When Do VA Disability Ratings Become Permanent?
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- Learn when veterans' VA disability ratings become permanent, how to tell if your VA rating is permanent based on your VA award letter, when VA ratings can be reduced (and when they can't be reduced), when protected VA ratings come into play (e.g. VA disability 5 year rule, 10 year rule), considerations about permanent VA individual unemployability ratings, and how to ask VA to make your rating permanent during today's CCK LIVE broadcast!
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0:00 Introduction
0:30 What is a Permanent VA Disability Rating? When Does VA Deem a Disability Permanent?
1:22 How to Tell if Your Rating Is Permanent on Your VA Award Letter
3:00 When Can VA Reduce a Veteran’s Rating?
5:10 When VA Cannot Reduce Ratings: 100% Ratings, 5-Year Rule,
8:45 Protected VA Ratings: 10 Year Rule, 20 Year Rule, Permanent and Total VA Ratings
10:35 Is VA Individual Unemployability (TDIU) Permanent?
12:50 Can Veterans Ask to Make Their VA Ratings Permanent?
14:00 Closing Thoughts
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I APPLIED IN 2002 WHEN I WAS RATED UNEMPLOYABLE BY SSI. I WAS STOPPED BY HOSPITAL. THEY SAID IF I CONTINUED THEY WOULD CUT OFF MEDICAL.
I WAS AWARDED 100 PERCENT IN 2009 AND TOLD I COULD GET BACK PAY TO 2002. I'VE BEEN TOLD ITS BEING PROCESSED FOR AROUND FOUR YEARS NOW.
I ALSO HAVE ISSUE WITH OVERTON BROOKS WITHHOLDING MEDICAL HELP.
@@ronniewall1481gh.
I've been rated 70% for almost 6 years now and I was awarded permanent and total status along with my tdiu back in July 2019. Do I ever have to worry about having my rating reexamined or reduced??
He needs to go to jail.
I need help getting my funds returned
I received 100% T&P and I didn't ask for it and didn't find out about it until 10 months later when I decided to download my disability letter.
However I was 100% for 5 years since I was 33. By 37 I was T&P. The VA has been good to me.
Although there is a dark side. My life has been horrible. It's not easy living with the these disabilities. I would rather live a normal life and not disabled.
Agreed, what combat area did you serve in? Afghanistan vet here. Was to patriotic to file any claim because I felt I didnt do Jack. Although I was exposed to being blown up or shot at on a weekly if not daily basis...
@@nateb-runs5053 I was in Afghanistan and Iraq for a total of 3 years 10 months deployment time. When I got out I never knew about the disability claims or the disability world really. I think I got a letter In the mail saying that that I was eligible or something so I made an appointment and went. No prep no knowledge. They first awarded me 70% from the get go, then a couple years later went to 80% then a couple years later 100% then 5 years later P&T. You should definitely go, symptoms don't always show up immediately they can worsen as the years go on like my case.
@@xjumpmaster82 thanks for the reply. i got out in 2013 how long do i have before its to late? Or would I be good to still go in? Hope im not past a dead line of any sort?
@@nateb-runs5053 , there is no dead line really. I got out in 1992 and didn’t make a claim until 2020. I started at 70% and now I’m 100% P&T.
@@2110devildog good to know thanks for your time!
I was rated 100% (not P&T) for my ankle/foot with gout and arthritis. 2 years into my rating I received a notice for a C&P for possible P&T upgrade. Went to my C&P a month ago and they couldn't give me an answer so they contracted LHI for another examination. Went last week and now waiting on an answer. I'll report back. Wish me luck fellow veterans!
Did you get P and T
@@kayp4601 Unfortunately not
@@shanehayes9349 it took me 7 years before I got P and T
I had 100% without p and t for several years. I was informed that I could file specifically for p and t on VA.gov. I did so a month and a half ago, and received p and t resignation last week.
@@JonJamesYT you mean "designation?" I haven't heard of a P & T "resignation." If that's what you intended, what is that?
Thank You so much for all the videos and information. You’ve really been a great help for myself and a lot of veterans I know. I always send them to your TH-cam page. God bless you all 🙏
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Going from 90% to 100% right now. Thank you for all the amazing information on your website and your videos. It has helped me a LOT and reduced my anxiety about a second claim.
Another great information for my awareness, thanks.
