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Bump to 100% P&T in 8 days from C&P review

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GeekySquid

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Hey all just want to share what I think of is good news, even though I still have to sit and wait.

On 8//16/2018 I had a C&P review for my PTSD which was 70% with 10% Tinnitus rating. I was initially rated in 2013 and I had made no requests for adjustments. VA just mandated this C&P.

Today, 8/24/2018 ebenefits was up and down all day so I could not really read anything on my statuses until 6 pm PST.

I went in and I am, according to ebenefits, at 100% and in the letters I see my rating is P&T.

I am over the moon. This RO must be the rocket docket or the QTC doc really wrote a solid case for the bump. or both.

Either way I am now in the "watch the mailbox" phase since I won't believe it until i either get paid or the packet arrives.

Thanks for all the input from everyone on other posts and my rambling questions.

 

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I understand all what you mention here...I agree

Just my opinion

TDIU was created for those Veterans that are  S.C.& severally disable that can't work because of his S.C. Disability physically or mentally  and they are  rated below the 100% say 70% to 90% 

 90% disabled is pretty bad and why that veteran don't make the scheduler  100% is anyone guess? 

there's a 10% there that is in no mans land and the rater just does what the rating Manuel states...if the Veteran disability just warrants a 90% that's it that's all they rate.  and its very Unfortunate for the Veteran as for as being scheduler 100% rated.

So the VA Created the IU For this reason  if there S.C. disability prevents them form working and they were the rated below the scheduler 100%  then they give this Veteran the IU .

It's a big boost financially from 90%  to 100%  and it helps feed his family and make ends meet , its still is not the income most veterans would have earned had they could have work  but its better than nothing.

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8 minutes ago, Buck52 said:

90% disabled is pretty bad and why that veteran don't make the scheduler  100% is anyone guess?

@buck52

I totally agree and understand everything you wrote. It does not change my internal thinking about myself. it applies to no one else. I maybe should have stressed that before, for that I apologize.

 I believe most people want to work and do honest work that pays them at least a living wage. When it comes to vets I think it is smack up side the head to insult them by limiting income to poverty wages when, possibly in spurts, they might earn more but cannot do it on a regular basis for it to be reasonably considered consistent.

I believe there are likely many vets like myself who have cyclical needs and for many of them they end up with bad employment histories because they may not have been as fortunate as I am/was able to control a great deal of my work-time and still make good money. The option of putting them on TDIU might alleviate a chronic and or immediate need, but attaching financial limits and potentially punitive actions if they make more than the poverty level just chaps my hide.

I imagine, based on your words, that you would prefer to have had the option to earn more on TDIU and now that you cannot work you would still like to be able to. I respect that and have empathy for those stuck in your situation. Being /Feeling productive is a documented mental health situation. As  society we generally believe that work has value and that we are valued by the work we do. Some people just have barriers beyond their control but society has been slow to recognize that and develop ways to not have people self-stigmatize on the issue.

This could get into a long conversation.

Needless to say I agree with your post and empathize with the situation you have been put in. I just need to work on my internal dialogue about how I value myself and how work relates to that.

 

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''In reference to your comment on mooting TDIU for P&T Vets.  I did not know the details that you laid out or the possibility of mooting as you lay it out. Just a curiosity question but how many 100% TDIU P&T vets actually fit that potential mooting and more interestingly how many know they might/do fit that potential.''

I can't explain it how they go from IU to 100%scheduler but here is what happen to me

Probably not many Veterans knows this?

 I never knew it until it happen to me..I was 90% combined rating with TDIU P&T For years and I finally filed for PTSD and was rated 70% for chronic PTSD I could have NOD That decision but I was just tired fighting with the VA Over the last 25 years  or more....anyway with my 90% rating and the 70% rating that put my ratings over the 100%rating...when that happen that made me meet the SMC Criteria and the rater gave me the SMC S. Also SMC K for E.D.  Service Connected but at 0% rating.

and my EOB change to the 100%scheduler ....I have a final degree rating of 100%  just like what you posted  and it names my disability's and the ratings and where they were occurred.  (With SMC)

Now as I understand it when a Veteran is given IU 90% or below and his S.C. disability keeps him from working ...they should inferred the SMC S H.B. because that Veteran can not leave home for work (under the Howell Ruling) 

Howell vs Nicholson )dated 03-06 -06

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''In reference to your comment on mooting TDIU for P&T Vets.  I did not know the details that you laid out or the possibility of mooting as you lay it out. Just a curiosity question but how many 100% TDIU P&T vets actually fit that potential mooting and more interestingly how many know they might/do fit that potential.''

