ptsd How Is Retro Pay Calculated?

[SolInvictus]

Hello family, I have a general question regarding retro pay. How is it calculated? Do they pay the vet the difference of the combined rating of his total claim, or is each individual claim assessed on its own merits and compensated back to the date it was originally claimed? I'm confused because suppose a vet was at 70% combined. Then files a claim or reopened a claim for PTSD and tbi. This vet had been previously denied service connection for these two. Then he is awarded 100% sc. Now will the retro compensate him for the difference between the combined previous rating of 70% and the new 100% combined rate? Or would he be retro paid for each individual claim, that is to say PTSD and tbi separate and distinct from the total. Now in my math compensating him for each individual claim sounds like a much more favorable outcome that using the total sum formula because the former adds up to significantly more, I'm just not so sure the va pseudo math works the same way. As always, I appreciate and am grateful for all educated and generous input.

[broncovet]

Correct.

It never ceases to amaze me how the VA is able to get 278,000 VA employees paid on time, every payday,without delay, when there are a million Veterans who are not getting paid yet, because their paperwork hasnt been processed yet. The Vets sometimes experience 10 years or longer delays, while VA employees get paid within hours of when its expected.

[SolInvictus]

Correct.

It never ceases to amaze me how the VA is able to get 278,000 VA employees paid on time, every payday,without delay, when there are a million Veterans who are not getting paid yet, because their paperwork hasnt been processed yet. The Vets sometimes experience 10 years or longer delays, while VA employees get paid within hours of when its expected.

And I suppose the reason we can't bring this Ponzi scheme to a grinding halt is that they are highly organized with strategically placed advocates in high places while we the victims whose money it really is have a fraction of their organization and even less of their political clout. This also explains why the only ones among us that they permit to reach the 100% bracket and thus have the leisure to sit back, analyze and organize to combat this injustice are they worn and broken in spirit. It's like a dominant colonial power who ensures the preservation of the status quo by divide, conquer and selectively curbing of the male fighting offspring of the victimized nation. What a scheme.

[SolInvictus]

Not to mention the fact that we are only a woefully minuscule percent of the overall American population. Even the politicians have little to fear from such an insignificant electorate.