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So I received my letter informing me that my severance pay in 2004 should not have been taxed under the Combat Injured Tax Fairness Act. They listed my severance pay amount, $42,500 and change, and listed the instructions on what I needed to do. Like many others I do not have my 2004 tax...

Long story short a friend of mine has two children with a veteran who took his own life a few years ago. They were married for 14 years and as is too common he came back from Iraq a changed person. They went their separate ways and he took his own life later down the road (he was National...

I'm not sure if this is in the correct place, I apologize in advance if it's not. Cliff notes: I was medically discharged in 2004 and received separation pay from the USMC. Initially the VA rated me at 70% total and the condition which got me discharged (unfit condition) was rated at 30%. I...

I was medically discharged in 2004 and was retired after a PDBR in 2012. What I've learned is that it seems like after the process you are entitled to different things but nobody out there really knows the answers. It's almost as if they feel "you should just be happy that you were retired"...

My PDBR came back and I've now been retired. I don't quite understand how DFAS calculated my retirement rate and when they tried to explain it to me it didn't make any sense. Is there anyone that knows how to figure this out so I can either start bugging them or not worry about it anymore...

My PDBR findings will be moving me to retired. I just got my new DD214 in the mail on Saturday. It has been updated to reflect a few changes as well as show that I'm not retired. I haven't gotten anything else except my letter from the PDBR Board stating I was getting moved to retirement and...

I received my results of the PDBR board from the Department of the Navy dated October 3rd stating they are moving me to the "Permanent Disability Retired List". Other than that I haven't heard a thing from them. Today I called HQ Marine Corps Disability Section and they said that they have...

OK so I just got my letter back today telling me that I will be put on the Permanent Disability Retired List effective 31 March 2004. I'm extremely happy about that but I do have several questions: Question 1 - I was given severance pay when was discharged. They took taxes out on it and I...

I'm going to submit for my PDBR as soon as possible and was wondering if anyone could give me some advice/pointers on what all I should submit? The USMC called me to talk about submitting for the PDBR the other day and said they would forward me the information. They sent me three things...

So I was just reading on here something about a six year time limit to file for a PDBR. I'm not sure if I was reading that wrong or not but from what I can tell I'm out of the window now. I was medically dicscharged from the USMC on March 31, 2004. Does this mean I can't file for a PDBR now...

I'm goign to get everything together to submit for a PDBR. I was wondering if anyone had a checklist of items that I should submit with my DD-294 to the PDBR. So far I plan to send the following:DD-294Copy of my package that was sent to the PEBCopy of my PEB results showing the rating of 10%...

I filed a claim for PTSD with the VA and it was denied, now I’m not sure what to do. My case is a little different than most PTSD cases but here is a brief understanding of what happened and why I filed. In 1994 I had joined the United States Marine Corps (USMC). In October I was going through...

I’m currently trying to decide whether or not to submit a package to have the PDBR board review my case. The only problem is that I do not know where to start short of providing them with the DD-294 and my initial VA rating letter. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Here is a quick...