What job can I do?
C&P Examiner stated the following in regards to my IU exam: The veteran's current left knee and left shoulder conditions do not preclude sedentary employment not requiring any lifting, bending,...
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Kadena is spot on in regards to the question asked. In this regard; Catlover - look at your reasons and bases section of the rating decision denying TDIU. If you failed to meet the schedular...
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catlover, From reading your post, it sounds like you have not yet heard the result from your IU application, you just know what the c&p examiner said. If this is the case, just hold on til you get...
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I have received a reply on my IU. The SOC stated that I did not meet the disability percentage and also that I could do sedentary work (C&P). They sited my SSD records and stated it was due to...
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I will be interested to know how all this turns out. Keep us posted. I am interested in how the VA thinks "sedentary" work, which would probably be less then what you were earning, equates to...
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My first C&P exam regarding the knee (following surgery) was 5 May, 2008. The Doc was a contractor and noted in the report, as well as wrote a letter, that I could not maintain employment and...
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update-time line --27 July 2010 SSOC for L. Knee issued --27 July 2010 SOC for L. Shoulder and IU issued --20 Aug 2010 responded to SSOC and SOC and included new info with the SOC regarding IU-(SOC...
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71infantry wrote: catlover wrote: C&P Examiner stated the following in regards to my IU exam: The veteran's current left knee and left shoulder conditions do not preclude sedentary employment not...
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I appreciate your reply. I am very aware that the VA and the SSDI have different regs and requirements that they must follow. The thing I have a problem with is the raters/DRO's that read the info and...
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Not a point of consideration, what you made before. Read the definition of substantial gainful employment it does not entail your previous salary.Cat - when you say you are 60% is that your combined...
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I am 60% for 2 orthopedic conditions (L.knee and L. shoulder) and I have 40% for loss of extension on the L. knee. I meet the requirements for IU based on 38 CFR 4.16a part 3. My MH Doc stated in her...
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Welcome to the club. I lost a 50k/ yr. job with overtime reaching into the high 50's b/c of SC dis.. 3 yrs ago. It also cost me a divorce. Sorry about your situation. Hope you get you're IU claim....
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UPDATE--1-Received Docket number from the BVA. I called them and low and behold the issues that are at the board are not correct.2-I called the Ombudsmans office and received advice on what to do...
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catlover wrote: C&P Examiner stated the following in regards to my IU exam: The veteran's current left knee and left shoulder conditions do not preclude sedentary employment not requiring any...
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Most offices would not grant IU for a knee and a shoulder even if you had them replaced. Doctors can make medical determinations but not legal ones such as unemployability. They may only say how your...
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Pretty scarey really! I'd bypass your RO too if I were you, they sound almost beligerent. They aren't getting it, that's for sure. It's very unjust when they insist on saying you can do work that it's...
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Actually, the doc is the one who placed his employment on the block. Had he NOT defined physical and sedentary, there would be no issue, but he did, and that indicates that he is capable of office...
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If you read the reply's posted to any of the IU claims, most people have their own opinions as to whether the individual is employble or not. Heck, one individual even disagreed with Kadena on the...
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nmfxstc wrote:Actually, the doc is the one who placed his employment on the block. Had he NOT defined physical and sedentary, there would be no issue, but he did, and that indicates that he is capable...
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