If you are 100% p and t, there is no need to file new claims or an increase! No need to poke the bear!!!!
I am today 80/20=100% before that I was 70/30% 16/17 years, that changed in 2016 from prostate cancer agent orange; and agent orange keeps causing health problems for me, so, I have filed a claim for nerve damage, hearing loss (hearing surgery both ears implants hearing aids stopped helping), and now vertigo plus tremors nerve damage. VA has all the data on my conditions declines; doctor authorized visits by VA. 22+ years rated.
an other double talking va rep skipping the answer requested..
That might be in some other cases but not for me! Agent Orange a continued damage to me. For 22.5 years 70/30 for 16/17 years, in 2015/16 prostate cancer surgery, I was told through two tests a lot of nerve damage agent orange, now I’m having internal tremors plus hearing loss, what else is next on the menu? Hearing implants in 2020 left ear, in 2021 surgery in the right ear. So because prostate cancer went to 80/20 in 2015/16, I was told by a VA employee file again you should be 100% as a Vietnam veteran. Here is a word medical - Demyelination. Please look it up. My nervous system is damaged by AO getting worse by the month by the year, and I will poke the bear. Plus, I refiled for PTSD and was denied 22.5 years ago ten years of therapy - poke the bear. Agent Orange tremors may be a sign of Parkinson's Disease. I am scheduled for an examination on July 28th; a C&P examination Internet on July 12th, for PTSD. I was denied a PTSD claim in 1999, it was the same year I was awarded 70/30, in August 1999.
Totally agree. I am 100% and have other issues. I am 83 and am not getting better.
Fact
Thank you for sharing this information. Truly appreciate it
Thank you so much for all you do and info you give us veterans. CCK
Grateful for CCK they help me win my case after a 7 year battle!
Thank you for the kind words, we're very happy to help!
Very good information. Some questions I've been curious about have been answered in this session. 'Liked' and 'subscribed'.
Thank you Frank, Michele Nick !
Thank you for this topic
100% P&T with a SMC-K since 2014. When I was 30.
I got it at 38
I'm am a combat veteran with PTSD. For thirty years I sent claims and they would only increase by 10% in Texas. We moved to Washington DC and I was given the 100% permanent disability. I am convinced that people down in Texas, are not very kind to veterans putting claims, or they think they are lying or even that "Hey, going into the military is what a Texan is supposed to do anyway, so deal with it". I had many people thank me for my service in Washington in one year.....and none in Texas in my Thirty years.
The stigma of mental health can be a barrier too. Texas has a “pull of your bootstraps and don’t be a sissy” mentality
That is so correct.
Idk evaluating claims is based off specific symptoms that you state to have even if they didn’t like you a 10% is what you pretty much get when you have a service connection and you told them you don’t have any problems going on
Thank you for this information
Thank you for your videos!
One of the best ways is to look for the words on you awards letter if your disability if states your rating is listed as dynamic or static. Dynamic means changing and Static means the same or non changing.
If you are a veteran and have an appeal with the VA CCK is the best! They secured me 100% p&t. It took a while, but they never gave up. I appreciate them more than they will ever know.
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I will be glad to write a Google review for you guys.
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Just Google Chisholm, Chisholm and Kilpatrick. You contact send them a message via their website. Don't expect overnight miracles, I can tell you they will not give up on you.
It's Never permanent. The VA will change the rules to suit their needs.
Twenty years it becomes locked in…
Use the DAV for disability claims. They are experts
DAV didn't want to represent me because they felt my PTSD would be accepted. I applied on my own, and it was accepted! Shame on DAV.
Great information. Thank you
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I went from 70% PTSD, after my parents passed away and I had an appointment for it, and dropped to 50%, then I had an appointment 5 years and it went back up to 70%
As a former VSR, this video is awesome, informative and, must importantly, understandable
Thank you for the information. I've been getting pulled around by the St Pete VA for years and only just gotten them to finally admit service connected rating of 90% after nearly 20 years of having my conditions treated on my own and being denied by them. it wasn't until I gathered every note and exam and treatment from all of my caregivers, over the years, and resubmitted 18-19 years later, that they gave me a combined 90%. Prior to that, they were only giving me a 10% for skin conditions which was questionable if I actually had but it was the only way they could categorize it.
I finally got a 100% permanent and total at St Pete/Bill Young V A here in florida.
You need to contact AMvets in the regional office building.
