Question:

Hi Jim, Thank you for your service! So if I may get this correct with your recent response to my question, a veterans list of disabilities have to be all static to receive a 100 % permanent and total rating with no future exams scheduled?

Jim's Reply:

That's correct. A static disability is considered by it's very nature to be permanent. The loss of a leg to a land mine would be a static disabling condition. Diseases that are determined to be static or otherwise permanent in nature are those that by medical diagnosis and the record aren't viewed as likely to improve over time.
 

To achieve a permanent rating it seems apparent that none of the conditions that are used to reach 100% can be temporary. A good example of that is the veteran who has a number of physical ratings plus one mental health rating that will add to 100%. That mental health rating is temporary and will not allow the veteran to access the benefits awarded to a 100% P & T veteran. Once the rating is in place 5 or more years and/or the veteran turns 55 years old, the mental health rating is likely to become permanent and the entire rating will then be a true 100% P & T.