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Will the VA back pay a TDIU claim to a date prior of when I applied for it?
Well I just received the initial rating notice from the VA on a claim that took nearly 9 years to decide. In the claim it said I was 100% for the first three years, and reduced me to 70% for the remaining 5+ years. So now I want to retro rate that 70% back to up 100%. If I apply for TDIU, will they go back prior to the point of when I applied for TDIU, since I was reduced to 70% over 5 years ago? If not, how else could I feasibly get the 70% rating returned to 100% for that time? Also, I have been receiving SSDI for this particular disability during all those years that the VA reduced the rating to 70%. So would that SSDI be evidence enough to maybe appeal the rating reduction? I'm just trying to make sense of this.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
File your appeal, with a reputable VSO, immediately!! They tried the same garbage with me and I put the screws to them. They want to appease you and confuse you with all the convoluted crap they can, at the regional level but once your appeal hits the national board, they'll get it straightened out. They gave me a couple of years at 100%, then cut it back to 40%. The board in DC rated me at 70% all the way back to my initial date of claim. I contacted my senator's office in DC for help on this one and it definitely paid off.