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Ethan'sGrandma
Hello to All,
Today I received the award letter...70% rating and TDIU deferred. There is very little information in the letter as to what they need from me. I know that they need the TDIU form from info. gathered from here and other researching, but it was not included, nor mentioned. There are two sections where the IU is noted in the letter. Under "What We Decided," it states: "we have deferred a decision on the following issue because we need additional information or evidence: Individual unemployability"
Under "REASONS FOR DECISION," there are two sections:
"1. Service connection for Acquired psychiatric condition claimed as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression." This section then goes into the evidence, etc, and reason for the decision.
"2. Entitlement to individual unemployability." In that section it states:
"The evidence shows that you have not worked for several years, therefore individual unemployability is being inferred. The examiner did not state that your PTSD caused total occupational or social impairment at this time."
Nowhere in the letter is there anything noting what additional information or evidence they need. I don't see how the examiner could have made a note of total occupational when she did not ask about that. She did ask me when I last worked, but that would not necessarily mean that I would be unemployable if she does not know or consider? After getting home from the exam, I realized that I did not make note that I was awarded SSDI many years ago, but it's in the VA record which she could make note of in her review of the file and I know that VARO already has the SSA records.The social impairment issue they state is not exact and is all over my medical records because I have severe impairment of that, also. So, I'm not in total understanding of what is it they are looking for, or maybe I'm just missing something. I am aware that SSA decisions and VA are separate, but it was for the same issue.
Can someone please help me decipher what I need to do to get this going besides completing and submitting the TDIU form which I am going to do by the end of the week. There is no way that I can remember that far back for employment times, so am going to go to SSA and see if they have my work history available, so I can have at least an estimated timeframe for the completion of the TDIU form. Thank you for any thoughts, advice, or response.
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