Who has VA Disability?

[The Devil's Advocate]

Also.. when you get the sleep study done.. if you got sleep apnea.. you can then tie that in with TMJ.. that’s when you grind your teeth.. but TMJ can be secondary to PTSD.. that’s the route I went

Damn I got TMJ too... Yea let me start my shyt up and stop bullshytting

 

[DeeezNuts]

Are y'all going to the "right" docs who are known to hook this stuff up and link..... Or just anyone?

I need to do a sleep study bad.. It's not even a joke, I know I got it. Just linking it back is the issue

Nah I didn’t go to those doctors.. I used my insurance for the sleep apnea and then I just looked up a shrink for my area… checked their reviews online and went with it.. told the doc before we sat down to write a full diagnosis .. son wrote a 7 page diagnosis to tie in my sleep apnea to PTSD.. make sure you print out the Sleep apnea DBQ and take to them to fill out

 

[DeeezNuts]

Damn I got TMJ too... Yea let me start my shyt up and stop bullshytting

All my shyt add up to 470%.. I put in so much shyt I still have 8 more things to go

 

[DeeezNuts]

All my shyt add up to 470%.. I put in so much shyt I still have 8 more things to go

The easiest things to put are things that affect your range of motion.. I got 80% off my back alone… cuz it’s different parts and nerves and each one gets a % rating.. I had to do a range of motion test.. but I made sure I went to the gym that morning.. worked out my back and didn’t stretch .. so I was in pain.. so when I did the test.. I knew my shyt was fukked up

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Got my 100 last month.. shyt felt so good.. and I still am going through some claims… mine is p&T … so I don’t know what these extra claims going do… I’m shooting for house bound.. hope I get it.. it’s more bread ontop of 100%

Yea, fukk that. I know three people with TDIU. One is struggling like shyt. The other two are married and retired with their 20 yr pension (E6 and CW3) and living like royalty in Alabama. I do well enough with mine but I make it up doing consulting whenever I feel a tough time coming up.

 

[Abraxus]

Congrats breh. I've been diagnosed with chronic/severe PTSD since 2016 and been going back religiously since and the last 4 years I was on a non deploy waiver because of it. Do you think that's enough to get 100% of course I got other shyt but I been staying in mental health

It's very possible you could come out 100 for it. I'm intermittent this week but are you close to retirement or nah? Doesn't matter, you will at least have a 50-100 rating just for that. Been doing this for long time now so you need to stack your other issues to cross the finish line.

 

[Abraxus]

The easiest things to put are things that affect your range of motion.. I got 80% off my back alone… cuz it’s different parts and nerves and each one gets a % rating.. I had to do a range of motion test.. but I made sure I went to the gym that morning.. worked out my back and didn’t stretch .. so I was in pain.. so when I did the test.. I knew my shyt was fukked up

You did real good with that one. I got 40%, they was madder than a mf when I gave em a head nod. Man fukk the VA

 

[qnsfinest]

I have my first doctor appointment for a hearing claim next week. Still waiting for them to set up appointments for some other claims I put in

You still active duty or been separated or retired?

 

[Electric Relaxation]

How did you try and get sleep apnea attributed to the military?

I have a lot of shyt I CAN put down, but I'm having a hard time thinking of ways to tie it to my military duty. Only one I can do clearly is hearing because they tested at MEPS and again after I was on the flight line and it went down considerably

Sleep apnea can also be claimed as secondary to weight gain resulting from service connected injuries. Get hurt, can’t exercise, gain weight—sleep apnea.

 

[KingJaffeJoe]

You still active duty or been separated or retired?

Been separated.

 

[downtheline]

Awesome man, congrats! I hit 100% P&T in 2019, it’s a game changer bro.

It really is

 

[Maddmike]

It's very possible you could come out 100 for it. I'm intermittent this week but are you close to retirement or nah? Doesn't matter, you will at least have a 50-100 rating just for that. Been doing this for long time now so you need to stack your other issues to cross the finish line.

I'm a little over 6 months from actual retirement date. I'm going to start my claim process in Feb and then 6 months of skillbrdge

 

[qnsfinest]

I'm a little over 6 months from actual retirement date. I'm going to start my claim process in Feb and then 6 months of skillbrdge

Congrats fam. I did 120 days of skillbridge, i didn’t do a damn thing during. Basically chilled the last 180 days before retirement.

 

[Maddmike]

Congrats fam. I did 120 days of skillbridge, i didn’t do a damn thing during. Basically chilled the last 180 days before retirement.

What's crazy for me is I just pcsd in September, took 3 months of paternity leave (just got back to work yesterday) and about to do 6 months of skillbridge. I'll only been physically at my job for 1 month out of the year

 

[Abraxus]

I'm a little over 6 months from actual retirement date. I'm going to start my claim process in Feb and then 6 months of skillbrdge

Yes, you'll be fine