I need help understanding my C&P exam!

[Osccore9]

 

Hello everyone,

I need help with the results of my C&P exam. I had it 2 weeks ago, and received the report yesterday. Can someone help me understand the outcome? Will I be awarder a disability rating? Or will I be denied? Thanks in advance.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 16, 2016 by Osccore9

[Buck52]

 ''TDIU'' 

''Totally Disabled Individual  Unemployability''....Due to your service connected Disability. 

P&T means that your disability will be permanent in nature  & is consider chronic and will likely to not improve in your life time.

some times depends on the disability and nature of it for them to award the P&T..Some times the disability don't warrant a P&T Rating & when it does its there duty to assist to give you the P&T

If you get a TDIU P&T Rating  you probably will not be scheduled for any future exams.

 

Well   with the VA the way they are they tend to ''not'' read everything they need before making a decision.

Here is the Criteria for a mental health rating.

 Base this and compare to your C&P Exam   it will give you a close look at the criteria you should best be rated at or the closet.... if your not satisfied with your decision you can NOD   disagree with their decision. 

Note: Also you should request a decision be made for your PTSD/MST Claim to be expedited ASAP for hardship reason.

General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders:
Total occupational and social impairment, due to such symptoms as: gross impairment in thought processes or communication; persistent delusions or hallucinations; grossly inappropriate behavior; persistent danger of hurting self or others; intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living (including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene); disorientation to time or place; memory loss for names of close relatives, own occupation, or own name	100
Occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, due to such symptoms as: suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities; speech intermittently illogical, obscure, or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively; impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods of violence); spatial disorientation; neglect of personal appearance and hygiene; difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances (including work or a worklike setting); inability to establish and maintain effective relationships	70
Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect; circumstantial, circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech; panic attacks more than once a week; difficulty in understanding complex commands; impairment of short- and long-term memory (e.g., retention of only highly learned material, forgetting to complete tasks); impaired judgment; impaired abstract thinking; disturbances of motivation and mood; difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships	50
Occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks (although generally functioning satisfactorily, with routine behavior, self-care, and conversation normal), due to such symptoms as: depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks (weekly or less often), chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss (such as forgetting names, directions, recent events)	30
Occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress, or; symptoms controlled by continuous medication	10
A mental condition has been formally diagnosed, but symptoms are not severe enough either to interfere with occupational and social functioning or to require continuous medication	0
Maybe this will help but don't get discouraged if you don't get a correct rating  or lowballed, with all your records I doubt you will get lowballed  but nothing is 100% when it come to the VA's Rating Dept. .................Buck

Edited June 22, 2016 by Buck52

[Osccore9]

31 minutes ago, Buck52 said:

 ''TDIU'' 

''Totally Disabled Individual  Unemployability''....Due to your service connected Disability. 

P&T means that your disability will be permanent in nature  & is consider chronic and will likely to not improve in your life time.

some times depends on the disability and nature of it for them to award the P&T..Some times the disability don't warrant a P&T Rating & when it does its there duty to assist to give you the P&T

If you get a TDIU P&T Rating  you probably will not be scheduled for any future exams.

 

Well   with the VA the way they are they tend to ''not'' read everything they need before making a decision.

Here is the Criteria for a mental health rating.

 Base this and compare to your C&P Exam   it will give you a close look at the criteria you should best be rated at or the closet.... if your not satisfied with your decision you can NOD   disagree with their decision. 

Note: Also you should request a decision be made for your PTSD/MST Claim to be expedited ASAP for hardship reason.

General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders:
Total occupational and social impairment, due to such symptoms as: gross impairment in thought processes or communication; persistent delusions or hallucinations; grossly inappropriate behavior; persistent danger of hurting self or others; intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living (including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene); disorientation to time or place; memory loss for names of close relatives, own occupation, or own name	100
Occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, due to such symptoms as: suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities; speech intermittently illogical, obscure, or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively; impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods of violence); spatial disorientation; neglect of personal appearance and hygiene; difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances (including work or a worklike setting); inability to establish and maintain effective relationships	70
Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect; circumstantial, circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech; panic attacks more than once a week; difficulty in understanding complex commands; impairment of short- and long-term memory (e.g., retention of only highly learned material, forgetting to complete tasks); impaired judgment; impaired abstract thinking; disturbances of motivation and mood; difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships	50
Occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks (although generally functioning satisfactorily, with routine behavior, self-care, and conversation normal), due to such symptoms as: depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks (weekly or less often), chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss (such as forgetting names, directions, recent events)	30
Occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress, or; symptoms controlled by continuous medication	10
A mental condition has been formally diagnosed, but symptoms are not severe enough either to interfere with occupational and social functioning or to require continuous medication	0
Maybe this will help but don't get discouraged if you don't get a correct rating  or lowballed, with all your records I doubt you will get lowballed  but nothing is 100% when it come to the VA's Rating Dept. .................Buck

Buck,

Thanks for the info. I did not know what all those acronyms stood for.  After reviewing my symptoms and the list above, I see most of my symptoms are at the 100% margin. I also have some in the 70-50 range. How does that work? Thanks in advance.  

[Buck52]

They basically rate on the symptoms and not  just the disability  the more symptoms the better the rating  (usually) .

it takes most of the systoms listed to get a 100% rating...again a lot of this depends on what type of a rater you get  some will nit-pick and try to lowball ya.

usually if the symptoms meet the criteria on the rating chart above that best fit  that's the rating they usually give.

[Buck52]

Note: you will only recieved one % for any mental health rating  PTSD  or MDD ect,,ect,,.

but if you have other disabilitys  then you need to file for those too...it will boost your rating up to the SMC.(SPECIAL MONTHLY COMPENSATION)

[Osccore9]

2 minutes ago, Buck52 said:

Note: you will only recieved one % for any mental health rating  PTSD  or MDD ect,,ect,,.

but if you have other disabilitys  then you need to file for those too...it will boost your rating up to the SMC.(SPECIAL MONTHLY COMPENSATION)

I see.  How does the whole retro pay work? Is it true you get back pay? Does it start from the day you submit the claim?

[Osccore9]

On ‎6‎/‎21‎/‎2016 at 6:53 PM, Buck52 said:

Note: you will only recieved one % for any mental health rating  PTSD  or MDD ect,,ect,,.

but if you have other disabilitys  then you need to file for those too...it will boost your rating up to the SMC.(SPECIAL MONTHLY COMPENSATION)

Buck,

What is special monthly compensation? Is it compensation added on top of what you get monthly according to your rating?