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Social security disability for PTSD but the VA has me rated at 30%
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RyanE
Hi, I have been rated at 30% for PTSD since 2005 (60% total). In 2015 I lost my job and after a year social security found me eligible for social security disability benefits based on PTSD. I have not worked since. In 2018 I filed a claim for increases on several things but not for PTSD. At the same time, I was trying to get the VA to add depressive order to my list of service-connected items as I had the diagnosis for it. The VA then re-evaluated me for PTSD and said I was still at 30% and denied all my increases. I had never told the VA or the rater about social security finding me disabled due to PTSD. I appealed the VA decisions regarding the increases they denied me and now the VA is requesting my social security disability findings so, I went ahead and sent them in through ebenifits. The VA sent me a letter stating that " we completed your request for a higher level review, and discovered an error in our duty to assist in gathering evidence in support of your claim". What are the chances that the VA will raise my PTSD to 100% upon finding out that I cannot and have not been able to work because of the problems I have from PTSD . Also, is the VA supposed to address these kinds of issues if the find them? thanks for any thoughts.
I never wanted to mess with my PTSD rating for fear of the VA screwing up as usual and that is why I never asked for an increase or told them about the social security disability based on PTSD.
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doc25
If you get 70% for PTSD you can apply for IU; but in your case, the SSA records will provide weight to an increase for PTSD possibly to 100%. Best wishes.
Bwaveteran
I’m on SSDI for PTSD since, 2105. I went through a DRO process and submitted my award but, unfortunately it wasn’t good enough. So hence forth to the BVA in 2016 and VLJ granted my PTSD (2018) along w
Berta
This link has the change to M21-1MR that I requested from Shulkin: https://community.hadit.com/topic/74141-received-latest-va-decision-missing-evidence/page/2/#comments The VA is supposed t
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