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Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:06 am to Wtodd
So then we agree that you mean all veterans that retire honorably or medically discharged? What about the guardsmen that retires honorably but has no active duty time?
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:09 am to Speys and Tays
Ex-wife filed back in 2002. took 2 years before getting a finalized and approved claim. They originally offered 35% but we rejected and requested a second opinion.
She was declared 75% "disabled" but was also deemed "unemployable" meaning she gets a full 100% pension from the VA. Her claim was complicated because it was both a medical and mental health related claim.
The VA starts your pay from the date you file. meaning we pocketed a cool $75,000 in backpay, tax-free.
The VA gives family members of disabled veterans a stipend for attending college. The combo of my GI Bill and the VA benefits, helped greatly while I was at LSU
My son will have a small stipend when he enrolls in 2017.
She was declared 75% "disabled" but was also deemed "unemployable" meaning she gets a full 100% pension from the VA. Her claim was complicated because it was both a medical and mental health related claim.
The VA starts your pay from the date you file. meaning we pocketed a cool $75,000 in backpay, tax-free.
The VA gives family members of disabled veterans a stipend for attending college. The combo of my GI Bill and the VA benefits, helped greatly while I was at LSU
My son will have a small stipend when he enrolls in 2017.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:11 am to iwasthere
I agree ..... I did eight years in the National Guard. I was activated for one full year for Desert Storm. I never left the states. Although I have the VA benefits, I don't feel I deserve them. Although, I will admit I used the VA loan to purchase my first house.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:12 am to El Segundo Guy
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Retirees get tricare at a yearly cost of like 550 a year for themselves and family
they get Tricare Standard (larger copays) or a limited Tricare Prime
retiree Tricare Prime sux in this area. Most providers are in Hammond which makes routine appointment a pain in the arse
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:13 am to Tigeralum2008
Did she file after getting out? I filed about 4 months prior to retirement and had a rating when I retired. Its much faster if you do it before getting out.
You have 1 year after discharge to get back pay to the date of discharge. Anything over a year then they back pay to date of filing.
You have 1 year after discharge to get back pay to the date of discharge. Anything over a year then they back pay to date of filing.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:15 am to Tigeralum2008
Yes you're right. Here prime is good. Lis angeles AFB is 10 min from me. But if I moved back to the other house I own I would have to go to standard.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:15 am to El Segundo Guy
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Did she file after getting out?
She was medically discharged at 50%
After about two years, we filed the VA claim due to her continued complications
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:19 am to iwasthere
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So then we agree that you mean all veterans that retire honorably or medically discharged?
That's what I said
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What about the guardsmen that retires honorably but has no active duty time?
Since they retired they deserve it too. Like another poster said, luck plays into this as far as being deployed or not. If a person signs up for active duty, Guard or Reserves and they do everything asked of them and they retire; they should get it.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:24 am to Tigeralum2008
i do my routine care and my meds through the VA in Jackson...
i also know my nurse and doctor and don't have any problems with care...
but what i do see a lot of are these guys who show up on sick call at the clinic every day so they can get their mileage...
all that being said, the VA is a byzantine bureaucracy to work through, and I've been in administrative battle over their scewups with my disability percentage and just arbritarily saying that D2 wasn't in college when she was and hitting me with a 4600- debt...WHEN THEY OWE ME MONEY!!!!!
i also know my nurse and doctor and don't have any problems with care...
but what i do see a lot of are these guys who show up on sick call at the clinic every day so they can get their mileage...
all that being said, the VA is a byzantine bureaucracy to work through, and I've been in administrative battle over their scewups with my disability percentage and just arbritarily saying that D2 wasn't in college when she was and hitting me with a 4600- debt...WHEN THEY OWE ME MONEY!!!!!
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:27 am to Speys and Tays
I've been using them for seven years and have no complaints. First time signing up and going through the process takes a little time but once you're enrolled its smooth sailing in my experience.
