What's the difference between a VA Schedular 100% Rating and TDIU?
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What's the difference between a VA Schedular 100% Rating and TDIU? - Disability Attorney John V. Tucker explains.
There's a difference between what's called a Scheduler Rating and TDIU. The main difference is a scheduler rating, is a rating that's drawn from the diagnostic codes, and it could be for one condition or could be for multiple conditions that are combined. It is an actual percentage assignment that reaches 100%. TDIU is for veterans who do not have a 100% rating. You get TDIU if the conditions that you have that are rated less than 100% prevent you from getting and keeping a job.
If you have questions about TDIU, a 100% rating, or you're trying to deal with a denied claim, call the Tucker Law Firm at 855-757-0707 or visit www.TuckerDisability.com
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I have both. Got 100% rating in 2019. I applied for TDIU in 2014, but that stayed in limbo until 2022. Initially got 67,971 in back pay then three months later received another $59k plus the designation housebound.
Awesome info. *If you wanted to, are you able to work full time without effecting your disability pay?
About like 5 months received a letter with TDIU granted, and 3 days ago other letter with 100% service connected; so, am I only 100%, or both?
You would not be both, but you want to check the effective dates for each award. For example, you may have been awarded TDIU going back further retroactively. Once you're 100% schedular award became effective, TDIU no longer applies though.
@@TuckerDisability Thank you for the info.
What one is more easily taken away 100% schedular, or TDIU. Or are they same?
That really depends on your circumstances, but they are very similarand both are dependent on whether your condition(s) improve. How long you have had your rating can be a big factor. If you have a rating and your medical condition improves within 5 years of the effective date, it is just as easy to take away a percentage rating as it is TDIU. After 5 years, it becomes progressively harder for VA to take away a percentage rating, going on up to after 20 years, it is locked in unless you are engaging in fraud. On the TDIU side, TDIU is not easy to take away though, because if you are unable to work, you never earn money. You have to report earnings, and that can cause problems for your claim. But if you are not able to work, that is not a problem. If you are able to work and earn more than the poverty line, then you are not actually entitled to TDIU, so it should be taken away under the law. Essentially, if your conditions never improve and you keep going to doctors to document how severe they are, you should not have a problem with either 100% schedular or TDIU being taken away.
@@TuckerDisability Thanks you the informative response.