PSP Questions   Question #31     I have been 90% paid at 100% total and permanent disability with IU since Nov 2007. Will my wife be able to collect DIC benefits if I die? A1:  Yes. However there are some rules and some not written. First there's the marriage requirement. Basically you if you are married at the time of death, and have been for sometime, this requirement would be met. The unwritten but relevant rule is you must die of a service connected disability for the first 10 years of continuous disability. You can die of any cause after 10 years. Some veterans do not dispute this, but should. When push comes to shove, the VA must grant DIC upon your death providing she meets all the criteria. Here's a link for DIC: http://www.benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/resources_comp03.asp   (CP)  4/10/2016   A2:   CP is partially right in his answer.  A spouse of a veteran who has been rated at 100% for 10 years or more is eligible for DIC no matter what condition from which the veteran dies.  If the veteran has been rated 100% less than 10 years the veteran must have died of a service connected disability.  Also if the veteran has been rated at less than 10 years at 100% and dies of a condition that is presumptive of service connection (Lou Gehrig's Disease as an example) then you file both a request for service connection if the veteran was not service connected for it and for DIC.  If the condition is listed on the death certificate that is great.  If the doctor who signed the death certificate forgot to put that condition in as cause of death they may make an amended cause of death.  That is why CP says don't give up.  (CP)  4/11/2016   A3:  A surviving spouse is eligible if he or she was married to the veteran for at least one year before the veterans death, or has a child with the veteran, or; if the veteran left the military due to a service-connected disability, the marriage was within 15 years of the discharge; cohabited with the veteran for the duration of the marriage unless the couple underwent a period of separation that was not the fault of the surviving spouse; and has not remarried before reaching age 57.7 Surviving (2) Determination of total disability. As used in paragraph (c) of this section, the phrase rated by VA as totally disabling includes total disability ratings based on unemployability (§4.16 of this chapter).  (AP)  4/11/2016   If you can help please respond to this question. Full name: Email address: Comments:   Question #32    I have been trying to get my medical records from The Regional Office in Winston-Salem with no luck, even my VSO requested almost two years ago.  What am I  supposed to do?   A1:  I'm also from NC. You can send an IRIS message online and request and ask why your records have not been sent. IRIS is required to respond in 7 days with an answer. http://www.benefits.va.gov/warms/docs/admin21/m21_1/mr/part2/ch06/ch06.doc (CP)  4/10/2016   A2:  CP is right.  Also complete a 3288 and submit it through the Evidence Intake Center in Newnan Georgia and make sure your Congressional Representative is let in on your problem also.  I have a number of C-files that I requested as long as 3 years ago that I haven't received yet.  (CP) 4/10/2016 A3:  The Intake Center in Newnan, Ga is closed. Everything has been moved to Janes, Wisconsin. (AP)  4/13/2016    If you can help please respond to this question. Full name: Email address: Comments:

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