Completed claim requiring 2nd signature??

[teflonron2]

I just talked to my VSO Rep yesterday and she said my claim was done, but requiring a 2nd signature. I heard that this could be due to the amount of money or backpay from the case. Anyone have any info??

She also asked if I knew my claim was in Washington (not my RO in Milwaukee) I thought that was kind of weird. 

I'm currently 60% SC (40% back, 30% Major Depression) and filed for increase in Major Depression and IU. My doctors letters, medical records and C&P exam results are consistent with 100%. I am praying that I will finally get the % I deserve. The struggle has lasted long enough. 

[brokensoldier244th]

Yes.. Larger rewards can required more than a single signature before being fully completed. As for 100% or not, that kinda depends on the rating(s). My C&P notes from my Psych said point blank that I was occupationally and socially totally disabled. (I looked them on on MyHealthVet, under the 'Blue Button' if you dont know how we can set up a phone call or something to try to work it out, maybe)

You can look at what Blue Button, your health notes from your VA visits, say and sometimes get at a pretty good idea of what evidence they are pulling from their side. 

 

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[teflonron2]

Did that totally social and occupational impairment get you 100% for MDD? 

 

Here's my MDD stuff: 

 

I have letters signed by both of my mental health providers that say my "depression symptoms totally impair my ability to function on all levels. He presents as unemployable in any setting and his symptom severity has grossly affected his ability to function in social settings. He demonstrates clinically significant distress, reporting high levels of depression, even at home, causing impairment in his ability to perform activities of daily living."


Then my CP exams said:

• "Total occupational and social impairment"
• Near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively
• chronic sleep impairment
• Difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances, including work or work like setting
• inability to establish/maintain effective relationships
• Suicidal ideation
• Neglect of personal appearance and hygiene 
• intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living, including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene. 
• mild memory loss, such as forgetting names, directions, events
• impairment of short and long term memory

[brokensoldier244th]

If you read the regulation the total occupational and social impairment is part of the definition of 100%. You are in the 70-100% sphere with those symptoms, but the wording of your quoted passage should take care of it.