ptsd New C&P for TDIU Scheduled and need help

[IraqVet]

I am currently rated 70% combined .......50% PTSD, and 30% Kindneys, since 2009. I have been in appeal for quite a while....I first applied for TDIU in 2010....they denied it, and I just now got the call to do a C&P for 100% TDIU. 

I have not worked since 2009, SSDI has me disabled under PTSD since 2009.

I dont go out of the house unless wife drives me....if I do and or am forced I spend majority of the time in bathroom/bathrooms. I have nightmares and panic attacks, etc

My question is what do I need to do and or say in C&P exam so I don't mess it up.....my nerves and stress are already through the wall and my appointment is two weeks away? 

 

[Vync]

Although I have never been through a TDIU exam under your circumstances, I personally believe if you are already approved for SSDI for PTSD, I think you will probably be fine. Just be yourself.

Let's see what the other members here at Hadit recommend.

I wish you the best in your claim.

[TexasMarine]

Are you SSDI disabled (in total)  for any of your VA Compensation disabilities?

If so, bring a copy of your SSDI award letter to prove it.

[Berta]

YOU BET.

"I have not worked since 2009, SSDI has me disabled under PTSD since 2009."

if the VA was aware of that SSDI award when they made their last decision (denial), they committed a CUE if they ignored the SSA findings.

An SSDI award solely for SCs is very good evidence of TDIU.

Mention that fact that you are unable to leave home much due to panic attacks, as this could get you the SMC HB (Housebound award). Has any MH doc diagnosed you with agoraphobia?

If you are able to handle household finances make sure the C & P doc doesn't think your wife does all that.

You should do OK and I am anxious to see, when they award 100% or TDIU, how the older decision might provoke more retro,since the SSDI award was in 2009.

If VA didnt know about that award however, there can not be a CUE on what they were not aware of, but it should help with the current claim..

[IraqVet]

SSDI granted me disability for PTSD primary, and back injury secondary....the back injury is not service connected though. The VA was made aware of the SSDI's decision as soon as I was as I sent it in with my application for TDIU in 2010. On my initial application for it they pulled me in for a C&P for PTSD increase and I talked to a lady for no more than 3-5 min and she seemed to quickly want to be done with me....once I requested copies of her report ...she did not put in for an increase for me because I had said that I watch some TV during the day. She completely ignored EVERY thing else I said about my day to day life. This is why I am horrified to have to go through this experience once again. And Berta to answer your question actually before I was diagnosed with PTSD the VA did diagnose me with agoraphobia....so it is lumped in with my PTSD diagnosis with depression.