sc'd at
50% for PSTD INCLUDE INSOMNIA AND COGNITIVE DISORDER
30% POSTCONCUSSIVE HEADACHE OF THE TENSION TYPE DUE TO MILD TBI (CLAIMED AS MIGRAINES)
20% RIGHT PECTORALIS TEAR WITH RIGHT SHOULDER TENDONITIS
20% LEFT PECTORALIS MAJOR TEAR WITH LEFT ROTATOR CUFF TENDONITIS
10% RIGHT FOOT DJD WITH HAMMER TOE/HALLUX VALGUS TO INCLUDE RIGHT FOOT BUNION
10% LEFT FOOT DJD W/HAMMER TOE/HALLUX VALGUS TO INCLUDE RIGHT FOOT BUNION
10% LEFT KNEE DJD TO INCLUDE PATELLOFEMORAL SYNDROME
10% RIGHT KNEE PATELLOFEMORAL SYNDROME
10% ANTEROLISTHESIS CERVICAL SPINE W/MYALGIA AND MYOSITIS
10%DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE THORACOLUMBAR SPINE, ALSO CLAIMED AS LUMBAGO
10% MELASMA
0% RIGHT FIFTH FINGER STATUS POST TENDON LACERATION
0% RIGHT GASTROCNEMIUS TEAR
now that sure was a mouthful of info to put out. i was advised to drop a packet for a temporary 100%TDIU status back in july on 2011 because i got micro fracture surgery done on my right knee. then i was told by the VA rep to change that and go straight for TDIU and look into getting soc sec. i was then called up and told to look into asking for 100% p&t so not knowing any better, i did that. i also figured that i should probably be represented by someone with A LOT MORE knowledge about these things than me so i went to the DAV. i made up a POA with them and i'm waiting to hear something but no one there has contacted me about anything so far.
i was directed to re-do all of my c&p exams and i finished those up in november. i went in tuesday of this week (01-07-12) to see where my claim was and a different VA rep told me that it was at the rating board for a decision but they kicked it back for some reason or the other but he didn't know. he tried to call the actual person that had my claim but was unable to reach him so i am in a holding pattern as of now. that is where i stand. i kind of feel like i went about filing my claim the wrong way so i may have hurt my own chances by doing so. hopefully not.
any input and/or guidance as to what i should do would be greatly appreciated. thank you all for your service too!
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