St Pete VA will cheat you every chance they get.
@@dennisyoung4381 Oh, I know. I've been suffering from them for the past 20 years and fighting for all that time to get things rated. They like to rename issues and deny them and it's taken me 18 years of being treated by my own physicians and gathering years of treatment records to prove my case. I just got a 3% rating for my feet, after 20 years. It took me 18 years to go from 10% for a condition I truly have never had, to a 90% for a combined rating of what I've been trying to get rated for, and now, finally, I got rated for my feet at 30%, which only added 3% to the 90 combined. St Pete VA has, probably the worst record of veteran treatment within the system. It's no wonder they also are treated that way with their Raters.
@@johnmcdougald1238 NO TUCSON IS THE WORSE... They been trying to kill me, Since I got here... I was told that it is one of the best facilities the VA has to offer... I reckon having the "best" facility, DOSEN'T Mean that they know how to use It... DOH!!!
Thank You 🇺🇸
I received 70% disability after appeal for MDD from service connected tinnitus and hearing loss. My attorney asked my OSA claim to be dropped despite VA diagnosis and prescribed BPAP. She Indicated it could be seen as a frivolous claim. I am 78
Thank you!
Good info. If i was still doing my claim i would love to have you guys rep me. Competent representation is Priceless. Thanks
Thank you.
This was helpful. Are the informants veterans ?
Such as relocation of a bicep, and removal 10mm of a clavicle? Or 6in of titanium that was used to repair a spiral fracture of a fibula? Or say a submuscular transposition of the unlar nerve...and the numbness and nerve damage associated with the procedure?
Thanks
I have meinues disease. Inner ear condition, loss of balance. Had 2 hearings tests and won. Filed for an increase, have to go for another audio test.
Thanks we are good.
I just turned 52 and have 93% and 100% non workability. I was retired in 2010 with 21yrs. The pain management physician wants to reduce me after a 10 minute visit and 1 exercise which then caused me injury the next day. This is all my family has and I'm freaking.
I've been receiving this since July 2010. Since it's over 10 yrs am I safe?
@@rushtk2112 1) You are protected by the 10 year rule 2) The VA has to give you a hearing AND it can be appealed before the rating reduction is approved. Just show the VA through private medical records that your condition hasn't improved and you will be fine. You only have to worry if you know your rating is shaky and did show real improvement. But if your rating is solid and the VA examiner just lied, you will easily beat the reduction proposal.
By the way, how did this happen? Are you saying you just went to a VA Hospital or Clinic for normal treatment and out of the blue, the doctor just made up the fact that your condition improved? Or did you file another claim and poked the bear and then a C&P wrote disfavorable info that got the reduction proposal started?
DAV is the best, they help you get the most benefits you deserve, go DAV,
You didn't mention the additional problem of veterans rated for conditions secondary to tinnitus (like insomnia, migraines, depression ....). Without the primary rating, there can be no secondary. A reevaluation could result in a catastrophic trickle-down effect if tinnitus is removed.
My husband received permanent disability for juvenile diabetes when he was 27 yrs old. This was in 1989 before the disability act went in effect. Believe me he wanted to be a lifer and was denied because the disability act was not in effect until 1990.
Wait, how does juvenile diabetes, a pre-existing condition not caused by service, rate any disability at all?
What about a video on these new laws the VA is putting into place
This is good info, however because the law is so complex, often it is not followed and veterans do not know, so appeals are a good idea!
I had a reduction in my asthma rating because it "didn't get worse, but it didn't get better." That was after the initial rating in 2012 and the review in 2017. I lost my appeal.
I was moved from 50% to 30% and moved me from 70% to 50% overall. It did end up getting worse a couple years later, forcing them to changing it back, but, yea, they did reduce mine because it stayed the same.
I am hoping the recent PACT bill passing will prevent them from lowering it again (hopefully raising it, actually) because I am on the burn pit registry.
We’re you over 55 years of age?
That's pretty crazy. I thought the standard was only if it improved? Did they say it improved?
Being on the burn pit registry will not prevent the VA from lowering you.
Jane where you go? What
rating are you now?
Jane get your own doctor
and see him often and tell
him what problems you are
having. Let him prescribe
all meds needed especially
prednisone.
Pretty good 💯 💕
Oh yea, I forgot to mention that the non service connected disability was for migraines I suffered daily that really prevented me from working at that time. They started when I was in my mid 20s back around 1976 or 77.
