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hi everyone and welcome to cck live under five I'm Amy Odom and in this video I will be answering
the question can VA revoke 100 permanent and total disability rating status the answer to
that question is most likely not p t disability is granted to Veterans whose service connected
conditions are considered total or rated 100 disabling and are unlikely to improve in the
future so there's zero or close to zero chance of improvement and that's why VA considers them
to be permanent it's important to note that while permanent in total is often used as a
single phrase you can have a total rating that is not permanent so for example you can be rated a
hundred percent disabled based on your combined disabilities but VA has not found that all of
those disabilities are unlikely to improve the and they're not considered permanent in
total VA deems a disability permanent when it's reasonably certain based on medical evidence that
the level of impairment will continue throughout the veterans life so we generally see this with
veterans who are a little bit older and unless it's a you know really catastrophic injury
resulting in disability we generally don't see a lot of permanent and total disability ratings
with younger veterans and having a permanent and total disability May entitle you to additional
VA benefits so here's the big question can VA reduce or revoke a permanent and total disability
the answer to that question is in most cases no VA assumes that veterans with permit and total
disability ratings will have to live with severely debilitating service-connected conditions or the
residuals for the rest of their lives and once the VA says that Aiken a disability is permanent in
total then that means that the VA will not call the veteran in for an exam to determine whether
the condition has improved if the the disability is not permanent in total or is not permanent VA
Canada any time call a veteran in for an exam to determine whether there's been any Improvement
in the disability and if that exam shows that there has in fact been Improvement under the
ordinary conditions of life and work then VA can legally reduce the disability rating but once we
says it's permanent they will not call you in for an exam that does not mean though that VA cannot
receive information that a disability has improved through other means so for example if a veteran
with a permanent and total disability rating files for an increased rating and VA schedules
exams for the increased rating claim in and those exams show that there's been Improvement under
the ordinary conditions of life and work there's nothing legally preventing VA from being able to
reduce the rating now that scenario is very very unlikely it's a very rare case I've never seen
this happen in my career but it is something to be aware of that there's nothing legally preventing
VA from reducing a permanent and total rating if VA receives information that the disability
has undergone Improvement if you have a hundred percent disability rating and you believe that
your disabilities are permanent you can request a permanent and total disability rating what you
should do is just write a letter to your local VA regional office requesting the rating and you
should include though medical evidence showing why your disability is not likely to improve this can
be treatment records it can also be statements from people who know you and who have witnessed
disability for an extended period of time so for more information on permanent and total disability
ratings as well as other types of ratings you can go and take a look at our blog at cck-law.com
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