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From personal experience good counsel makes all the difference. There is actually a lot of gray area in all of this.

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Impact statement does carry weight. At least for the AF you can do a rebuttal on a commander's impact statement. So once it comes to you say you disagree and why. Also, your profile should help you out. For migraines you should a have a profile limiting basically all duties when you have a...

CRSC only helps when retired so if you aren't medically retired then you can't get CRSC. CRSC was created to help recoup money lost due to the VA offset for medical chapter 61 retirees. When you reach 20 years and apply for Guard retirement you can apply for CRSC but that typically won't help...

By law any money received via chapter 61 pension must be offset by any VA disability received. If you don't qualify for CRSC then you lose out on $1,152 a month then. Once you reach age 60 AND you need to apply for your guard/reserve retirement then you will get that amount at that time due to...

Forgot to answer one question. You get CRDP once you reach the age for Guard retirement so at 60 or slightly less if reduced to qualified deployments. You definitely want 30% DOD or higher!!!

Try to get 30% DOD. If not you can't do chapter 61 retirement. Regardless of if found unfit you would qualify for FERS disability since found unfit. Get a FERS disability attorney who can help you on that side. If below 30% DOD then you would be forced into gray area retirement with waiting...

All you need to do is run the numbers. How much is your guard/reserve pension worth? How much is your VA disablity? Combine those 2 numbers. That's the most you can get in almost all cases. Now take your pay and subtract it from those numbers. If all of your pay subtracted leaves an amount...

When you reach age for full retirement at age 60 you apply for guard/reserve pension. The most you can get is the full value of your guard/reserve pension + VA disability compensation. SBP will not drop as you are insuring income for chapter 61 pension. Did you apply for CRSC? If you get...

If you have already earned a regular retirement there isn't much of a benefit. The most you can get is the value of your earned retirement + VA disability and you already get that if you earned a regular retirement and have a total VA disability rate of 50% or higher. Not sure what branch you...

probably stuck on the mob unfortunately.

They keep you on orders if put in IDES while on title 10 orders. You don't get much say in things. If your doc thinks the condition won't improve within 1 year and causes you to be unfit for duty then they put you in iDES. Then it depends on if your unfitting condition (s) equal 30% or...

Your commander can request a fit for duty exam but sure if your civilian PCM writes one up that may get the ball rolling. My wife was AGR and what did it for her was having her PCM fill out a profile package. The medical contacted her commander in her Reserve unit to create a fit for duty memo...

Have you talked to your commander? Chaplin? PCM would be the start normally but I know recruiting is a bit different since you may be on Tricare Prime Remote meaning you don't have a PCM local to ask about profiles.

You will need to ask HRC or whoever issued the orders to clarify. Chances are they missed the Reserve stuff since you are currently on active duty.

So there has been a huge debate on if you can get there by points but we have seen it go both ways. How many AFS? Are you close enough to be able to apply for your regular active duty retirement? That would be the safest way to go! I would keep my head down and apply for retirement assuming...

To add another unfitting condition you would need to request a FPEB. To increase the rating of a condition that was already found unfit is a VARR and yes you can do both!

Have you consulted JAG? Do you have any conditions that you can appeal to add as unfitting? Is your 10% unfitting condition properly rated? Getting 30% DOD is massive! Not just for tricare but because then if medically retired you can apply for CRSC and any money lost due to the VA offset of...

LDES has the most risk. LDES does not require your branch to follow the VA ratings guidelines. If they under rate you then its even worse as LDES doesn't have the same protections to include the amount and quality of appeals. If you already have ratings for all of your VA ratings and want to...