PSP Questions   Question #97       My husband was an Air Force 100 percent permanent and total.  He passed away November 2014.  I recently saw where a bill was passed for ED.  My husband had ED.  As his beneficiary, am I able to receive money he was due for ED?   A1:  TO put is very simply, NO.  ED would be considered a special monthly compensation.  These are not awarded after death.  (RJ)  7/19/2016   A2:   RJ is right that it is not possible to file for the service connection after your husband's death, but if he had filed for it prior to his death you would have been able to submit a request for past due benefits with a substitute of beneficiary.  But, you usually have only one year after death to apply for the substitute if the claim was in the process of being decided at the time of his death.  See your county veteran service officer and take all of your husband's VA papers with you.  (CKP)  7/29/2016     If you can help please respond to this question. Full name: Email address: Comments:   Question #98   1952 bootcamp Bainbridge, Md. TREATED FOR PNUEMONIA April 1953. BOARDED USS Rich DDE820.  36 months surrounded by asbestos 24/7.  1963 21 MONTHS VA Hosp. West Haven CT, where they refused to operate on me. Voluntarily left VA and entered local Massachusetts state sanitarium. Operated on 6 weeks later and back to life. Filed claims and received continuous rejection from VA.  Now what do I do?   A1:  Not very much information here.  One of the things we don't have is what operation did you have.  What was the diagnosis you went into the Massachusetts State Sanitarium?  We need enough information to be able to make an informed suggestion.  Did you have tuberculosis, asbestosis, mesothelioman?  What was the diagnosis at the VA hospital in Connecticut? For veteran's who read this please give us enough information to be able to make a suggestion.  (CKP)  7/29/2016         If you can help please respond to this question. Full name: Email address: Comments:

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