There are no "non-service connected" ratings at the VA. You can be rated 100% disabled by Social Security (SSI/SSDI) and get a VA Wartime Pension for it, but you can't get percentage ratings for disabilities that happened outside of the military.
I'm at 80% from tinnitus, AO exposure type 2 diabetes, along with peripheral neuropathy in both feet & legs. Now, I have diabetic retinopathy is both eyes and am now also insulin dependent. Are diabetic AO related issues added to a claim something I should be concerned about?
What about the 55 age rule? No one ever talks about that in detail and that applies to a bunch of people.
I'll help you to claim yours
What is the age 55 rule? I didn’t quite understand that part.
just turned 40 and i just got my 100% p&T.
It would be more beneficial to explain the difference in process between mental and physical disabilities. You focus more on physical disabilities when the majority of us have psychiatric issues.
I’m soon will be 65 years old, this last year they determined I needed hearing aids under the gulf war burn pit examines should I put in for increase rating? I have been in for a CMP board, I’m currently at 70%
Everyone in this group a veteran?
What are the loving goals are attempting?
How many adjustments are being counted?
How about the Vets that are 60+ years? I'm at 50% (currently working on higher). I'm 64, do they consider this for permanent?
So im 100% due to stoke in 2018 and 70% PTSD from 2017. Since 2019 theyve said they are going to lower to 80% but Im now 57 yo old since then. Actually I have hearing in a few days. Not worried but just trynna see if the over 55yo rule applies to me even tho they are late with granting my hearing. Plz advise. Thks
i was rated at 10% for Tinnitus 12 years ago. recently, i was rated 50% for Obstructive sleep apnea for a total of 60%. Is OSA considered a static condition?
What does substantially / gainfully employed mean? Does that mean making more than the Federal poverty limit per year?
10 years ago was rated at 80% service connected and I’ve had no other rate changes I do doctors visits twice a year changed it to once a year this last time. I’ve had major difficulties in the last three years with PTSD and anger management. When received my benefits at first I was told the reason I wasn’t 100% was because I was still working over the road truck driver. And at which time I felt I could not work anymore I can refile for the other 20% and be reconsidered. What should I do now that things are getting worse can I reapply for the other 20% even though it’s been it’s Ben 10 years!
Thomas, if you've been seeing a counselor for the condition and have not worked in a while and the VA can verify that, I say go for it. But if you're still working and have not gone to counseling, your claim will most likely be rejected and you risk your existing 80% rating if it's not static.
My reward letters don’t say anything about it being permanent or reevaluation being needed
I went in back over 5 years ago to try to get a higher rating. The Quack the g sent me to had me lay on a table lift my legs and that was it No Xrays No MRI. Still only 40% with Arthritis and nerve damage in my back. Service Connected. So now I got a new xray and MRI its way worse than my innical rating over 22 years ago. I'm almost afraid of trying g to get a higher rating level again. Any ideas tk help me
I was 75 when I received a 50% rating. I have heard that once a veteran gets to 75, they will no longer be asked to be reevaluated.
Actually I believe when you reach the age 55 yrs old for most disabilities
55 year old rule
Why don't they talk about it..there are tons of us asking about that.
If it's rated as static and you don't poke the bear, then yes. But if it's a dynamic mental health rating and you don't keep going to counseling/taking meds then yes, you could still be reduced or lose your rating.
I have Heart Failure and the VA just lowered my pension because I had a lady come in and help me with bathing and a couple of other things but my wife still provides me with my home care. But my wife hurt her back and had to take shots in her back and she still provided me with help with the general things she just couldn't help me with a bathing and getting dressed. I turned in a statement from the lady who had helped me with bathing for 2 months and I paid her 250 a month and now they took money away from me
i would like to know why when moved to TPD i wasnt moved up to 100% from 90%
Your benefit presentation is excellent. My rating is 40% + 40% unemployability, service connected, Paid 100% rate, total and permanent. I have questions on possible rate reduction. This has been for 13 years now. I am 75 years old. Am I secure with their rate without a negative change? A lot of veterans feel the VA has the right to do any type of change they deem necessary. Can you help me understand my rating as loss of rating would change my life. Thanks for the help you provide to veterans.
You should be safe since your over 55 and P and T. Keep going to the doctors.
