So I had to call the VA today and get the letter that, to my knowledge, was sent to my PEBLO or PEB. I was able to log into a VA email and saw their proposed rating is 100%. My question is, will I get that? I know the DOD has to input their percentage which can knock the overall total down. If my VA rating was over 100% would they put that in the letter they sent out? Like “we propose 120%” which obviously would be capped at 100%. Does that make sense?
100% VA proposal question
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They will only state up to 100%. I am more curious about whether you have asked the right question or if you think you can get above a 100% payment (75% on the DoD side). Are you thinking that the payments can go above 100%? (They can't be on the schedule, but you can get Special Monthly Compensation that would increase your payments.)
I know that VA payments can’t go above 100%. I guess last night I sort of panicked when the VA told me they have been done with my claims and I came immediately came here and posted lol. Sometimes people in this process have said “The VA/PEBLO told me my percentage of disability came out at 150%” (some were higher than that). Which got me thinking, would the VA tell me that my percentage was over the 100% mark in the letter they sent out, or would they just cap it at 100% in the letter? I’m not worried about being over on the percentage but I’m curious as to what the final number everyone came up with and if it matches the numbers I ran.
Also in my panic I failed to specify dod compensation added with VA rating. I believe it was a briefing that put out “Hey, if you guys see dod compensation of 20% and VA rating of 100% your overall monthly percentage for payment comes out to 90%”. I know the dod compensation for me will be 10% and the VA rating 100%. But I’m extremely worried that when all is said and done I’m not going to hit the full 100%. I’m not worried about getting the medical retirement at 30% from the dod, I know I didn’t make the cut anyways. It’s just the end number I’m more worried about. If that makes sense.