OT: My Veteran Benefit.
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Get back in there and keep pushing. My initial rating was 60%. I just got to 90%. So many issues are service connected and connected to one another. If you have legit claims, getting to 100% is life changing money for regular folks. It’s not just disability. It’s disability AND compensation. Service comes at a cost. You paid the price. Go get compensated for it.d
May have been true in years past, but not today. Guys with actual combat injuries and guys who got injured during service can get what they deserve if they are willing to fight for it. The problem is, the system is designed to discourage participation and to frustrate veterans into giving up. It’s much better than it used to be and that is thanks in large part to policies pushed by Trump and Biden. If you know people who were injured in combat and they aren’t getting what they feel they deserve, they can find people to help them fight for it. It’s no different than hiring a lawyer to defend you in court or hiring a doctor to treat a medical condition.
It ain’t $1500 a month. Closer to $300 and it’s not an additional $300. It’s $300 in place of whatever you were receiving for them as a minor dependent. 100% is going max out around $4500 a month. May find some slightly above or below based on certain conditions, but $4500 is on the high side.
If you are getting benefits from the VA you really need to get a VSO to help you navigate. Both the VFW and American Legion will provide one for you. I read somewhere that Veterans leave 1000's of dollars on the table because they can't know it all. My dad was a 100% disable Veteran and in 1984 the VA game me 480.00 per month while in college. I lost it when I joined the Marine Corps. I am trying to learn everything I can. I only been doing this since July. I have gotten things wrong and gotten things right. I am still learning and I am not going to leave money on the table.
Chapter 35 Rates For Survivors And Dependents | Veterans Affairs
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100% is roughly $4000 married plus $300 per dependent also tax free. Spouses can also get money if you register them as caregivers. Chapter 35 the Dependent Education Act (DEA) pays spouse and children E5 BAH monthly, = $1480 at State (my 3 sons all got it). Additionally your spouse qualifies for the Dependent Indemnity Clause (DIC) upon the veterans' death, roughly $1800 a month as long as she's alive.
100% disability is an extremely good benefit to our veterans who, in my opinion, deserve it.
Glory, PM me. I think I can hook you up and get you a lot more than you're currently getting. The VA always low balls the initial ratings. It's all about managing numbers and they know statistically who will ask for an increase. And, yes, I'm a 100% disabled veteran (3 tours to Iraq) and a retired Lieutenant Colonel.
100% disability is an extremely good benefit to our veterans who, in my opinion, deserve it.
Glory, PM me. I think I can hook you up and get you a lot more than you're currently getting. The VA always low balls the initial ratings. It's all about managing numbers and they know statistically who will ask for an increase. And, yes, I'm a 100% disabled veteran (3 tours to Iraq) and a retired Lieutenant Colonel.
I know there are numerous secondary conditions I can get. Those C&P exams are stressful. I am waiting a few months to go after others. I need to rest a little. I might take you up on it when I get ready.
Two things:
1. I don’t know what injury/disability you suffered, but no matter what you’re getting….you aren’t getting enough as far as I’m concerned, because…..
2. …every one of y’all deserve more than you get. I’m a relatively tough fella when it comes to work, but I’ve never even been in a fist fight. If our nation’s security depended on men like me going into battle we’d all be speaking Arabic, Russian, or Chinese. I salute you and all like you. Thank you.
Damn. I have spent money for a company to help me with my claim and still didn’t know about that. Thanks for the heads up. I apologize for my ignorance.
The first part is valid information, but the last part is not. I can tell you 100% the VA does not intentionally low ball initial ratings. It's basically data input. We get the exams back from the examiners and input their findings. The most important part of the entire process is the VA exams. Our hands are very tied to what those examiners findings are. If those results are low, then the rating will be low. We take the exam findings and match to the rating criteria in the Code of Federal Regulations Title 38 Part 4. Anyone can look it up and see what they need to get a specific rating for a specific condition. But most people won't look that up to see what it actually takes to get a higher evaluation so they just think we are low balling them. For example, let's say you have a knee injury. You have pain when you move it, but you still have most of your range of motion. We give you a 10%. You think that's low because it really, really hurts. Well, 10 is most we give for pain. After that we rate it based on loss of motion and to get a higher evaluation you really, really have to loss of motion. Like lost more than half of your range of motion to even get a 20%.
Honestly, if you just google 38 CFR part 4 and find the condition you are claiming, it will basically give you the script of symptoms and findings you need to get each evaluation. My best advice would be to look that up before you go to your exam.
Caleb Hammer has hosted many military guys on his financial podcast and they all have had disability. I don’t mind those who need it getting it but it seems like everybody has it.
My idiot ex BIL has disability after one deployment. He did have more of an argument for it than most of these dudes out there. There was actually a little action when he deployed.
As a veteran of 31+ years, i agree, but as long as the vet is being honest, he/she is just playing by the rules. Like a person using every loophole to get out of paying taxes.
When growing up, a disabled vet was someone shot up in WW2, Korea or Vietnam, those were a different breed, they only claimed benefits if truly injured, mostly in combat. Now, if someone is on duty and hurt a knee while working out (even if it’s not an issue that permanently affects use) he/she is going to file for and get disability.
Good point and good write-up, thanks. Low ball was a little inflammatory. Lack of knowledge and understanding about how to write/file your condition is a better descriptor.
In my opinion, as with a lot of military jargon, the percentage terms the VA uses is misleading. Percentages are supposed to represent at a macro level the average amount of salary a veteran's injuries cause him/her to lose over their remaining working life. The VA compensation payment is intended to replace these losses. Saying a Veteran is 100% disabled is misleading and has negative connotations. If they labeled disability ratings level 1 thru level 10 instead of 10% thru 100% it would be a much more accurate way to describe the veterans status. They can then use percentages for those truly lost to the workforce. People missing limbs and eyesight, or paralysis. These are the people most think of as 100% disabled and they are compensated on a different scale. Just my two cents.
We joke all the time that there is math and then there is VA math. For example, it takes 27 10% evaluations to get to a combined 100% evaluation at the VA.
Outside of one guy that loaded missiles on planes during Shock and Awe without ear plugs now suffering from tinnitus, I know of no one that’s on it who’s actually seen war time.
I’d guess over 70% of everyone currently entering the military ends up on it. A complete travesty.
I have two 0% and two 10% and one 20%. None are secondary. I do have secondaries I just want to wait. Everyone keeps telling me to go ahead and do it, and lock those dates of claims in.
I always felt guys getting out should receive base pay for a few years to help them readjust to normal life. Military life is anything but normal and it is hard to adjust civilian life.
You can definitely wait, nothing wrong with that. I suggest you submit a VA Form 21-0966 Intent to File. That will tell the VA you are intending to file a claim in the next year and will save your date for one year to submit a claim. Then file your claim anytime within the next year and the VA will go back to the date we received that form to pay you.
