tdiu Unemployability With 70% Overall Rating

[wallyzero]

All this stuff confuses the heck out of me. I have a combined rating of 70%, my highest individual one being anxiety at 30%. I received this rating in fall 2009 and have been talking to MHC on a weekly then monthly basis; and trying different meds ever since. I held one job for 7 months since my ETS in 2009. After that I've had one job interview, the employer kept making remarks about how I acted and asked if I was ok. Since then I find every excuse in the world to not leave my house. I was considering filing for Increased Compensation Based on Unemployability, but unless I'm mistaken I have to have at least one disability rated at 40% correct? In short, do I need to raise my rating first? Thank you for any information.

[wallyzero]

Thanks for the information everyone. I got my award in the fall of 2010 maybe...the years kinda run together lol. I'm hoping FDC will work for me as I live 87 miles from the office, and the one time I went to inquire about a increase in 2012, it wasn't a welcoming situation.

[john999]

You might consider getting an IME/IMO on the anxiety to get it up to 50%. You want to show that your condition is getting worse to save time and trouble getting TDIU.

[wallyzero]

Man I'm so happy to find this website!! Haven't closed the computer for days. I'm in the process of filing out a FDC and this is what it shows I'm currently award:

tinnitus 10% SC

tendonitis, left wrist (residual of GSW) 10% SC

headaches 30% SC

adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features 30% SC

multiple myelomas 30% SC

Effective date for all is 03JUN2009. I guess I file a claim for each individual one I want considered for increase evaluation? For unemployability, that is a seperate ordeal altogether correct? Thanks again, everyone here awesome.

[john999]

I was granted 70% for a single disability back in 2002 and I was denied TDIU. The VA knows once they grant you TDIU you will probably never work again and will one day get P&T. There is a cost to this and they like to avoid it if they can. I used an IMO to get my TDIU plus I applied and obtained SSDI. If you can't work apply for SSDI.

John

[meghp0405]

The VA is now looking at each application on its own merit. If you only have a 30% disability and you have a doctors opinion that you are not able to work due to that disability, they will review and make a decision.

this was in a recent fast letter, don't remember the date, but it was recently.

if you have a doctors opinion, I would submit for TDIU and submit the VA FM 21-8940 with a VA FM 21-526ez making this a fully developed claim. I've been using the FDC on every claim I file for veterans and it has been working rather well, including the dependency submissions.

Edited May 31, 2013 by meghp0405

[wallyzero]

The VA is now looking at each application on its own merit. If you only have a 30% disability and you have a doctors opinion that you are not able to work due to that disability, they will review and make a decision.

this was in a recent fast letter, don't remember the date, but it was recently.

if you have a doctors opinion, I would submit for TDIU and submit the VA FM 21-8940 with a VA FM 21-526ez making this a fully developed claim. I've been using the FDC on every claim I file for veterans and it has been working rather well, including the dependency submissions.

I finally figured out that I could use the FDC to request a increase. Just received my letter today and only changes were:

Chronic lumbosacral strain increased from 0% to 10%

Adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features was changed to PTSD; award stayed at 30%

GAF score: 60

Everything else remains the same as before, awards and work status. (December 29th 2011 last day worked)

I have not been to any doctor other than the VA since 2009 and it was just a check up so I don't have any IMO to help with SSDI or TDIU. Is that what I should look into?