@@kayp4601 n
If you're 100% disabled from the service any loss all your paperwork medical record personnel folder and they don't have your right discharge things or your rank can you do something to buy that
But if you can do office work and prove your track record then they should have to change their information
I got a decision, an awards letter; however, because it went back to 1979, but, because of the amount and my race, the VA has fought me to prevent me from getting the retroactive pay due. I've been before the Appeals court three times, twice the court sent me back to the BVA for them to decide how much I'm to be paid. All they did was deny my claim even though my pay records did not reflect a full payment of the amount of the award. The third time I went before the appeals court, and even though I proved the VA was providing false information, and the court couldn't rule against the truth so I thought. Instead, I got a memorandum decision, which was based on no facts, just the judge picking a side, and rule against the facts. Furthermore, I had no appeal rights. The court protected the VA despite the fact I had a decision and awards letter that was squashed unofficially.
I've been P&T 100 percent since 95
have you ever had a re evaluation
Nice, 2018 for me
At 80, would love to be at 100. Have No clue how to get there
@@andrew7603 you tube combat Craig he will walk you how to walk your way through it.
It’s been more then 20 years your ratings are protected unless the VA can proved fraud
I am curious why I have a combined rating of 70% when I have a rating for 70% Major Depressive Disorder/PTSD and 10% Residual, left bunionectormy, both service connected? Why don't I get a combined rating of 80%?
"reach out to VA themselves"... Couldn't help but laugh at that one haha
I'm as permanent and paid back to 1995 as heart went A/O.
It is simple when rated Totally and Permanently rated 100%. IF rated 100% without the totally and permanently words it is temporary
22 years and 11 deployments and they denied me PTSD and granted anxiety
My spine was crushed.
*Took 16 years to receive the proper treatment, 25 total to get 100% Rating, And They Really Played Stupid Games For My Back Pay.*
That decision is made in D.C., But You're Not Allowed To Participate, But May Be Required To Be In D.C.! : ( ?
Lied saying they never received payment, sent another check, then they said I WAS NEVER INJURED AND MY TIME EXPIRED!
They'll also play games of not understanding your written statements.
The same statements you've made over and over.
*They Sent Me Through A Gaunlet Of Various Physical Therapy, The Psycologist, And Psychiatrist, WEIGHT LOST AND DIET CLASSES, And So Many Others, Everything Except Performing the operation I needed.
I had to have two, *Preparing for the third now, Which Will Be A Double At Once.*
*They lied and said we was addicted to our pain medications, Opioids, And Drug Dealers.* OXYTOCIN, FENTANYL!
They already knew oxytocin is actually safe. TYLENOL 5.
Pure Oxytocin, Fentanyl, Are The Drugs They Say Where All The Problems And Crimes Are Created
*I Was Prescribed Morphine!*
*YOU CAN'T GET HIGH OFF MORPHINE!*
*YOU WILL GET VERY NAUSEOUS TO THE EXTREME, AND YOUR BREATHING WILL BE CUT OFF!*
Morphine doesn't get you high.
*Kills Pain!*
Still active duty, but disappointed that they continue to reduce ratings to save money. Lobbyist (VFW, MOAA, etc.) should be actively working to retain benefits for veterans who sacrifice so much.
Those POS employees get bonuses for saving the VA money
@@LLJR do you have documentation for this?
All my other ratings state "STATIC DISABILITY" except my PTSD that was rated in 2006. It says, "FUTURE EXAM DECEMBER 2008". No exam or notification ever took place and we are now going into 2024? Any answers to this?
When I was In NJ they wanted to reduce from 100 percent to 70 in 2019 but decided not to
if you are under 20 years you've not sealed the deal, VA can reduce the amount; there is a law that prevents them from doing so once you are 20 years or more. You're a veteran and receiving compensation from VA, we are lucky ones. I've many vets have gotten nothing.
How do I get help as a deceased veteran spouse I can't contact anyone. I live in the Houston Texas area
Do P&T get approve for COE also
I had a morphine pain pump implant with the blessing from the VA. It has been removed as it was not doing the job, now I am on medical marijuana and in pain. It is service connected and I am at 70%. I cannot work and find the simple tasks at home is a no deal situation. I cannot work etc but need the 100% to get dental as my teeth are gone, plus in Louisiana I can get a substantial reduction in property taxes etc...please help
She is 82 years of age.
