Tdui For Pending Claim

[63SIERRA]

My question is this. The main reason I am disabled is because of my back condition, spondydlolysis thesis. with degenerative disk disease/ .. I currently have a claim with the va on reopen that has been denied twice before in the past. I recently submitted new evidence, and have good evidence, that I believe I will prevail, even if it takes going to administrative review. I want to file for TDUI now, to preserve my date, also if my health keeps getting worse, and im in a wheelchair, I dont want to be just starting when I am in desperate need/.. I am already rated at 60 .. 40 for hepc, and 30 for residuals of kidney removal due to kidney cancer. My back is what bothers me the most though, and debiltates me quite often. most times that Im here typeing the massage cusion is on full blast , to make sitting bearable, (because I was standing or went for a walk or did the dishes or something small and my back started throbbing.

So thats the question. even though I will also list current service connected claims, should I also list the back conditon as a reason too. thanks.

Edited November 30, 2013 by 63SIERRA

[carlie]

THANKS meghp. I just finished filling out the forms for TDUI, and statement in support of claim, I wrote the 3 major issues in box 7, even though one (back condition) is not yet service connected. I believe that will let the va know, that im in strong belief that it is service connected, and confident that it will be rated as connected in the near future.

I also requested " a current list of codes they used to rate me". I dont really know what its about, but my at the moment 'counsellor" who is an attorney told me to do that. I think it will tell exactly what codes they denied me with, so we can start punching holes in them.

The attorney told me once that is requested, they will know that I have a attorney in the mix, and things will take on a different ... how shall I say... level of attention. The va knows what the general public asks for, and what attorneys usually ask for, and how they go about it. It looks like by the time my claim is finished, Im going to know a heck of a lot more abt how the va system operates than I ever would have dreamed. And so far, it stinks like rotten beans in skunks ass.

1. You can easily call the 800-827-1000 number and they can USUALLY provide

you correct information on the exact DC's that SC was granted under.

2. IMO - Your attorney is full of ca-ca on this part. VBA and BVA,doesn't care if you have an

attorney or represent yourself pro-se. In fact they kind of have a few times they go a bit

easier on a pro-se claimant.

Having an attorney will not garner any different or better level of attention.

[john999]

If you are entitled to a claim for depression and/or chronic pain disorder and don't claim it I think you are letting false pride get in the way of treatment and compensation due to a lack of smarts. If you think acknowledging that their is a mind/body link to pain and disease hurts your integrity then go ahead and suffer, but you are only hurting yourself. Sure, there are vets who claim all sorts of things that seem minor, but the hundreds of thousands of vets who suffer PTSD, depression and all the other mental forms of torture would disagree that they have lost integrity for claiming what is owed them . The military brainwashes soldiers into thinking that coming forward to get treatment for mental distress is weakness. It seems you have bought that hook, line and sinker. During WWII, The Patriotic, Good War, a very significant number of temporary and permanent disability was due to mental and emotional injuries and illness. If the VA had compensated me properly 40 years ago for mental symptoms my life might have been much more productive. I did OK anyway, but the correct rating would have allowed me to a lot better quality of life than I had while trying to rehabilitate myself.

John

[63SIERRA]

WELL I filed for total unimployability today, and I did list the back condition even though it is not yet service connected. I listed 3 items in box 7.

Hows that for "' I DID IT MY WAY "' ha. I also filed for temporary 100 percent for the kidney cancer surgery, im going to try and get back pay for a year, because they were watching an enlarged lymph node, and it finally shrunk down to normal size after abt a year after the surgery. So now I just have to let things develop and take course.