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I just signed off on my DA Form 199 with the following ratings
PTSD 100%; TBI 30%; 30% right shoulder; 20% left shoulder; 10% right knee; 10% left knee with all injuries being comabt related. Do I receive both medical retirement pay and VA (rated 100%) pay. I can't get an answer from anyone so any assistance would be appreciated.

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I am new here and my husband's 12 year career may be going down the drain! Due to the new Air Force PT sit up standards he can't do all of them, was 11 sit ups shy! (Though getting 90's on the overall PT test). The reason that he can't do them is because he has degenerative disc disease caused by an injury in tech school while on duty. However, his PT monitor told him to go in and get a waiver to state he can't do situps and he would be fine. His new Doctor told him ...

I recieve retirement orders from the, guess army where ever, courtesy of the PDBR board, however for the last three weeks i have been driving to transtion centers, with WIFEY to get retirement i.d cards, and do the DEERS thing, and each time i go to a transtion point i am told even though i have retirement orders in hand that i am NOT IN THE SYSTEM,i have spoke to a MISS PRESTON at army in st. louis that i am in the system and yet when i arrive after each time a three hour ride, i am not loaded ...

Soooo, here I am at my 11 year mark in the Marine Corps with an ankle injury that's just as old sustained in Week 3 of boot camp. With a near total bone graft in 01 and a total of 4 surgeries and needing more, the Marine Corps has found me fit for duty. I have never completed a CFT or run a PFT since Nov 07....but I'm supposedly fit. I will be returned back tomy reserve unti after being mobilized for four years and the minute I cannot perform the physical requirements, I will probably be put ...

How will the following situation against me affect the MEB process?
Due to the injuries I sustained in Iraq and the physical problems they have caused I am no longer able to exercise like I need to. The profile I am on limits me to only doing the waist measurement for the PT test. I had major shoulder surgery and a torn leg muscle that was not treated and is now inoperable. My shoulder limitations are now permanent and having to compensate for the torn muscle has given me early arthritis ...