Been rated for asthma/copd
as well since 12/2016.
What do you think her
status is. Only one C&P
since 2016 .
Is she considered fairly?
Thanks
Oh SSI has me at 100 disabled Veteran over 10 years ago
I have 70 percent hearing.and 70 percent PTSD for 90 percent. I wonder who does their math!
70 percent disabled and 30 percent able body for the hearing. Then 70 percent of your 30 percent able body is 21 percent more putting you are 91 percent. Pay is 90 percent rate. Hope that helps.
Someone in my building at Veterans Apts. either Veterans or VA counselors have been modifying every comment I make or try to report. Probably the same people who steal my mail, Medicare and VA OTC products and Meds. I am going to find out just left lengthy comment about being exposed to vaccinations, DDT on Army and Air Bases and how I and family members have had health problems now. I will find out how I was stalked, harassed at every job I had here in Denver, CO for over 45 years even in Del City, OK. Something has been happening with MK Ultra drugs and vaccinations I always took even for measles, chicken pox inoculations for travel against World wide pandemics and flu strains. I have tremors and shakes same not severe as she did as she died of Lou Gherigs Disease ALS. My Dad was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam and he thought he had shingles. He had totally white skin covering his whole upper body with exposed nerve endings showing too. He eventually died of a heart attack. I was there after he threw me out . After he told me that Larry and Tina who worked for a nursing association in OKC as caregivers. He left them with the ownership of the paid house, truck, money, and life insurance, meds and furnishings and my Mothers jewelry valued at $300,000 dollars. My mother was going to keep 4 pieces and take them with me. I used to spend 2 or more hours cleaning her jewelry every time I visited her on my two week vacation time twice a year. I never took the jewelry pieces and told her I would come back to visit and see her, that was the last time I saw her alive.
Ok what if they made you 100% P&T from some of your claims but deferred the rest then set you up for exams to finish ur claims...?? Can they reduce your P&T status.???
I got out in 2013 at 100%. I have been 100% since and still not permanent. I'd like to be so I can get Dental. Right now I am waiting on a rating that was completed on the 28th of June and here we are 8th of July and still nothing. It's good to know people like this exsist
September 29, 2022 still waiting
If your 100 percent scheduler, your entitled to dental. You don’t need P and T for dental.
@@kayp4601 you have to be 100% permanent for dental I am temporary because PTSD fluctuates
@@derrickstinnett2054 trust me you don’t need p and t. If you have 100 percent for pTSD you have non temporary rating. I am 100 percent for PTSD but not permanent and total. I have been getting dental treatment at the VA for seven years. I been treated at three different VA regions. When they say temporary they mean after a surgery or 21 days in the hospital you get paid 100 percent. If you been 100 percent since 2013, you should request p ant t anyway. You already have the five year and 100 percent rule protecting your rating.
PTSD can be permanent and total. There is nothing in the VA regulations that’s states that mental health conditions are not eligible for dental.
How about conditions improving due to prescribed medications. With the new VA laws (tinnitus, Mental Health, etc.) I seems a provision was put in that allows VA to reduce a rating if medications are making the veteran better. Is that true?
They did it to me
I’am at 90% and stuck ! I feel underrated 2013 was denied severe sleep apnea, which caused my congestive heart failure, high blood pressure ! PTSD it’s hard on me to use the machine !
Put in for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
@@TheSnoop549 no he just needs a couple of lay state ments, a couple court cases and a good nexus. Chronic fatigue will get denied he has no diagnosis for it n he doesn't have cf he has sa.
File for Individual Unemployability
If you have sleep apnea ,you need to make sure you are using your machine .
my thinking with my disability I have been turned down three times and it seems that what happens when I try to get more I am 62
Hi. You mention the 55 year old rule. I just got recently SC at 62YO. Does that apply to me as well, and does that mean any further ratings will be protected? Also, does P&T imply 100% or can it apply to ratings under 100%? Thank you.
The permanent part yes, but the total part I think implies 100% combined.
Thank you
If you have a rating and your over 55 yrs of age it is considered permanent. That was put in by congress.
Does this still apply even if you haven't reached 20 years holding that rating, but over age 55?
@@luuvjonz1 Congress passed the law that if your over 55 they cannot take your VA disability. You can google it and it will tell you everything.
@@highway75 Thank you!
