Need some help.
So I've been on TDRL since 29 April (USMC) and been receiving benefits via DoD/VA.
I'm 70%DoD and 80%VA.
TDRL w/13 years of AD.
Today I just received an email from my IDES attorney with a letter attached advising that " your category II of PTSD resulted from a combat-related injury as defined by 26 USC 104 (b)(3)".
The letter is from the Deputy Division Director, Office of Judge Advocate General.
So now that my PTSD is linked to being combat related, what's my next step? I'm really hoping someone who really knows can chime in, as I keep reading/hearing different things. My attorney says one thing, but my POC at the Georgia Department of Veterans Services, mentioned something else.
I guess first thing is to get my DD214 corrected (DD215), reflecting block 26 with combat code.
After that I'm loss
So I've been on TDRL since 29 April (USMC) and been receiving benefits via DoD/VA.
I'm 70%DoD and 80%VA.
TDRL w/13 years of AD.
Today I just received an email from my IDES attorney with a letter attached advising that " your category II of PTSD resulted from a combat-related injury as defined by 26 USC 104 (b)(3)".
The letter is from the Deputy Division Director, Office of Judge Advocate General.
So now that my PTSD is linked to being combat related, what's my next step? I'm really hoping someone who really knows can chime in, as I keep reading/hearing different things. My attorney says one thing, but my POC at the Georgia Department of Veterans Services, mentioned something else.
I guess first thing is to get my DD214 corrected (DD215), reflecting block 26 with combat code.
After that I'm loss