tdiu Does My Dbq For Iu Look Good Or Bad?

[Tela]

I applied for IU and an increase for MDD (50% awarded on 3/8/14) on 4/17/14. I submitted a DBQ my VA psychiatrist filled out and just want some feedback on it. I'm currently 50% MDD, 20% right femur claimed as right knee and 10% left knee. My claim jumped from "Under Review" to "Prep for Decision" on 6/11/14.

Axis I

Major Depressive Disorder

Panic Disorder, secondary to #1 above

Fibromyalgia + Migraine, secondary to #1. Worsened by her MDD

Axis III

780.57 Sleep Apnea

Axis IV

Minimal current stressors other than symptoms

Axis V

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Does the Veteran have more than one mental disorder diagnosed?

[X] Yes

Is it possible to differentiate what symptom(s) are attributable to each diagnosis?

[X] No, Anxiety, panic and fibromyalgia are part of MDD

Does Veteran have a diagnosed traumatic brain injury (TBI)?

[X] No

Occupational and Social Impairment

[X] Total occupational and social impairment

For the indicated level of Occupational and Social Impairment, is it possible to differentiate what portion of the occupational and social impairment indicated is caused by each mental disorder?

[X] No, All attributable to her MDD

Symptoms

[X] Depressed Mood

[X] Anxiety

[X] Suspiciousness

[X] Panic attacks more than once a week

[X] Near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively

[X] Chronic sleep impairment

[X] Mild memory loss, such as forgetting names, directions, or recent events

[X] Impairment of short and long term memory

[X] Flattened affect

[X] Difficulty in understanding complex commands

[X] Impaired judgment

[X] Impaired abstract thinking

[X] Disturbances of motivation and mood

[X] Difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships

[X] Difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances, including work or a work like setting

[X] Inability to establish and maintain effective relationships

[X] Obsessional rituals which interfere routine activities

[X] Impaired impulse control

[X] Persistent danger of hurting self or others

[X] Intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living, including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene

[X] Disorientation to time or place

Other Symptoms

Chronic physical pains of fibromyalgia secondary to the MDD

Remarks

Vets condition results in Unemployability

[Berta]

Sounds good for TDIU. Have you formally applied for TDIU and is this the C & P they did for the TDIU claim?

Have you applied for SSDI as well?

Edited July 8, 2014 by Berta

[Tela]

Sounds good for TDIU. Have you formally applied for TDIU and is this the C & P they did for the TDIU claim?

Have you applied for SSDI as well?

Yes I applied on 4/17/24. This is a DBQ my psychiatrist filled out for me. No C&P.

And Yes, I've applied for SSDI.

[Navy04]

Looks like a winner to me! Good luck with your IU and SSDI claim. Keep us posted.

[john999]

I think you will get TDIU. I hope you get P&T. If not appeal it. If you are over 40 getting SSD should be easier. In this society if you are over 40 something and been unemployed a few years you really are unemployable, but the VA is not supposed to take age into account. Neither is SSD but they do.

John

[Tela]

Looks like a winner to me! Good luck with your IU and SSDI claim. Keep us posted.

Thanks. Will do!

I think you will get TDIU. I hope you get P&T. If not appeal it. If you are over 40 getting SSD should be easier. In this society if you are over 40 something and been unemployed a few years you really are unemployable, but the VA is not supposed to take age into account. Neither is SSD but they do.

John

Thank you. I'm a little uneasy that my claim jumped to prep for decision so fast with it not being an FDC. My VSO told me they fast tracked it and that I should bee hearing something pretty soon. I just wanted a bit of reassurance I guess. LOL

I'm 30 and SSD have been denied twice already. I have enough work credits and have been unemployed for 2 yrs but SS doesn't think I'm disabled enough despite my med records and both of my docs saying so...I have a lawyer and prepared to fight.