@@highway75 I’m 55 will turn 56 in August I’m 80 % IU permanent and Total I don’t trust the VA as far as I can throw a 500 pound fat body
@@LLJR I don't either just do your home work and know what's going on. I'm 74 and have been through the gamut.
I'm continuous 100 6 yrs and counting I'm 51 yrs old.
Great stuff. I’m 100% static, is it possible for me to get to p&t? Why would they put me at static but not p&t
Because they believe there is a potentiality that your disability can improve over time and they will likely schedule you for future examinations to determine if this is true. If you can show new evidence as to why your disability will not improve or you can claim new disabilities that can be proven they won't improve over time then you can be upgraded to P&T.
what if the VHA is refusing treatment for service connected disabilities, I cant see an ortho doctor for my ortho injuries unless I give them a reason I need to a new reason, same thing for neurological disorders and Blood disorders that have been now declared terminal, I keep getting told I am to complicated to care for, records have been hidden they wont let me put my copies into the file were they were removed. I also have evidence of labs drawn in germany when I was medivac'd out showing high white cell levels and no I got a call a comp and pen exam has been scheduled for a c and p exam for a terminal cancer, the records have been hidden of the developing since 04 and became critical in 2011 when my doctor was under investigation for 9.5 years of neglect he his the evidence my oncology appointment for Multiple myeloma starts 2 days after comp and pen exam. i brought the records to the va to get them readded to the record and they refused to let me and 3 days later my home was broken into and just those records were stolen what do I do? when I got CC referral for oncology I called my old VSO and asked for a motion of intent to file a claim be submitted now I have a comp and pen exam as the proof was discovered of record tampering and retaliation on me for calling my rep for help because they were making me suffer T and P since 2010 they even removed ratings and didnt forward them to the new state I moved to everything from 2004 to 2009 is missing VBA has the ratings but not med files and my doctor was in the military so he was allowed to take my first Germany hospital workup 23 sept 04 and move it to 2005 under a va I didnt goto until 2008 please what do I do my exam is in 3 days
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A dying Veteran Advanced Burn pit illness
What does Permanent and Final mean?
When The Veteran Affair’s Judge approves of The Rating.
Is it recommended to not take any pain medicine before an examination?
Don't take pain meds before examination.... Remember you want them to see the real results of your disabilities... Not that you are ok for 2 hrs due to 500 mgs of Painkillers. Let them see the real impact of your injuries and daily pain and suffering you go through... Be Honst and smart about your symptoms
I’m at 80 for hearing loss. I was a Huey mech. As well as ptsd tinnitus n a few others to make up the 80. Been two yrs so far do I need to be concerned? I can’t work due to another issue no idea where it came from but had a pancreatic biliary bypass where they replumb u and cut u along ribs from side to side. But I have a consult with va this fall to see what’s going on with that. Is it possible they will add this to my rating?
No, that's a static injury and will never improve. You should definitely qualify for a lot of secondary ratings with that high of an ear-rating and possibly TDIU. And thank you for your service!
I am 100% due to prostate cancer. When I got my disability letter from the VA it said that my next exam would be in 2025. If I have something like radiation or another form to get rid of the cancer when do I tell them that I have had a procedure? 2025 or when it is done? I have had some people say waif but I don’t want to get to q025 and then have them tell me that I owe them 1000’s of dollars from the time I went through a procedure. Thanks
When the VA decides it's permanent and total. They take their own sweet time, and almost always deny your claim on the first attempt.
I filed for disability in 2013 for ischemic heart disease. It only took until June 2022 to finally receive TDIU permanent and total, with special monthly compensation. Lots of appealing and even more waiting.
I've got 3 different ratings on my left knee. 30% for limited range of motion, and 2 more for 10% each with each one saying basically the same thing. I don't understand it.
I’m 100% combination not p and t, I had a back surgery before getting out of the military, my wife decided to join the Air Force because of the benefits and now we are station in England, I can’t do much with the VA from here but should I get a lawyer or something to get the p and t, or just waited out till they give it to me? I’m sorry I’m just really lost right now.
I got my P and T at the five year review.
Does the VA give a permanent rating for prostrate cancer
What about Coe
Is TDIU and T&P the same thing in regards to the veteran being able to work?
Hello! Check out our blog on TDIU vs 100% Schedular Ratings here: cck-law.com/veterans-law/what-is-the-difference-between-tdiu-and-a-100-percent-schedular-rating/