Homebound

[believe]

My C&P exam records show that the doctor listed me as homebound. Do I have to still apply for homebound or could I be awarded that when a decision is made on my claim without ever applying for it?

[believe]

My claim is in the authorization stage. Would it still be a good idea to apply for housebound now or should I wait until I receive the decision in mail?

Edited September 16, 2012 by believe

[carlie]

My claim is in the authorization stage.

Would it still be a good idea to apply for housebound now or should I wait until I receive the decision in mail?

At this point

NO

do not call or submit absolutely anything at all to va.

Doing so could easily throw the brakes on everything.

Wait the time out for your decision.

[believe]

I got a white envelope today. It said 100% :) They did not award housebound. So what should I do now? Just call and ask for it? The VA doctor and my personal doctor clearly states that I am housebound.

[believe]

Is there a thread for CUE letters. I guess I will have to write 1. Any help?

I just realized there is a CUE forum.

Edited September 21, 2012 by believe

[carlie]

Is there a thread for CUE letters. I guess I will have to write 1. Any help?

I just realized there is a CUE forum.

I replied to your CUE forum post but you will do better keeping it all in this topic for now.

Please post the decision - without info like name, claim #, etc...

[carlie]

I got a white envelope today. It said 100% :) They did not award housebound.

So what should I do now? Just call and ask for it?

The VA doctor and my personal doctor clearly states that I am housebound.

Again -

1) DO NOT SUBMIT ANYTHING ELSE TO VA YET or call 800 or send an iris

inquiry about this SMC/S issue.

2) At this point you have absolutely no grounds to file a claim for CUE.

3) Please post the decision.

4) What is your current age ?

Here's something else to consider.

http://ecfr.gpoacces....67.144&idno=38

Below is the exact criteria for SMC/S.

(i) Total plus 60 percent, or housebound; 38 U.S.C. 1114 ( s ).

The special monthly compensation provided by 38 U.S.C. 1114(s)

is payable where the veteran has a single service-connected disability rated as 100 percent

You have met the above portion of the criteria for SMC/S - but there is still more criteria to meet.

and,

(1) Has additional service-connected disability or disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent,

separate and distinct from the 100 percent service-connected disability and

involving different anatomical segments or bodily systems,

You definitely don't meet the criteria of the portion above.

or

(2) Is permanently housebound by reason of service-connected disability or disabilities.

This requirement is met when the veteran is substantially confined as a direct result of service-connected disabilities

to his or her dwelling and the immediate premises or, if institutionalized, to the ward or clinical areas,

and it is reasonably certain that the disability or disabilities and resultant confinement will continue

throughout his or her lifetime.

In that rating decision I'm asking you to post, it will be important to see if permanent is

mentioned anywhere - or if the C&P examiner or provider that wrote your nexus, states

this will more likely than not last throughout your lifetime, and/or if they provided full

medical rationale to support the opinion of "extreme agoraphobia".

In reply to something else you posted,

"I came so close to not going to that C&P exam.

How often is that required if you are awarded compensation?"

Just so you know - there are many, many claimants that come real close to not going to their C&P exam.

Not attending a C&P exam that has been scheduled is pretty much felt to make for an

automatic denial.

Believe me - NO ONE usually wants to go OR looks forward to a C&P exam.

Now, onto your question regarding how often it's required to attend a C&P exam

if you are awarded compensation?

True answer: ANY and EVERY time one is scheduled.

Even if the VBA adjudicates you to be P&T - if a C&P is scheduled

DO NOT miss it.

It takes 20 full years of a continuous evaluation for a given disability

until the evaluation is protected from reduction (absent a finding of fraud).

It takes a full 10 years of a continuous evaluation for a given disability

until the evaluation is protected from severance (absent a finding of fraud).