SMC-S1 AWARDED, 1/21/2021

[63Charlie]

No attorney representation entitles me to 100% of retro award.

Thanks for teaching me to fight and never quit.

Now I'm waiting on my direct deposit retro for almost four years with the increase to SMC-S1  from 100%.

I have a docket # for my appeal at the CAVC, but no more money for me is involved when my attorney wins that.

 

[ShrekTheTank]

Congrats!  There could be more depending on what happens there.  The EAJA will pay for the lawyer at that part and then % after that point.  

[john999]

The S-1 housebound award is about $300 a month.  If the VA goes back 4 years that is a nice pile of money.  Did you have another disability of 60% or more? The VA adds the S-1 award to your 100% compensation.  All those award types are worth the effort since that is tax free money.  $300 tax free is about $400-$450 taxable.  If you have service connected DMII or heart disease, or blood pressure there are other conditions related to these conditions you can claim.  A lot of vets get SC'ed for a physical condition and never realize that they probably have grounds to claim a new mental/emotional  condition.  Mental conditions also mean a vet can sometimes claim related physical conditions, but nobody is going to tell you this at the VA.

[63Charlie]

John999...I'm fighting at the CAVC for  a recent BVA denial for service connection of Meniere's Syndrome.

It is a high value claim with my symptoms equivalent to a 60% rating.

 

[GBArmy]

63Charlie Congrats, brother. Keep working at it for SMC's!

[pacmanx1]

Congratulations!