Medical Disabiality

[Data Management WO]

Not sure where to post these quesitons.

BLUF: My total VA rating is 100% T and P. I am Army Reserve with 20+ good years, 5350 Retirement Points (14.86 total years), and my HI 3 is $67.1140 (CW2). As part of the VA Benefit, 50% is for Migraines and Aniexity with many other 10, 20 and 30%s to total 100%.

The Migraines and Aniexity are jsut aking it to hard to keep going to BA every month as well as consistant cringe of getting deployment/MOB orders again. How do I go about starting the Medical Retirement process and how it work over all.

Quesitons:
1) Is the DOD % was I will recieve monthly and when would that start?
2) Is the DOD % amount effected by the 100% VA?
3) Can I claim the medical retirement and VA at the same time, or do they conflict?

Any other info anyone can include would be great!

 

[Provis]

Not sure where to post these quesitons.

BLUF: My total VA rating is 100% T and P. I am Army Reserve with 20+ good years, 5350 Retirement Points (14.86 total years), and my HI 3 is $67.1140 (CW2). As part of the VA Benefit, 50% is for Migraines and Aniexity with many other 10, 20 and 30%s to total 100%.

The Migraines and Aniexity are jsut aking it to hard to keep going to BA every month as well as consistant cringe of getting deployment/MOB orders again. How do I go about starting the Medical Retirement process and how it work over all.

Quesitons:
1) Is the DOD % was I will recieve monthly and when would that start?
2) Is the DOD % amount effected by the 100% VA?
3) Can I claim the medical retirement and VA at the same time, or do they conflict?

Any other info anyone can include would be great!

First thing... you do have the option to apply and be put in the the retired reserves. That is always an option and then you get VA disability until you can retire at age 60 (Or slightly less if eligible for a reduction due to deployments).

#1. Any money received from a medical retirement would be offset by any VA compensation received. So for most a medical retirement is getting Tricare until you qualify for your Reserve/Guard pension and VA compensation. If you are put in IDES and the condition is duty related then the Army uses the VA's rating for that condition. So if the VA rates it 30% then the DOD% will be 30%. You would take that 30% and multiply it by your monthly HIGH 3. That is your medical retirement pension. Your chapter 61 pension starts a month after you get out. Like I said, most that medically retire only get VA compensation since that amount is higher than their medical retirement amount.

#2. In IDES you have your ratings redone and then the DOD uses ratings for any condition found unfitting by the PEB and that is what makes up your DOD%. If you don't want your conditions rated by the VA again you can choose IDES but ask that the VA only rate the potentially unfitting conditions for DOD purposes only. A lot of PEBLO's will try to steer you toward the old system LDES. If you do that the VA has no part in the ratings and the DOD% is determined by military docs. Its the old system for a reason. You don't have many protections and if your rating is lower than it should be you don't have a way to increase your DOD% from an unbiased third party. LDES Sucks!

#3. Nope. Any VA will offset any pension from a chapter 61 pension so for most a medical retirement means they gain tricare but no additional compensation.

So your chances are not great if you can do your job. You would need to try to get a profile and your branch would need to decide that those condition prevent you from doing your job. Additionally, its quite possible they might refer you to a non duty related IDES meaning in the end they just kick you out and then you get your earned retirement at age 60. Even if the VA service connects everything doesn't necessarily mean your branch will come to the same conclusion. So if there are no LODS showing a cause from when you were on on Active duty orders for 30 days or longer there is a decent chance they could put you in non duty related ides which means they just kick you out without a medical retirement.

If you are getting 100% VA and have earned your non regular retirement at age 60 at least you have the option to be put in the retired reserves and enter gray area retirement. The main benefits of a medical retirement immediately are Tricare and the possibility for additional compensation via CRSC which would claw back some of the VA offset. One more thing to remember regardless of if you medically retire or retire in the Reserves is that once you hit qualifying age of Reserve Retirement you will get all of your earned longevity pension AND all of your VA compensation. So age 60 is where you are going to be guaranteed to max out compensation.