tdiu Questions!

[MarineWife]

My husband want to go filed for TDIU and SSDI today. He cannot work at all because of his SC Disabilities (90% rating April 2015). My question is that his PCP provider or Orthopedic Doctor has not stated in his record that he cannot work. He has an appointment with his PCP which is a VA Doctor on June 30, 2015 and an appointment with his Orthopedic Doctor (another VA Doctor) on July 15, 2015 and we will discuss with them as well that he can't work at all dued to his SC disabilities. The Orthopedic Doctor went back in his knee on June 2014 and it has gotten worser. Can we still go and apply for TDIU and SSDI today.

[broncovet]

Pete is right. PTSD, MDD, and several others are all lumped in together, and all are rated according to "symptoms" not diagnosis (even tho a current diagnosis is required for Service connection)

For example, if you have the symptom that you "dont get along with others", you wont be compensated for that symptom because of PTSD AND depression, even if you have been diagnosed with both disorders. Only once.

[Buck52]

Oh ok I didn't know that,

Thanks Guys.

...................Buck

[Andyman73]

Hang in there, Marine wife, it's always darkest before dawn. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Semper Fi.

Andy

[MarineWife]

Hang in there, Marine wife, it's always darkest before dawn. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Semper Fi.

Andy

Thank You so mulch Andyman. I really needed to hear this today. If I keep on and hang in there something great will happen. Like I said earlier my husband will just quite and give up. I have to continue to fight for him. It get hard sometimes but I found out that it is good to be connected to others that are going or have been through similar or the same situations. I thank God for this site and the great people on this site that take the time to help and encourage others to hang in there. God Bless!!!

[MarineWife]

IMHO, it would be best to get a statement from your husbands mental health doctor that his sleep apnea is caused by or is a result of his already service connected PTSD. I personally found out that VA doctors do not like writing statements/letters but they will write a statement/comment in the veterans treatment/progress reports. You can also ask his medical doctors about his employability.

IMHO, it would be best to get a statement from your husbands mental health doctor that his sleep apnea is caused by or is a result of his already service connected PTSD. I personally found out that VA doctors do not like writing statements/letters but they will write a statement/comment in the veterans treatment/progress reports. You can also ask his medical doctors about his employability.

.I'm working on that now. Thanks!

[Gastone]

Does your husband have 1 SC currently rated at 40% or more? If so, he's eligible for an IU Scheduler filing. That being the case, I see 2 very important hurdles for his IU Claim. He must find an Employment Specialist that will attest to his SC conditions being the reason that he can not be employed currently doing anything (Even Sedentary work) that would earn in excess of the $238.. 00 per week ($12,400 per year) which is the VA cutoff for Substantially Gainful Employment Income. Just currently being unemployed or under-employed does not get the IU rating. Did his last rating letter include an "Inferred IU Claim" pending statement?

As for the SA claim as Secondary to PTSD or anything else, you must find a Sleep Specialist Dr that believes his SA is caused by whatever SC you're trying to link it to. Has he been DX'd with SA either by a private or VA Dr? Then you're in the "What came 1st, the Chicken or the Egg" situation. A DX of SA before or shortly after the DX for the SC condition can be a tough sell.

Semper Fi

Gastone