TDIU: How to get VA Unemployability 

Excellent! I love the round table interactive discussion. Great job!

Thank you for a detailed analysis of TDIU and Retroactive Pay, I learned something, I had no idea that you HAVE to file an 8940 so I apologize for the comment I left on the Layi Oduyingbo video and have removed it, I was very upset that Layi Oduyingbo didn't address the fact that the VA tries to make your effective date the day you filed the 8940... not the date you filed your claim. This new video is much more educational and informative. Einstein said "if you can't explain it simply...you don't know it well enough" I see you guys know TDIU well enough.

Great information. Thank you.

Great information session.

Fantastic information, thanks!

Thank you so much for this briefing.

Why VA takes so long for a decision with higher level review correcting an error going on 2yrs with my claim for TDIU and now want me to do another C&P exam after I did one 1yr ago. Is this a way not to give me TDIU. They play too much.

The microphone should be turned up. Uncle Sam took my hearing thanks

I have a question of mathematics and percentage ratings. I am rated at 50 percent at the moment, but I have 10% for each knee (20%) 10% for lower back pain (30%) and another 30% for ptsd. That adds up to 60%. For some reason the VA says the way the math works it only adds up to 50%. If people want to know why veterans go crazy, its stuff like that.

My spouse is 83 and waiting to be service connected with a claim that was submitted October 2020. It’s august 2021 and stilll waiting on a decision. In June ‘21, we submitted an 8940 to be considered for TDIU when reviewing the original claim. VA hotline told me today a 526EZ MUST be submitted. My understanding by listening to your video is that the 8940 would be considered with my original claim for service connection????

I applied for an increased rating earlier this year. The results came back. I was still given the 50 percent rating. When my individual unemployability award is granted, will I be compensated back to 200w, when that was the last year I was capable of full time work, or back to the original filing date of 2011?

I have a service connected disability of 70%. To file for TDIU I would need to open a new claim for an increase to this 70% claim and also fill out the VA Form 21-8940 and then add the 21-8940 to the new claim? Is this the correct procedure?

I receive tdyu ...and have for years....how do I go about seeing about getting my numbers changed ..I am 60 percent on paper and then they say I'm 100%on my va comp...can my numbers be changed

It mentions how for the last five years, how you should be entitled to TDIU for the years of only working marginally. Is there any way I can be entitled to TDIU since the effective date of May 31st 2011 since that is when I was given the 50 percent rating. I was unemployable many years before that.

So if a Veteran has been awarded SSDisability in 2015 and the disability for SSI was in fact states related to military service that can be the effective date?

I currently work taking care of my sick mother at home and get paid through the CDPAP program. Would this be considered a "sheltered environment type" of work? As I am working directly from home with and for my mom caring for her cooking, cleaning, bathing her etc. please advise. would this fit into category of sheltered work??

What circumstances would you need for TDIU 8940 to be effective years ago?

Where can I find where it's states that TDIU Should start from the initial claim and not when I applied for TDIU.

Age is important with reemployment after cancer treatment thru va

The va hospital longbeach ca. Accidently cut my collateral ligament whil replacing my knee the Va only gave me 40 percent. While crippling me for life.

I receive 60 percentage now I not able to work can I also receive also unemployment as an additional income alone with my income I am receiving

I’m currently a combined 90%, I’ve had the same job for 12 years but my back(which I’m rated for) is preventing me to do my job and Im working with my doctor to let me go out on fmla. How long must I be off work before I can apply for tdiu?

is the age of the vet can be a factor to apply for tdiu?

Awesome video! I recently received an 80% combined rating and am using the back pay I received to trade stocks in the stock market, primarily because my disabilities make it difficult to obtain a regular job. Would this be treated the same as being self-employed and thus I would argue I chose to become self-employed because my disabilities prevent me from obtaining a job in the regular job market as an employee?

Dose it help if I have ssdi

Hi, If I file for TDIU and is granted it for the date that I filed, can I then retained a lawyer to fight for my full entitlement when I was initially rated?

I can't hold a job no longer than 3 months before I have to quit because of the B's in the workplace, supervisors that need to be demoted etcetera

I noticed that every time. The Veterans are trying to get what they deserve. There is always a problem, and they make it very difficult to understand. I am still having a problem getting a VSO to help me with my paperwork. The calls have been made, voicemails are still in. And I noticed that some of my Veterans friends have Cancer. And they don’t talk about that, and they can’t work. Because, of the suffering they they go through. TDIU should be given, without a problem. For Veterans that have Cancer.

I didn't find it clear ,as to weather or not if I only have let's say 30% so not even hitting a 40% but have a vocational expert claiming that I am unemployable would I still be entitled to tdiu ?

I'm at 70% for mental condition which is manifested by suffering from anxiety, nervousness, mental lapses in memory, agitation, amoung other things. I have applied to TDIU with the help of an advocate here in Texas. I have been turned down by the VA at least twice. It seems to me that what might help me reach 100% would be a letter from a Vocational expert. How do I go about finding one that could work with me?

I JUST SUBMITTED A 8940 WITH MY TDIU Claim

Is there an age limit on TDIU?

I was stationed at ft Mac in the early 90’s. I have systemic lupus, late stage breast cancer, high BP & I’m a diabetic! PLEASE HELP. I was turned down for VA benefits twice!

