Currently rated 100%. The issues on appeal are lower back and PTSD. PTSD was initially 30% and then when I had my TBI CP it rose to 70%, with an additional 50% for migraines.
I am scheduled for a Virtual hearing at a local office (2 hours away) in a few months.
I really don't want to mess with the PTSD rating as I feel its a fair rating. Should I send the form to cancel that in the appeal, it can only hurt me to continue with that right?
For some background I submitted the appeal in 2019 and I am represented by a lawyer. Do I have ANYTHING to gain by keeping this appeal?
As always, thank you all for your help. Rock of the Marne.
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Currently rated 100%. The issues on appeal are lower back and PTSD. PTSD was initially 30% and then when I had my TBI CP it rose to 70%, with an additional 50% for migraines.
I am scheduled for a Virtual hearing at a local office (2 hours away) in a few months.
I really don't want to mess with the PTSD rating as I feel its a fair rating. Should I send the form to cancel that in the appeal, it can only hurt me to continue with that right?
For some background I submitted the appeal in 2019 and I am represented by a lawyer. Do I have ANYTHING to gain by keeping this appeal?
As always, thank you all for your help. Rock of the Marne.
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An SMC rating is definitely a factor but don’t forget about a retroactive earlier effective date (EED). In my particular case the VA awarded/granted me a combined 100% schedular P & T rating even
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I'm 90% with IU P&T so I'm getting paid at 100%. I got my IU in Feb of this year retroactive to Feb 2021. I had an appeal going since Sept 2019. I had almost forgot the appeal. June 29 of this
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Exactly: The VA loves it when we dont apply for all the benefits we deserve "out of fear of reduction". Read, and reread 38 CFR 3.344, above. Its actually quite difficult for the VA to reduce
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