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Quick Facts About Veterans TDIU Benefits
A disabled veteran can receive over $3,000 a month from the VA in TDIU benefits, Temporary Disability Individual Unemployability. Additional money is awarded if a veteran is married or has dependent children or parents. A veteran is entitled to be paid at the 100% disability rating if he can prove that their service-connected disability prevents them from maintaining gainful employment. The VA uses this term, gainful employment, to determine if employment that the veteran is earning is above the poverty level. The poverty guidelines indicate that a person making less than $12,140 a year is earning below the poverty level. ...
Qualifying for TDIU Benefits
Veterans make many sacrifices during their time in the military. As a result of these sacrifices many veterans are left with the inability to obtain and maintain employment. Many of these veterans that are unable to work are not rated at 100% through the VA. This causes many veterans to struggle to put food on their tables and pay their bills. It is for this reason that the Department of Veterans Affairs established Temporary Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU). The benefit of TDIU is that a veteran will be increased to 100% pay because they have been determined to be unable...