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Stan n Pam
I'll try to explain this – I feel like I need to tell you all that have responded that I have a pretty healthy case of good 'ole ADD. I really struggle reading, especially instructions – so keep that in mind when I don't seem to click right a way on something – I'm a visual learner….so if you guys wouldn't mind drawing a few pictures now and then, that would probably help a lot……. Just kidding J …but if they could be in color……..
In going thru the ROI packet that was printed on 10.10.06 – there are some discrepancies that I need help understanding –
It shows Stan as having a 60% disability rating. It is broken down like this:
"CONSULT REQUEST" (is the title on the top of the page) page 53
Provisional Diagnosis: PTSD CHRONIC SEVERE
Eligibility: SERVICE CONNECT ED 50% to 100% VERIFIED
Total S/C %: 60
FOREARM MUSCEL INJURY 30% S/C
FACIAL SCARS 0% S/C
DIABETES MELLITUS 10% S/C
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 10% S/C
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS 0% S/C
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS 0% S/C
PARALYSIS OF SCIATIC NERVE 10% S/C
PARALYSIS OF SCIATIC NERVE 10% S/C
Then……………………..
On October 12, 2006 Stan received notice that his disability had been increased to 70% - and that breaks down like this:
….decision on your claim for service-connected compensation received on December 29, 2005….
….Payment start date: Jan 1, 2006 for increased service-connected compensation evaluation; monthly entitlement amount $1,280.00 this includes an additional amount for your spouse, Pamela…..
….We determined that the following conditions were related to your military service, so service-connected has been granted…
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Medical Description percent assigned effective date</H1>Bilateral hearing loss 0% May 19, 2006
Tinnitus 10% May 19, 2006
…..we determined that the following service-connected conditions have worsened, so we granted an increase in your assigned percentage:…..
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Medical Description old % new% assigned effective date</H1>Diabetes mellitus, type 10% 20% Dec 20, 2005
II w/nuclear cataracts
Residuals, shell fragment 30% 40% Dec 20, 2005
Wound, right arm
Scar, fragment wound, right and left periorbital areas 0% assigned
…….we denied entitlement to the 100% rate because it wasn't shown that you are unable to work as a result of your service-connect disabilities……
My question here is: What happened to the previous ratings on these:
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 10% S/C
PARALYSIS OF SCIATIC NERVE 10% S/C
PARALYSIS OF SCIATIC NERVE 10% S/C
Another question is: I wonder where the heck that 10% rating on the PTSD came from in the first place? I'm still in the process of going thru papers so I may find that out – Stan is hoping to be rated 100% on PTSD (his VA doctors seem to think that is a distinct possibility, we'll see) – if that happens will he lose the ratings on everything else? Will they all be absorbed into one single diagnosis of PTSD? I have a problem with that! He was shot serving his country before he developed PTSD! To me everything should be absorbed into that rating. Maybe I'm being too emotional here and I probably haven't thought this thru enough, but most of the time my first instincts seem to be the right ones. ….BUT… then on the other hand – I do have to realize who we are dealing with here!!!! The VA and The Government…….. 'nough said.
Thanks for any direction anyone can give me on this,
Pam
If you need any more background – I'd be happy to supply it – one thing about this board that is so cool, is, that everyone has their own dirty laundry, and we all have to hang it out to dry sometime – and this seems to be the best place to do that.
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