I see a GP twice a year for blood work and physical and renew meds. You can use myhealthevet.com for communication, check your lab work, med refill etc. For example, when I start running low in BP med I login to the site, click the BP med and in about 5-7 days it shows up in the mail.
What I've noticed when people get frustrated is they don't take the time to research about what you need to do. Some veterans think all they have to do is show up and the VA will take care of things. It doesn't work like that, the veteran has his/her own leg work that needs to be done. There are a lot of resources available, it just takes time and patience to use them.
I've also had surgery using them, had it done at Tulane.
I see a GP twice a year for blood work and physical and renew meds. You can use myhealthevet.com for communication, check your lab work, med refill etc. For example, when I start running low in BP med I login to the site, click the BP med and in about 5-7 days it shows up in the mail.
What I've noticed when people get frustrated is they don't take the time to research about what you need to do. Some veterans think all they have to do is show up and the VA will take care of things. It doesn't work like that, the veteran has his/her own leg work that needs to be done. There are a lot of resources available, it just takes time and patience to use them.
I've also had surgery using them, had it done at Tulane.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:27 am to iwasthere
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Your scenario has nothing to do with 6 yrs in the guard doing nothing but drilling and at. He served active d
I read your scenario as a guy who went into reserves during peacetime or near peacetime and was never called overseas as they were at peaks of Gulf/Iraq War. Again, in my opinion it is just luck. The person in your scenario has no control of global politics during their service. They were signed up. If shite hit the fan, they would have gone. No choice. No control.
Side story. Again Vietnam era. An Uncle was drafted as well. Served as a stateside MP. He and his partner "took care of" the right sergeant discreetly. This sergeant enjoyed a cocktail or 10. Got in a fender bender. They took care of it. Their turn to go overseas was coming up. Which in 1969 meant Vietnam. This guy was the guy who processed the papers. "Do you guys want to go to Vietnam?" They declined.
My Uncle spent his entire time of service no more than a long car ride from home to his family. True, they could have said "yes". But this was Vietnam in 1969. Nobody wanted to die for that shite anymore. Especially guys who had never been there yet.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:28 am to iwasthere
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Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:36 am to iwasthere
National guard and never federally activated do not get Va benefits.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:41 am to Speys and Tays
My pops did 23 years active duty, had double knee replacements at 42 years old from being on the ships all those years and powerlifting competitively most of his life. He's given up on the VA, private hospitals only
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:41 am to bigblake
With 5 yrs active and 15 yrs reserve/guard would be more than 16%. They receive more points for the active service. It would be more around 35%.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:42 am to Tiger in Gatorland
Never said they do.
Well, they do get some. Like the va loan and all.
Well, they do get some. Like the va loan and all.
This post was edited on 11/3/15 at 9:44 am
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:46 am to iwasthere
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Not all vets deserve it.
I was stationed with an female A1C who received 60% disability from the VA because the stress of ATC caused chronic yeast infections.
Posted on 11/5/15 at 1:59 pm to iwasthere
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Posted on 11/5/15 at 2:11 pm to bigblake
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With 5 yrs active and 15 yrs reserve/guard would be more than 16%. They receive more points for the active service. It would be more around 35%.
Reserve is weekend warrior and 2 weeks a year. I'm not sure if the 2 weeks counts as 10 or 14 days, but let's assume 14. (24+14) days / 365 days * 2.5% * 15 years = 3.9%. 5 years active * 2.5% = 12.5%. Total = 3.9% + 12.5%. 16.4%. There is absolutely no way a reservist gets 35% unless he's on activated reserve orders (essentially active duty) for a decade and served on active for 5 years. At that point though he should have just stayed active duty.
some of this will depend on OPTEMPO of the individual reservist...I had years where I was pulling 120 points (roughly a 4 month equivalent) between active duty, drill time, and course work)...35% is high, but somewhere in the 25% range wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility...
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