VA Petition

[Socorro01]

Don't know if this is the right area to put this. I have started a petition to have the VA address the "VA Math" that they use in figuring compensation..It seems really unfair and would like some help getting it changed. Here's the link a   https://www.change.org/p/department-of-veterans-affairs-reform-the-va-disability-compensation-formula?recruiter=27420882&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petitiont change.org,  Thanks for everyones help

[Gastone]

To Whom It May Concern, do you really believe a Vet with 7 SC's rated at 10% each (school math 70%), has the same Disability Picture as the Vet with a 50% SC and either a 30% (=15%) or a 40% (=20%) that ends up with a 70% CSC?

Might be time to dig deeper into the 38 CFR discussions regarding Degrees of disability and how they affect earning capacity. A Vet with (7) 10% SC would in most cases not be physically or mentally Handicapped to the extent of a severe Earned Income Reduction.

[Gastone]

A petition to change a long-standing Law regarding the SC calculation that has been in effect since (?) WW1 or WWII, really? What exactly (Legal Wise) do you find fault with?

[Buck52]

 If i had my choice I would want all veterans to get a bigger raise in our Comp period.  10/15 % would be fine.

[broncovet]

Well, the VA math is bad, but, in my opinion the calculation of retro is worse.  

If you applied in 1983, then finally get your retro, did you know you get paid from 1983 rates, and have to spend those dollars in 2018?  No interest.  In other words, VA delays you for decades, and profits from these delays, since they pay the retro, based on the older rates.  Worse, if you die, then your claim ends, unless your heirs know to file a substitution of claimant and do so timely!!!

This results in a significant financial incentive to delay you.  I wish I could delay paying my bills 20 years, then pay them with no interest and no penalty.  I promise you can not do that with IRS, you will have penalties and interest if you paid your taxes on April 18, 2018, that were due on April 15, let alone 20 years later.  

If you waited 20 years to pay your taxes, the interest would mean you would have to pay more than double.  (This assumes you managed to escape jail for tax evasion).  

This results in VA getting interest free loans from Veterans, and, even then, the VA does not have to pay all that back!  

If VA had to pay interest, so they could not proifit with delays, I say this would help to end delays.  They should have penalties for not getting our claim done in a year and paying us, just like we do with IRS.  The complexity of the IRS code does not save us,...the same excuses VA uses..."every claim is different and some take longer".  Well each tax return is different and some take longer for those, too, but we still have to file on time, no matter how complicated they are.  

[Buck52]

I personally think its fair to be compensated from the historic ratings because this is when the event happen or first occurred OR that you were SERVICE CONNECTED FOR & ENTITLED TO.  a veteran needs to consider him self lucky they even go by the historic dates  and if it happen in 1989  then why not use those rating rates and adjust accordingly as the years go by..which is what they do.

I STILL THINK THEY CAN PAYOUT MORE FOR COMPENSATION THAT WHAT THEY DO NOW,  WE BARLEY MAKE ENDS MEET LIVING ON WHAT THE VA PAYS AT THE 100%RATE.

JOHN999 WROTE YO A POST ABOUT THAT.

[Vync]

You guys make some really great points, but in my opinion...

If you owe money to the IRS, they charge you interest. When the VA pays retro, you get no interest. What's up with that?

The combined rating calculator algorithm designed to be anti-veteran. That needs to be scaled in favor of the veteran, not against. Isn't the VA compensation process supposed to be in favor of the veteran.

The compensation payments need to be increased 20%+

100% P&T or TDIU vets should be exempted from paying taxes on any income they manage to earn, including investment income and Social Security income.