tdiu TDIU Form 21-4140-1 Questions?

[Guest ScareCrow]

Hello,

 Is TDIU Form 21-4140-1 required to be filled out and filed with VA each year or did VA really reportedly rescind it?

 If TDIU Form 21-4140-1 is still required each year by VA, then will it have to be filled out each year for the rest of the disabled veterans life or does TDIU eventually become permanent so that the disabled veteran doesnt have to fill it out anymore at some point?

Thank you

[Buck52]

Until you get a letter from VA stating you don't need to send in the 21-4140-1. (keep that letter in a safe place)

   Then if your getting TDIU you better fill out the form each year.  Jan of each year is a good start that way you got it behind you all year.

''Note'' don't wait for the VA to send this form to you...find one the internet print you some and send it in.  via  your designated ''Claims Intake Center''  with  return sign receipt

I been TDIU 14 years and on or about my 10th or 11th year I did get a letter from RO stating I don't need to send in the form....I stopped sending it in  but after a couple years I started back  resent it in...I can't find that letter the RO sent me  so better to be safe than sorry and face a reduction.

so I sent one in last year 2015

I'm glad I did now because they used the 21-4140-1 in my recent claim for PTSD as evidence.  they named the form as 21-4140-1

After you have  had TDIU 20 Consecutive years  then your safe

Although there is a 5 year and 10 year safe limit but comes with no guarantee 

jmo

Edited March 9, 2016 by Buck52

[Guest ScareCrow]

 Okay thanks for that info, so apparently the TDIU Form 21-4140-1 is still in effect then thats good to have verification, for some reason there are some misinformed veterans that think its been rescinded and apparently that is not the case.....

 To be safe I think that after the 1st of each year sending out 2 TDIU Forms 21-4140-1 filled out and signed using certified mail just in case would be the best way to go.....

 

[Gastone]

Scarecrow, do you currently have an SC Rating, are you IU?

IU Ratings are always temporary, even when the T & P No Future Exams is indicated on the Award. If after being Awarded IU, a Vet were to maintain SGI+$$ ($12,400 or $11,400 if 65+) level of employment for 12 Continuous months, the IU rating would be up for a Reduction back to the Vet's pre IU SC Rating. That's 12 months straight, no interruptions.

When a Vet hits 69, the annual VA IU Date, Employment/Earned Income verification form is no longer required. Prior to turning 69, failure to file could get a reduction, why chance it.

Semper Fi

[Guest ScareCrow]

 Yes I have several VA SC's with high ratings and several irons in the fire but playing the hurry up and wait game like most everyone else.....

[gs106]

From M21

b.  Monitoring Changes in Employability Status

Changes in the employability of Veterans for whom IU is established is monitored through the   ·   annual release of VA Form 21-4140 via the Hines Information Technology Center (ITC), and ·   Income Verification Match (IVM).   References:  For more information on ·   dispatch and control for the return of VA Form 21-4140, see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 2.F.5.d, and ·   the IVM as it relates to awards based on IU, see M21-1, Part X, 9.A.1.e.

c.  When Monitoring Changes in Employability Status Is Not Required

Monitoring changes in employability status is not required when the Veteran   ·   is 69 years of age or older ·   has an IU rating that has been in effect for 20 continuous years, or ·   has had an IU rating replaced with a 100-percent schedular evaluation.   Reference: For more information on protection of evaluations, see 38 CFR 3.951(b).

[Buck52]

Interesting

I am TDIU P&T & over 55 , had this for 14 years. 100%

I filed another claim in 2015 for PTSD got 70% SC

They inferred the SMC-S And was put as a 100%rating.

an extra 347 month.

On ebenefits there's a blue circle with 100% sign in the middle.

However if I am still TDIU P&T...I will still send in the form 21-4140  every year until I get a letter from VA telling me Its not necessary to send in this form.

Better to be safe than sorry,(send it in) why do you think they never send the form to the veteran?  so it can give them a chance to reduce us.