I just came across the following on the VA site...
In order to be eligible for CRSC you MUST meet all of the following criteria
1. Receiving military retired pay for one of the following: 20 year Retiree, Medical Chapter 61, Temporary Early Retirement Act, and Temporary Disabled Retirement List Retiree
2. Have 10% or greater VA rated injury that is combat-related
3. Military retired pay is reduced by VA disability payments (VA Waiver)
AND...must be able to provide documentary evidence that your injury was a result of one of the following:
My "referred conditions" are; left foot injury, left wrist injury and spinal injury. The foot and wrist occured during PT but the spinal injury occured during combatives training. Would that qualify as "Training that simulates war?"
In order to be eligible for CRSC you MUST meet all of the following criteria
1. Receiving military retired pay for one of the following: 20 year Retiree, Medical Chapter 61, Temporary Early Retirement Act, and Temporary Disabled Retirement List Retiree
2. Have 10% or greater VA rated injury that is combat-related
3. Military retired pay is reduced by VA disability payments (VA Waiver)
AND...must be able to provide documentary evidence that your injury was a result of one of the following:
- Training that simulates war (e.g., exercises, field training)
- Hazardous duty (e.g., flight, diving, parachute duty)
- An instrumentality of war (e.g., combat vehicles, weapons, Agent Orange)
- Armed conflict (e.g., gun shot wounds [Purple Heart], punji stick injuries)
My "referred conditions" are; left foot injury, left wrist injury and spinal injury. The foot and wrist occured during PT but the spinal injury occured during combatives training. Would that qualify as "Training that simulates war?"