national guard line of duty

Hello, My name is Karen Rodriguez, I'm a national investigative reporter with Scripps News. My colleague, Melissa Blasius and I are working on a series of national stories about the LOD system. My colleague has already done stories on this issue: Battle for Benefits: Arizona National Guard...

11yrs National Guard with a total of 4Yrs AGR. 1 Deployment to Iraq 2016/17. Heart Attack while on AGR tour. July 31, 2021. It has been a long road to get here. Outlook is pretty good so far. Total of 25 claims. The first few months of waiting has been the hard part and dealing with CoC and the...

Hello all! So, I've been in this process for a little while for Bipolar 1, and I think I may be getting close to the end. Here is the total timeline so far: - Temporary Profile issued: 21DEC2017 - Perm Profile Issued: 03OCT2019 (California Guard just kept extending the temp profile) - LOD...

I am in the begging stages of going through the MEB process. As of now it looks like I will end up with a PTSD rating of at least 70% form the VA, which is the reason for the MEB. After all the other issues I have I will most likely be at 100% but at least 90% from the VA. Now, the question I...

Ladies and Gentlemen, The reporter from our NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit National Guard stories is now working on similar stories for Colorado and Wyoming. He has moved to ABC News. If you are a Guard member in those states and have a story to tell about LOD failures, please contact Tony...