LIVE Q+A with VA Disability Benefits Lawyers! 07.03.24

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[@edlauderback4000]

“100 % for mental is a no brainer”, Carol your killing it 😂

[@koolt1984]

I will have Hot dogs with her! The denied my Sleep Apnea because they did the C&P exam before before the PTSD exam.

[@ConnieParker-z8d]

Filed intent to file 8-23 under pact act, Vietnam Been unemployed since 2000 ltd and Ssdi due to heart only. Rated 60 presumption for heart 3/29/2024. Realized eligible to apply TDIU. Gathered evidence. Need strategy to file TDIU claim prior to intent to file expires. A should have developed TDIU as records reflects unemployment

[@ConnieParker-z8d]

Filed intent to file 8-23 under pact act, Vietnam Been unemployed since 2000 ltd and Ssdi due to heart only. Rated 60 presumption for heart 3/29/2024. Realized eligible to apply TDIU. Gathered evidence. Need strategy to file TDIU claim prior to intent to file expires. A should have developed TDIU as records reflects unemployment

[@koolt1984]

Hello Carol! You're still looking good! I'm 70% PTSD, I want to know if I would be poking the bear if I applied for an increase for Sleep Apnea. I have been issued a machine.

[@lg7728]

I have poked the bear twice since I received my 100% P/T in 2014. I filed for migraines (50%) and hypertension (0%).

[@alananderson7903]

@@lg7728 Why? At 100% you're already covered for every possible condition including non-service connected conditions.

[@lg7728]

​@@alananderson7903 I filed for an increase in migraines when the VA had temporarily stopped C&P exams (March 2020), and I felt it was a perfect time. I figured the VA would perform an Acceptable Clinical Evidence (ACE) exam, which the rater did. A VA ACE exam is a “records only” review of certain disabilities you’ve filed for by a C&P examiner. I submitted a Disability Benefits Questionnaire (DBQ) and five years of medical notes, and my claim was granted in four days. I also wanted a cushion to go with my 100%. Yes, the VA raters have reduced some veterans’ percentages due to mistakes that were previously made and discovered when veterans continued to file for disability, and this is not always against the veterans. I know several veterans whose mistakes were made by VA raters that benefited them, and they received retroactive pay. I don't tell veterans to continue to file or not because it is an individual's decision. My hypertension was presumptive under the PACT Act from Thailand. For my C&P exam, I received a phone call from a nurse practitioner from my local VA medical center. She asked a couple of questions and made several comments.

[@lg7728]

@alananderson7903 I filed on-line for migraines during COVID-19 with the cancelation of C&P exams. I had an ACE exam, and my claim was granted in four days. My hypertension condition was presumptive from Thailand, and I also had an ACE exam and telephone C&P exam. I am done, and I will not file for depression unless the VA tries to reduce my percentage.

[@arthurzapico935]

What if Vietnam’s toxic Agent Orange came to you at Clark Airbase Philippines from US transport planes?

[@v.franklin6086]

Why when you are going through chemo they still want you to prove that it's SC when the cancer started after you got out.

[@darylejohnson4557]

Workman comp question, I’ve had surgery on one leg. What options due I have after many years later from the same leg it’s got worse?

[@rdking8001]

I have been waiting for an appeal for two years now, is there any maximum time the VA can take?

[@JessSwope]

What does it mean they r conceding my Toxic Exposure

[@Juice421fs]

Does Hill & Ponton help file tdiu or only after I get turned down?

[@MichaelLinton-e4p]

I was a mm3 A DIV. on the CV-43 using zinch chromate to protect the pipes from corrison . How can I prove that .

[@jeffreynavallo6684]

Ship mates

[@adamgossett7924]

SC

[@mrharrison76]

Are your services free.

[@williamwilson9283]

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