Not as much as I had expected/hoped, but SERVICE CONNECTION, by golly.
I just KNEW that I hadn't been imagining all this, but that it really did happen.
20%
They talk about my "buddy statements". They talk about my X-Rays. They talk about my private doctor's opinion......they talk about a lot of stuff that they used to come up with this rating. And, even though they list as having received my Social Security Disability Determination granting me SSDI......not a word. And, even though they sent me for a C&P, and the C&P doc states that I am in constant of pain (7 over 10) and that it interferes with any activity.....not a word.
Then they say that, for me to be rated at 30%, that I should have no more than 30 - 40 degrees flexion of my ankle (plantar flexion) or 0 - 10 degrees dorsiflexion. THEIR own doc states, and I quote:
"You walk with the ankle extended at a 45 degree angle. Dorsiflexion is 0-10 with pain and plantar flexion is 0 - 30 degrees with pain...."
This is both on the same page of my decision, just a couple paragraphs apart......
Now, where I come from, maybe I didn't learn to read very well.....but?
Is this a CUE, is this a reason to at least NOD?
Should I go ahead and file for TDIU.......three doctors including one VA doctor, and the Social Security Admin. state that I can't work....all due to this injury (bone on bone, constant pain, unable to take NSAIDS (ulcers), unable to stand or walk, etc.). I've already sent in an informal claim for my knee and hip, due to the way I have of trying to get around and that is getting progressively worse, quickly, to the point of not being able to even sit for more than about 30-45 minutes.
Anyway, I am thankful for Service Connection. At least maybe now I have been affirmed in my original claim. And, maybe now I can get some kind of help.
Thanks, BTW, to HADIT and T-bird!
Oh yeah, something else. When do y'all think my retro will be direct deposited?
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LarryJ
Yup.
Got it.
Not as much as I had expected/hoped, but SERVICE CONNECTION, by golly.
I just KNEW that I hadn't been imagining all this, but that it really did happen.
20%
They talk about my "buddy statements". They talk about my X-Rays. They talk about my private doctor's opinion......they talk about a lot of stuff that they used to come up with this rating. And, even though they list as having received my Social Security Disability Determination granting me SSDI......not a word. And, even though they sent me for a C&P, and the C&P doc states that I am in constant of pain (7 over 10) and that it interferes with any activity.....not a word.
Then they say that, for me to be rated at 30%, that I should have no more than 30 - 40 degrees flexion of my ankle (plantar flexion) or 0 - 10 degrees dorsiflexion. THEIR own doc states, and I quote:
"You walk with the ankle extended at a 45 degree angle. Dorsiflexion is 0-10 with pain and plantar flexion is 0 - 30 degrees with pain...."
This is both on the same page of my decision, just a couple paragraphs apart......
Now, where I come from, maybe I didn't learn to read very well.....but?
Is this a CUE, is this a reason to at least NOD?
Should I go ahead and file for TDIU.......three doctors including one VA doctor, and the Social Security Admin. state that I can't work....all due to this injury (bone on bone, constant pain, unable to take NSAIDS (ulcers), unable to stand or walk, etc.). I've already sent in an informal claim for my knee and hip, due to the way I have of trying to get around and that is getting progressively worse, quickly, to the point of not being able to even sit for more than about 30-45 minutes.
Anyway, I am thankful for Service Connection. At least maybe now I have been affirmed in my original claim. And, maybe now I can get some kind of help.
Thanks, BTW, to HADIT and T-bird!
Oh yeah, something else. When do y'all think my retro will be direct deposited?
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