IU after Retirement

[paulstrgn]

I was talking about this in another thread but as @Buck52 said I don't want to hijack someone else thread.

I will be retiring from the federal government around the end of October, I will be receiving a retirement check from them, I am also retired from the Air Force. My quest is can I get IU even though I am retired?

Once I retire I will also go to the VA Voc ReHab. I am also hoping (like everyone else on this site) to get to 100% P&T I almost there now.

If I do get 100% P&T is there any need to pursue IU?

[paulstrgn]

@GeekySquid thank you for the information. Like you I do not like to discuss these things, I am glad I can use ED instead of spelling it out. My back is causing me major nerve issues from the waist down. I hate talking these issues, I hate more writing them down. I was raise like most of the baby boomers were men don’t have these issues and you sure as hell never went to a doctor for them. 

I have similar issues of leakage, as you said you find work around’s. I am not sure what causes the leakage but it is there. 

[paulstrgn]

@Buck52 I agree you never know what the eaters look at or are will to do. I hate that we even need to pay for these rivals and then the IMO...vets have to spend to much money to have benefits awarded that they earned. We should be able to claim the expenses we incur it proving our claims. 

[GeekySquid]

19 minutes ago, Buck52 said:

I wear pads at times

@Buck52

getting rated for voiding dysfunction as a secondary might up your smc awards. don't know for sure but it might be interesting for you to consider.

[GeekySquid]

8 minutes ago, paulstrgn said:

I am not sure what causes the leakage but it is there. 

@paulstrgn

Understand.

It is not really up to us to decide cause, it is up to us to file the claim and give the symptoms, take the tests if any, and do the C&P.

that said, right now I am looking up information on having a "partially empty sella" which I found out I had when I got my C-file. The VA has "lost" the MRI record that show that, and it was given in relation to my vertigo testing that came out of  an audiology issue. Even though they lost the record there are like 25 references to that MRI and my partially empty sella. I was also able to get the results and images from the Imaging Center that the VA sent me too.

considering the importance of the Pituitary gland to our health I am wondering why they did not notify me as to the potential health conditions and their relationship in my Claims for ptsd, hearing loss, and tinnitus. I also was diagnosed with BPH back then and has a connection to my ED and the sella issue. I am diagnosed with depression and hormones affect that.

I don't yet understand why they did not notify or assist on this issue and when I find the best way to address that I will be asking our resident Queen of Cue, @Berta about how it fits into a cue.

the sella surrounds the pituitary gland and that controls hormones and associates to the endocrine system, sympathetic nervous symptom and hypothalmus.

This affects ED, sleep apnea, cortisol, and has relations to PTSD, anxiety, depression. It can cause hypogonadism and other testicle problems and is associate with MS and Osteoporosis.

most of that can and does affect the genitorurinary system and voiding dysfunction comes into play under that.

convoluted to us lay folk.

There are two types of sella syndrome conditions primary and secondary. primary is rare. In fact diagnosing empty sella syndrome is rare but on the increase since MRI's have become so common.

Secondary can result from trauma to the head. The military has studied it in relation to TBI but then there is no definitive medical scope as to what type of trauma is or is not TBI. Meaning if you bang your head in a car accident, you can get a TBI (and an empty sella after such an instance is documented) but it is not what most people think of as combat related TBI. I have documented head trauma but not a TBI diagnosis. I also have documentation of a grenade blast 10 feet from my right side and my hearing is bad in that ear. I don't know if I can positively link those to the empty sella, but I going to try.

@paulstrgn I would suggest you consider the voiding dysfunction and see how it might fit your situation. If you need more than 4 pads a day it can rate at 60%

 

[GeekySquid]

31 minutes ago, paulstrgn said:

My back is causing me major nerve issues from the waist down

@paulstrgn

there is a connection to back and spine issues with leaking. check it out.

[Richard1954]

7 hours ago, paulstrgn said:

When I retire in October I will be 62, I will get my SS plus I have two young boys who will also get SS (I remarried and now have a 6 & 10). If I continue working I might lose my SS but my boys will get theirs (it will be their college fund). My SS will be reduced by what I earn, that is why I say I will lose mine.

Paul.... are you aware that when you retire your civil service retirement pay is offsets by your social security.  I do not remember exactly what the percentage is since I was retired in 1999,  but I do remember having to pay back thousands of dollars to the Government after my social security was approved ( I was medically retired so social security was not automatic as it will be in your instance.)  This really made me angry because I had worked at other jobs before working for Civil Service, and I felt they should of only offset the earnings that I made while a civil service employee....In the end I got the last laugh, because at age 65 Civil service recalculated my retirement and for every year I was retired from age 45 thru age 65 was counted as being employed for pay purposes.... It resulted in over $300 more per month, in civil service retirement pay. In my case I was also medically retired from the Army and I was able  to pay into the system to get credit for my over 15 years in the Army which made a big difference in my civil service retirement pay. Since I never got one penny of my army retirement ( took va instead)  it did not hurt my  army retirement pay . I now get CRSC and get my total army retirement  anyway.. Best of luck to you when you retire.