Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

TDIU = actual VA disability rating

A previous director of the Colorado Division of Military and Veterans Affairs once pointed out to me that one reason Colorado denies TDIU veterans the state partial property tax exemption is that the state law requires a VA RATING, and he explained that TDIU is only compensation at the 100% rate and not an actual disability rating,

The effort by CDMVA to block TDIU property tax exemption has been their years-long effort. A variety of reasons have been tossed out but as for TDIU being an actual disability,VA disagrees with CDMVA.


From Title 38, Chapter 4 (§ 4.15 Total disability ratings)

"It is the established policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs that all veterans who are unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of service-connected disabilities shall be rated totally disabled"

Friday, February 28, 2020

What is a Tesla Supercharger? Why should I care?

The Tesla Supercharger is a high-voltage, high-speed Tesla car charging unit, similar to a gas pump. Tesla has 21,000 of them with more being installed every day, and they can be located using most third-party apps as well as any Tesla car's screen.
• Advantage: high speed, less time charging, and for some, free energy.
• Disadvantage: not as common as gas stations, takes a bit longer to fill up than does a car using a gas pump. Generally speaking, users must pay on a kWh basis, costing more than it would to charge on a home Tesla charger

Why should you care? If you're considering a Tesla or already have one, that is an obvious answer...you can use a Supercharger to get your car charged and quickly off on your way.

My take: I have a Tesla home charger and can top off my Model 3 from full empty to full in about five and a half hours. I seldom am actually empty and my typical charge is under 100 miles, or just over two hours.

I rely on Superchargers while on trips, except when I can plan on our hotel having a Level 2 charger. Tesla gave me 1000 free Supercharger miles because I used my neighbor's owner referral code. I'm still using those miles up and hope people will start using my referral code for their purchases.

TDIU = actual VA disability rating

A previous director of the Colorado Division of Military and Veterans Affairs once pointed out to me that one reason Colorado denies TDIU ve...