Intro The Forum - An Introduction

[Rocky]

welc. GREETING BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS! My name is Rocky and I am a Vietnam Veteran. I will be your moderator for this Forum and hope to make it one that you will wish to visit often. This is your Forum for the dissemination and distribution of news regarding Veteran Issues such as VA claims (understanding the claims process, appeals, and understanding of Title 38 U.S.C. the law governing the VA claims process), legislation passed or waiting to be passed, and helpful insights from the vast experience of individuals on this Forum. I hope you will find this Forum useful and easy to understand.

This Forum is in addition to the Forum dealing with PTSD issues, however, issues of PTSD as it regards claims will be discussed here.

Feel free to submit articles, comment, news or anything you feel would be of importance to the members here. All issues involving veterans is important to use as veterans no matter what peroid of service we may have been involved in.

There is a lot of misconceptions and misinformation out there regarding VA Disability Claims. If you have questions regarding a claim, please, do not hesitate to post them here. An answer will be forthcoming to all such questions. solaf pow;

 

[DICKEJ]

Com&pen

Hey Rocky I Had My Com&pen On Sept.23,06 And Got Diagnios With Ptsd Axis 1 And Axis 2 Was No Diagnois Axis 3 Was Neck,left Arm And Back And Axis 4 Was Serve. My Gaf Was 58 What % Would That Be And How Long Should It Take Them To Notify Me?

 

[Rocky]

Comp & Pen A Replie

Hey Rocky I Had My Com&pen On Sept.23,06 And Got Diagnios With Ptsd Axis 1 And Axis 2 Was No Diagnois Axis 3 Was Neck,left Arm And Back And Axis 4 Was Serve. My Gaf Was 58 What % Would That Be And How Long Should It Take Them To Notify Me?

Brother I can not give you a direct answer to your questions as it depends on many variables. First, I take it that you have filed a claim, thereby the C&P Exam? If not you need to file one. If you have filed one, the amount you get, how long it will take to get it will all depend on what state you are in, what Vision you are in under the VA, and what Regional Office you applied to.

Although the VA operates under Federal Law, the way those laws are applied differ in that they are applied based on the intrepretation of the Regional Office Adjudicatiors in each Regional Office. Some states, and Regional Offices have fewer cases so they get out replies faster than do states with backlogs of claims. It is save to say that it will probably take anywhere from 3 monts to a year or more, again depending on these conditions listed above.

As for what you might get, all I can say to that without knowing the entire claim, is that with a GAF of 58 you are probably looking at around 30% if the GAF is for PTSD only, which I would guess that it is. If you care to email me with more specifics I can probably give you more insight than I can with the information you have supplied in this post. I will be happy to answer your questions if you should chose to email them to me.

Sorry I can not be more specific here on this post but I need a bit more info.