CHAMP VA

[SBU-12-RM]

Hello there, 

 

I have been a member of Hadit for years and I can honestly say without this site my journey to finally getting my 100% p&t would have been much longer and more difficult.

Last week when I logged in to check the status of my claim I literally got tears in my eyes...100% p&t, I knew what that meant for my family, what that meant for our future and I am soo thankful and humbled by this recent rating. 

Now being in the world of 100% I have so many questions like:

• My family gets CHAMPVA so does this mean they can go to any Dr that accepts CHAMPVA?
• Can I do the same thing? I currently have insurance provided thru work but does that mean I keep that, drop that and just use CHAMPVA?
• I can now go on base but how do I set that up? Can I bring my family on base also?
• Looks like I can fly Space A along with my dependents, how do I start that process?
• Lastly, I have a BS can I use Chapter 35 to go on and get my MA?

 

Thanks for any feedback, 

So very thankful, 

RR

[pacmanx1]

1 minute ago, shrekthetank1 said:

I thought you could not get SSDI and still be working?

You are correct

[pacmanx1]

2 minutes ago, pacmanx1 said:

I thought you could not get SSDI and still be working?

After I graduated and received my degree, I was awarded 100% P & T and planned on going back to work but finally realized that I could get a job but there was no way I could keep that job until retirement, so I finally decided to file for SSDI. 

[brokensoldier244th]

You can but the limits are strict

https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10095.pdf

[pacmanx1]

As stated, how long could the veteran really work? If the veteran could physically and mentally handle the work is one thing but if the veteran was having difficulties, it could present a problem or cause more damage.

[john999]

If you are getting SSDI and TDIU I would be very careful about any work that involves an IRS 1099 or a W-2.  VA is notorious for just dropping the hammer and letting you appeal for a couple of years while you starve.  I so wanted to continue some kind of little business, but I knew it would be a danger to me.  I physically could not do it which just frustrated me no end.  I had a good job and I hated to have to retire on disability.  Sometimes you must face the awful facts.  I don't understand people who want to retire at 50 and sit on their asses for 30 years. Now because I am so disabled I do sit on my ass, but I am 72 with one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.  With VA or SSDI I would not tempt fate!  The love to make examples of people who they accuse of fraud.