Question:
If a person has COPD, and is stage 4, will this condition help to increase their pension? Also I applied about 2.5 months ago, how long will it take to get an answer? Thanks
Jim's Reply:
I don't know enough about your overall situation to be sure but I have doubts that an illness will have any effect on a pension. If the illness is service-connected, then there would be a big impact. How long it takes is the question of the decade and nobody can answer that. Each claim is greatly different, each claim is on its own path and while one may complete in 3 weeks, another may take many months.