Hey all, brand new here although I've been reading stuff from these forums for a few years.
I was medically retired back in 2010 from the Army at 100% and a year later was approved for 90% from the VA. Only about a year and a half ago I was increased to 100% due to PTSD finally being recognized.
The short story on the PTSD; I was part of the first deployments to Iraq in 2003. When we came back, systems for determining and getting treatment for PTSD wasn't established very well so at the orders of my commander and eventually from the local military hospital, I saw a civilian Psychologist for almost 3 years. When I got hurt and they were filing all my claims for the med board, the PTSD wasn't recognized because an Army Doctor didn't diagnose me, even though the Army said I had to see a civilian doctor..... who knows. Anyways, years later, finally got all that mess figured out, thankfully.
Like many here, I finally applied for the CSRC thing last year after my DAV officer had been after me to do it for almost 2 years. Took a year and 7 days exactly to get it back.
So it says total combat disability is at 40%. I'm 100% VA disabled. What else do I need to do to figure this out how much I'll get? I read something about the "high 3"....
I appreciate any help. I'm one of those people that I can read information all day, but unless I can ask question, I'll never understand it.
I was medically retired back in 2010 from the Army at 100% and a year later was approved for 90% from the VA. Only about a year and a half ago I was increased to 100% due to PTSD finally being recognized.
The short story on the PTSD; I was part of the first deployments to Iraq in 2003. When we came back, systems for determining and getting treatment for PTSD wasn't established very well so at the orders of my commander and eventually from the local military hospital, I saw a civilian Psychologist for almost 3 years. When I got hurt and they were filing all my claims for the med board, the PTSD wasn't recognized because an Army Doctor didn't diagnose me, even though the Army said I had to see a civilian doctor..... who knows. Anyways, years later, finally got all that mess figured out, thankfully.
Like many here, I finally applied for the CSRC thing last year after my DAV officer had been after me to do it for almost 2 years. Took a year and 7 days exactly to get it back.
So it says total combat disability is at 40%. I'm 100% VA disabled. What else do I need to do to figure this out how much I'll get? I read something about the "high 3"....
I appreciate any help. I'm one of those people that I can read information all day, but unless I can ask question, I'll never understand it.