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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3557236" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>If you make a million dollars a year, and you can prove a service connected disability, the VA will accept you.</p><p>Once again, do not apply directly to the VA. Use a veterans affairs service officer to advocate in your behalf.</p><p>If you were in a noisy environment, flight line, tanks, etc, and have tinnitus from that. It's almost an automatic 10% disability rating and rarely refused.</p><p>Here is another factoid. Like you Terry, I went to a VA meeting sponsored by the VFW I belong to and was told what you were told. Too much income.</p><p>There are some Veteran advocates that are better than others. The first one I ran on to filled out a bunch of forms, sent them in on my behalf, told me that I would shortly be receiving a ton of forms, and literature from the VA. I was instructed to toss the forms into the trash as he had already filled them out.</p><p>I got all the forms, and tossed them.</p><p>Hearing all the complaints on the news about the VA being slow, I didn't pressure anybody, just waited, and finally gave up.</p><p>A year and a half later, was driving by the American Legion and saw the sign the service officer was on duty so stopped in.</p><p>New guy, told him about applying and zero response. He checked my records finding the previous service officer gave me the wrong advice and I should have filled out the forms the VA sent me.</p><p>He filled them out for me and sent them in. Within two weeks I had an appointment with a medical doctor to see if there were any physical issues causing hearing loss, and then an appointment with a contracted audiologist for a hearing evaluation. A few weeks later the application was approved and I was in the system. </p><p>There is a regulation that states if you applied(the right way) and were denied, delayed or whatever and later found to be accepted into the VA your entitled to back pay from the day you first applied.</p><p>I got 1.5 years back pay. Disability payment are not taxable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3557236, member: 5412"] If you make a million dollars a year, and you can prove a service connected disability, the VA will accept you. Once again, do not apply directly to the VA. Use a veterans affairs service officer to advocate in your behalf. If you were in a noisy environment, flight line, tanks, etc, and have tinnitus from that. It's almost an automatic 10% disability rating and rarely refused. Here is another factoid. Like you Terry, I went to a VA meeting sponsored by the VFW I belong to and was told what you were told. Too much income. There are some Veteran advocates that are better than others. The first one I ran on to filled out a bunch of forms, sent them in on my behalf, told me that I would shortly be receiving a ton of forms, and literature from the VA. I was instructed to toss the forms into the trash as he had already filled them out. I got all the forms, and tossed them. Hearing all the complaints on the news about the VA being slow, I didn't pressure anybody, just waited, and finally gave up. A year and a half later, was driving by the American Legion and saw the sign the service officer was on duty so stopped in. New guy, told him about applying and zero response. He checked my records finding the previous service officer gave me the wrong advice and I should have filled out the forms the VA sent me. He filled them out for me and sent them in. Within two weeks I had an appointment with a medical doctor to see if there were any physical issues causing hearing loss, and then an appointment with a contracted audiologist for a hearing evaluation. A few weeks later the application was approved and I was in the system. There is a regulation that states if you applied(the right way) and were denied, delayed or whatever and later found to be accepted into the VA your entitled to back pay from the day you first applied. I got 1.5 years back pay. Disability payment are not taxable. [/QUOTE]
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