A few years before I was approved for SSDI I had appealed my VA 50% and was rejected with a warning. claiming that I f I pursued further, The VA could not only turn me down again, but also reduce the rating I have. I filed for TDIU anyway. Do I have to be concerned?

interrogative. i am 100% for schizoaffective disorder depressive type. and a 40% for multiple sclerosis at military discharge i believe was a misdiagnosis. and 3 10%ers 1 being tinnitus and the other 2 are just bogus. anyways the real illness is the schizo one. and the tinnitus. i have a huge problem with paranoia, and intrusive thoughts. those are my main symptoms. but there are others that come and go from time to time. i really want to work but i dont know if i can handle it. i havent worked since i left the marines in may 2012. i have always been the silent type/shy and introverted. but when i get to know people like a fellow employee i start thinking they are plotting against me. many times i am in convo groups with people and hear them talk about how they feel (discouraged) with another person and that fuels my intrusive thoughts into thinking everyone hates me and is plotting against me. i stay away from everyone and large groups because of my paranoia. im not saying im getting better or worse but if i work in a toxic environment for my illness i would probably cut my arm and end up in the psych hospital for weeks to months. im not making any of this up. there are medical records at the va and i have a va psychiatrist + counselors. what do you think? i know that i have to wait for reevaluations for t&p and im really not worried. personally i want someone to tell me i dont have to take psych meds anymore and/or see a psychiatrist anymore.

Sir I was totalling 70% combined rating with 30% flat feet, 30% depression, 10% lumbar spine, 10% left knee and 10% right knee when I filed for tdiu in January..today I checked my ebenefits online and saw that my combined rating is increased to 80%...70% for depression, 10% flat feet, 10% left knee, 10% right knee, 20% lumber spine, the decision letter is in the mail tho..so my question is do you think my tdiu is granted and is it possible to verify that online. Thank you

I was given to many meds. and had internal bleeding had to be rush to the hospital where I stayed for 3 days could I have applied TDIU at that time?

Does age have any consideration with tdiu

I have 90% combined compensation, do I have to be re-examined? For TDIU

Received prostrate benefits at 100 percent currently reduced to 40. VA rep never offered tdiu to be filed can I still file because I can't do my job anymore piror truck driver Dr.statement quality of life and occupation will not alone me to drive

How can I get my claim rating up for Crohn's, they rate me at 70% for PTSD an 10% for tinnitus but 0%for my back knee Crohn's an risk how can I get the full tdiu rating

What about total and permanent status for TDIU..??? When does that apply ?

How long does the VA have to make a decision

Does VA 40% lumbar and 40% secondary sciatica nerve damage equals to one rating?

I am a four year veteran. I am trying to get TDIU benefits to go back to 2002 when I first became unemployable due to my service connected disability. Is there any way I can get backpay for the years I was marginally employed?

Does tdiu get you all of the other benefits besides pay that a 100% get you?

I have an 80% unemployment rating and I get paid at 100% even though I am at 80% in the computer about the VA is I have neuropathy I broke my neck my seasick my C6 C7 spinal column had to get fused back the other I cannot use my right arm and the neuropathy goes down my whole right side and it makes it hell to stand or sit and I just couldn’t work and I’m only 45 the problem is why don’t I have 100% if I’m getting paid 100% you know what I mean if you could help me out appreciate it my name is Bryan 101st airborne for Campbell Kentucky

I have three 50%, one 40% and three 10% .

Gd a.m.my husband is a ww11 veteran 94 yrs.when he died last jan.26 2021.he was 9 years 13 mos. 100% disablt of bilateral sensoreneural hearing loss and 10%tinnitus.he died of high risk pnuemonia confined at the veterans hospital quezon city phils..my claim for surviving spouse was denied because the cause of death is not service connected.what else can l prove that l may be qualified.tnks

I need to apply for tdiu

I had a job I lost my job due to congestive heart failure can’t I get compensated I lost my CDL can’t drive anymore

I don’t have a rating but I lost my job because of congestive heart failure can’t I get compensated I was a truck driver

I have a rating of 30% for ptsd, 60% for chronic fatigue and 40% for fibromyalgia. Could i get TDIU?

What about social security

Higher level review/duty to assist error

how can i get your firm to represent me for increase my 70%

I have 90% combined compensation, do I have to be reexamined? Furthermore, I am 61 years old.

Ss just gave me a total disabity can I get a tdiu for va

I means two 50%

Amazing to me is that the VA is legally required to assist the veteran in filing their claim. Yet the veteran has to go to court to get a hearing? Sounds like to me that the person doing the rating should be fired for not helping the veteran. For whatever reason, the rater failed to do his/her job. What a racket too that a veteran has to hire a lawyer when the VA failed to help the veteran . I'm not hostile over this, I'm pissed. The VA is definitely not our friend.

My Name Sam Cochran, I have PTSD. An I have just. Finished my sleep apnea test was told by the VA l was severe , I have been suffering for along time I have tried working .part. Time .an it just got me down so bad I finally ,had to give up working at all the bad part for me is it affected me to the point I could not hold up all I wanted to do is sleep it effected my over all health I have been going to the VA in Atlanta for many years I have talk to a lot of people at the VA but even talking ma seem to help but over all ,I'm still suffering from all this .my health my Daly life has turned to well it's not so good now re accruing dreams thoughts of things that I why am I still . well, I have finally had to give up trying to work at all . it is an has been a struggle the Los of family a lot has mounted up over the years . since I was was in. Viet nam but that is really where my life started .

😢Can you get TDIU if you get ss

How long does TDIU last????

I'm at 90%, I can't even begin to imagine how long a law firm would drag out my IU claim to get the backpay they want. I would probably be buried in the ground before that was approved.

I already have 100%, but should I Still seek TDIU?

Can you represent me

cant hardly hear you people lol

You need to talk louder .

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Your audio is horrible.