ptsd Question Concerning 100% P&t

[jtl111]

Currently I am rated 50% PTSD, 30% ankle, 30% foot, 20% left thumb 10% right knee 10% tinnitus and 10% bilateral.

Can I apply for 100% unemployable and if so what would be my chances of getting it permanent.

Do I even qualify and what do u have to do to get insurance for your wife. Thank you for any assistance.

[Chuck75]

To Legate

Having a degree causes the VA and SSA to often think/say that the applicant can still perform in a sedentary job.

Both the VA (usually during a C&P) and SSA (during a claim interview, or on a questionnaire form) ask questions that have

multiple possible answers. Some have to do with physical activity, others mental. While there may be no single "correct" answer,

there are answers that are more (or less) favorable to the claim. The same job may be classified as sedentary or not, depending on the applicants answers.

One of the key questions I remember had to do with ladders on the SSA questionnaire.

[Legate]

Chuck, I never had the issue of a degree come up once with the VA. SSA gave me a disability rating and it never came up there either...although they never actually examined me. They accepted the letter from my VA therapist and the treatment notes as sufficient evidence. Guess I was lucky.

I did take a number of tests at the VA over time that were designed to evaluate for PTSD such as the Mississippi PTSD Scale and the Penn Inventory for PTSD. I think I also took the Davidson Trauma Scale and the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories. I never ran into anything that asked about degrees or ladders, thank goodness.

[jbasser]

There is no such thing as 100 percent TDIU.

You keep your percentage and are paid at the 100 percent rate because you are unemployable.

J

[carlie]

Chuck, I never had the issue of a degree come up once with the VA. SSA gave me a disability rating and it never came up there either...although they never actually examined me. They accepted the letter from my VA therapist and the treatment notes as sufficient evidence. Guess I was lucky.

I did take a number of tests at the VA over time that were designed to evaluate for PTSD such as the Mississippi PTSD Scale and the Penn Inventory for PTSD. I think I also took the Davidson Trauma Scale and the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories. I never ran into anything that asked about degrees or ladders, thank goodness.

Your Guess - - - is correct.

[broncovet]

Whether you are employable or not is mostly a medical determination. Did your doc say you are unemployable? It is highly unlikely he would do this if you are "working", but there is a difference in "work". The VA uses the term "substantial gainful employment" which means that you earn more than the poverty level, about 11,000 per year. If your employment is "unsteady" (marginal) then you may qualify.

If you are "marginally" employed, then you are still eligible for IU.

[jtl111]

My combined ratings are at 87% Which does round off to 90%.

50% 30% 30% 20% 10% 10% 10%

They did not consider me TDIU when I became 70% They just sent me a form to apply and that was it.

I think that is correct.

You currently list your disability at 60%??? Your combined ratings are now 88% rounded up to 90%, correct? If you're unable to work due to your SC disabilities you should be able to get TDIU, which pays at the 100% rate. If that's the case I would apply and I'd ask for P&T, which gives your spouse and minor children ChampVA, medical insurance, if awarded. You could also request an increase in your PTSD rating, which could help you get TDIU or 100%. I think you could get TDIU and maybe should have been already. When you became 70% the VA had a duty to consider TDIU - did they consider it and deny you, or was it never considered?

What are the dates of your awards and what's your age?

pr