100% VA Disability Has 4 Types - Only One Is Truly Protected | Do You Have It?

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  @FirstGulfWarMarine · 2 months ago · pinned

  Most veterans assume all 100% ratings are the same (I know I did) —until they get a re-exam letter in the mail. ✉ One of these 4 types is bulletproof while the others are not.  Check your latest award letter: do you have the 'Permanent and Total' protection, or are you in one of the other three at-risk categories? Let’s talk about it in the comments.  Let me know what kind of 100% you have and drop any questions.  I respond to every comment!

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  @RandoDubbed · 10 months ago

  Remember  Guys and Gals, our Compensation was EARNED , not given we are not the same as government entitlement programs , no disrespect to other government programs , VA Compensation  was EARNED !

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  @klervoiant · 10 months ago

  After being out of the Navy after 25 years I needed therapy at the VA. The doctors told me to apply for comp and pen. I tried to get 10% rating so I could continue therapy. One year later I received my awards letter, I was awarded 100% P&amp;T. It blew me away. I made it my job to go and help other Veterans receive care at the VA. I&apos;m in Washington State. I found most Veterans did not ever apply, or even think they had access to care. <br><br>One thing I&apos;ve seen that really angers me are community care doctors tell me how great it is I get free care I now tell them, we pay for our medical on the prepayment plan. They should have been there the night I paid for mine!

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  @yellaboi6257 · 9 months ago

  100% P&amp;T (Permanent &amp; Total) is the ultimate goal!

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• JE

  @jefferythomas2296 · 6 months ago

  100% P&amp;T awarded 2 weeks ago. &nbsp;Reporting from NJ.

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• JL

  @jljr99 · 10 months ago

  If say you are already 100% p&amp;t and say you are diagnosed with sleep apnea you would want to add that to your service connected not for the rating but if you die from a &nbsp;sleep apnea connect illness your spouse continues to receive support from the VA.

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• DI

  @dianamyers-j6l · 2 months ago

  You earned it you deserve it DON&apos;T LET THEM SCREW YOU OUT OF IT!!

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• TH

  @TheDukie54 · 10 months ago

  I&apos;m 71, and a Navy Veteran. After battling through the VA systems of hoops and hurdles, I finally received my 100% P&amp;T rating. Since then, I have received my PACT Act claim. I now have a VA paid for Caregiver 38 hours a week, and they have also granted me an Aid &amp; Attendance stiped for extra care beyond what my caregiver can do. I am currently filing for a replacement wheel car van, for the one I paid for myself. It has 400k plus miles on it and is slowly falling apart.<br><br>I was actually a VSO representative, and while it all sounds great, it has taken over 20 years, and the hiring of a Veteran&apos;s Attorney firm. Without them I would still be struggling. The last four years we have made great strides for my benefits, and health care. &nbsp;<br><br>My advice is to never be afraid to ask, poke and prod around. NEVER GIVE UP with the VA. If you served you deserve!

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• RI

  @rickfreeman1129 · 5 months ago

  The term &quot;Never give up&quot; is what kept me going. I was rated at 70% for years. I can&apos;t tell you how many times I felt like giving up. I felt the VA was an endless battle. I can&apos;t tell you how many appeals I filed and how many denials I received. I finally filed for a higher level appeal on my PTSD. I can&apos;t tell you how the supervisor changed my life. The reviewer determined that the VA previously made two critical errors in my case. I was awarded 100% P&amp;T for PTSD alone which is really hard to get. Never give up. Semper Fi from a Florida Marine Veteran

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  @RoyDugan · 10 months ago

  Navy Vet here, watching in my home state Oregon! Been 100% P&amp;T for years now.

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• MA

  @mar91942 · 8 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhpjtr8Hm4&amp;t=831">13:51</a> I’m 100% P&amp;T and I work (I teach PreK in public school). Honestly, I think working helps my conditions. It might sound crazy, my mental health is actually better with a classroom full of 4 year olds than it was when I was sitting at home. It’s a blended general education/special education class and it’s a wild time but I guess it keeps me distracted and with motivation to help raise a bunch of economically disadvantaged kiddos

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  @DanielPepiat-dy8yz · 5 months ago

  I&apos;ve collected 100% P&amp;T since 1975 for a Mental disability. <br>For the first 40 years ( because I have no family) anyone who wanted to, begged, borrowed, &nbsp;and stole almost every dollar I got from the VA.<br> For the last few years (don&apos;t notify the VA) I&apos;ve been thinking clear enough to protect my self from the world at large which has no mercy. <br>I&apos;m living in an apartment in the Philippines. I ride a small motorcycle, &nbsp;and I have money in the bank , for the first time since 1975 .<br>Surely you know that at the VA like everywhere else, &nbsp;THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE. <br> If you&apos;re too incapacitated to SQUEAK , &nbsp;the VA is a heartless monster that doesn&apos;t want to know any personal issues and doesn&apos;t care if you live or die.<br><br>I thank God for his love and protection in these last 50 years. <br>I&apos;m 74 , surely I won&apos;t live much longer and I can&apos;t leave this world soon enough. <br>I ask God , now , to have the mercy on all of you that our government will never have.

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