Founder Tbird Posted May 22, 2009 Author Founder Share Posted May 22, 2009 sf ranger p and t is not automatic with TDIU, you may be p and t, but the va doesn't give that out automatically, at least that has been my experience, others can jump in if i'm wrong on that. I am under the assumption that if you receive 70% SC and 30% IU then you are 100% P+T......First one must be rated as IU to receive TDIU then of course the 100% is applied as 100 % P+T...... In addition, if one is rated as 100% P+T and in the breakdown for example says, "70% for PTSD and 30% IU", the vet can object and file again within a certain time limit. However, the vet can get reduced if the vet refuses the 100% P+T using the VA's original rating. It is funny you bring this up because I wanted to do teach and I am 100% P+T. I risk too much to argue to get full 100% SC which my current injuries can or should enable me to go for it....IU simply means I can no longer work and recently I thought I could but now go back to teaching College but now realize I cannot because I now hurt more than ever and because of my original IU Claim... If I try for 100% SC it really does not make sense for me because of the myrid of benefits my family and I now receive. The bennies could be reduced. It is a gamble that if disapproved I can get a reduced rating....I cannot afford to get reduced and hopefully you see the same if are the same and that is 100% P+T. My friend is 100% P+T SC and works for the Govt...Yeah he makes good pay but he is not even in fair physical shape...I will not want the exchange or a reduced P+T percentage because I believe I should have been given entirely 100% SC....We Vets should have been awarded the percentage without the fight and we fought so very hard for what we deserve.... I actually believe we deserve more than the average "Joe" because we have lost job opportunities due to our disabilities and have not received a fair VA raise in over 15 years. Why not???? I always contact my congressperson and all of us should do the same.... Individual Unemployability (IU) or also known as Total Disability due to Individual Unemployability (TDIU)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Memoriam Stretch Posted June 18, 2009 In Memoriam Share Posted June 18, 2009 Sarin Gas causes vision problems... http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/66/1/148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Thank You for the link TBird,is very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Tbird Posted June 25, 2009 Author Founder Share Posted June 25, 2009 glad you found it helpful it was written by an old member vike17 and many folks find it helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mekool Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I lived with my family on TI from 1984-1988 while stationed onboard USS CARL VINSON. We used to go crabbing off the piers on TI and ate all those delicious Dungeness crabs...or so I thought. Around that same time, I was seen at the ship's medical office for perianal abscesses...and I have continued to be plagued by this same problem that I was hospitalized twice at the VA Menlo Park in 2008. I didn't think nothing of it or maybe the cause of it until I read your post. Thanks for the helpful info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigoc Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Not sure if anyone is still watching this post but I will give this a try here and post a new one if no one responds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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