I can't explain it how they go from IU to 100%scheduler but here is what happen to me

Probably not many Veterans knows this?

 I never knew it until it happen to me..I was 90% combined rating with TDIU P&T For years and I finally filed for PTSD and was rated 70% for chronic PTSD I could have NOD That decision but I was just tired fighting with the VA Over the last 25 years  or more....anyway with my 90% rating and the 70% rating that put my ratings over the 100%rating...when that happen that made me meet the SMC Criteria and the rater gave me the SMC S. Also SMC K for E.D.  Service Connected but at 0% rating.

and my EOB change to the 100%scheduler ....I have a final degree rating of 100%  just like what you posted  and it names my disability's and the ratings and where they ware they occurred. (Vietnam)  (With SMC)

Now as I understand it when a Veteran is given IU 90% or below and his S.C. disability keeps him from working ...they should inferred the SMC S H.B. because that Veteran can not leave home for work (under the Howell Ruling) 

Howell vs Nicholson )dated 03-06 -06

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1 hour ago, Buck52 said:

Probably not many Veterans knows this?

That is what I surmise from all the other vets I know in RT and the discussions we have had. Like me, and you too apparently, we get fed up with the VA and just finally stop trying. Could be to not rock the boat, could be from exhaustion of dealing with them, could just be resignation that it seems like you are beating your head against the wall. Thank you for sharing your path. It seems that it might deserve to become a sticky as it is definitely a possibility for many vets.

Interesting note since you mentioned ED.

After the C&P review on 8/16 I found this site and started to research and ask questions. I also found other sites and in relation to ED what I surmised from all the reading is that my 70 % SC rating for PTSD might have a secondary for my ED. It is well documented and even the VA gave me viagra and that does nothing to help.

I put in for ED as a secondary on 8/20 on 8/22 it was marked Closed. On 8/23 I got an email and a voice mail from VES saying the VA had scheduled a C&P with them. The doc listed was an MD and had odd sets of training for C&P exams listed, Including GP, Musculoskeltal, MST and few others. The emailed docs did not say what the exam was for specifically and since the ED claim was Closed on ebenefits I was unsure what was up.

This morning after I responded to you the first time VES called to verify the appointment and in the conversation he stated it was for "Loss of Reproductive ability", after I snorted I asked if he meant the ED just to be sure. He said it was.

So I don't know why Ebenefits says Closed when they have me going for a C&P but oh well. It will be interesting to see what happens. AS I understand things that can rate as high as 40%.

With my 100% PTSD P&T, 10% Tinnitus, Bilateral hearing loss claim reopened, and a couple of other things I can document back to boot camp with my ankles, feet and knees, and my documented  OSA (I have not yet claimed SC for it) I might actually tip the 160% threshold, which would be something.

Frankly at this point I am enervated and motivated to seek out the SC related conditions I deal with. Or at least lay the foundations. I am getting older, more agoraphobic, anxious and angry every day, so I am guessing it won't be many years before I am ready to shoot anyone I consider a trespasser. (NOT  LITERALLY but you get what I mean. )

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  • HadIt.com Elder

Well we  really can't rely on ebenefits!

Although its been about 5 years since I have used e-benefits but the Veterans here on Hadit as experience that e-benefits is not reliable. 

Some members here has experienced e-benefits not to be reliable!

 Make sure this  examiner is qualified to do the C&P ED EXAM.?

I am not sure why your having a C&P For E.D?

If you have a Diagnose for E.D. & submitted evidence as to have your Urologist give (his/her) opinion that the med's you take for PTSD would cause or be Related to your E.D.    (he/she)would need to name these meds and detail it in his report.

  With that,  that is Probative evidence and usually they approve the E.D. and Service Connect  it to your PTSD Meds as a Secondary condition to your PTSD at 0%  and  paid an additional fee 105.** monthly  in addition to your other S.C. Disability's.

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