Enquiring about 100% disability. I got cellulitis while in basic training, it hospitalized me for 1.5 weeks in basic. Now I have gout, can’t prove it’s related but it started since then & I was just 24 years old. All while in active duty AF. Now I’m in the guard and they required us to get vaccinated. So, I had to get the flu shot & Covid shot (Johnson & Johnson) & 8 mo. later I get hospitalized for Gillian barré. Now they are testing me for an autoimmune disease. 100% disability worthy?

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So that’s not how the % calculation works.
Ex: 20% for back and 10% for a knee /= 30%. Each thing can be expanded to its own 0-100% item. Like I have PTSD and see a psych. It’s rated at 30% but is on a 70% rate standalone due to the severity and treatment.
I also had cellulitis in ranger school, but that’s an easy to treat item and you’d really have to prove how it expanded to other issues being service connected. I was given an ointment and put right back out in the field.
I’d work with VFW or VSO for filing as it can get complex proving issues like that.

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Hey,

I sent a super long message in a previous post about disability.

The hardest thing to prove is service connection for anything you are diagnosed with. Once you do you get 0% for that condition. After that, the way it affects your life takes you above 0%.

The math is easy. If you have two 50% disabilities it doesn’t equal 100%. You get 50% first then you become 50/50 abled vs. disabled. On the 50% you are considered able bodied, they then take the next 50% rating for a total of 75%, rounded to 80%, and so on.

Lucky for you, you are still in the guard. Proving military connection can only occur on active duty or on a line of duty. If you hurt yourself on IDTT, you need to be seen by a doc, then get a line of duty. Anything stemming from that would be covered under military nexus.

Or, go on active duty orders (ADOS, ADT, or Mobilization through unit or IMA) again and in your non-busy times or your breaks, go and get diagnosed with your issues. That will give you your nexus.

10% isn’t much, but it’s something. You need 31 10%s to get to 100%, or substantially less if you get higher ratings

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I can’t really see them calling it Service-connected.

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Partner 1 made a good point. Yes, the situation is awful, but that doesn’t necessarily mean service connected. I think you could possibly have the option of claiming a mental disorder / anxiety from the situation, but it will be very difficult to prove, in writing, that the vaccine caused this, and that it happened due to your service. It’s much harder to prove than, say, breaking your arm during unit PT. Could this have happened if you weren’t in the service? Sure, but no guarantees you would have been doing that type of PT.

Military may claim that you received a shot with known possible side effects etc etc…

Bottom line, hard to prove Service connected but good luck. I still think the anxiety angle is provably the only option

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Buddy of mine in group suffering from compressed discs in his spine after a bad jump got told it wasn’t service connected. I’m almost confident in saying that you aren’t going to get 100% disability for this.

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P1 - connection for PTSD is pretty straight forward. Did he have a formal diagnosis and clearly state / connect the stressor event (with evidence). Many of these “my buddy got his leg blown off and they didn’t connect PTSD” stories often have little evidence to support.

Also, if you’ve never been diagnosed - I would absolutely not rely on a C&P exam to get it right.

*Not defending the VA by any stretch, by the way.

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