Im confused...i thought you got the (for example) 1500 a month for my 80% disabilty...plus the Severance check from the army because i was rated below 30% DOD side....am i wrong?
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You will get your VA disability compensation less the percentage that is given to you from DOD. They recoup the severance in some instances. If it is combat related then I believe that it is not recouped. There are others on here that could be able to give you more exacting details on what if anything is recouped based on your situation. I hope that helps.
JMAC
JMAC
ok so i got 80% VA and 10% DOD...how would my pay work out? also my injury happend in a combat zone...but was not combat related...
So your unfitting condition was not determined 'combat related' by the PEB? How much is your severance supposed to be?
well my base pay is 2305, so i guess 2X 2305 X5(years of service)? 23050?? then minus taxes...
So, yeah...doesn't make any sense but the VA is going to recoup the 23050 over time if your unfitting condition is not combat related. Have you signed 199?
not yet they havent even typed it yet...i thought what the dod gives you and what the va gives you were diff...i thought that the severance pay was from the army...and the 1500 was from the VA for disability....
It's different in the sense that the money comes from different agencies. However, the money is for the same thing--your disability. And if you don't have 20+ years, you aren't allowed to "double dip"...unless disability is combat related. That's how DoD and VA justify. I feel like an SM shouldn't have to pay back the severance since you are getting it not only because of your disability but for the loss of a career as well.
But the key for you would be to get your unfitting condition to be determined 'combat related'. If you were deployed when the injury occurred, why don't you think it's combat related?
But the key for you would be to get your unfitting condition to be determined 'combat related'. If you were deployed when the injury occurred, why don't you think it's combat related?
well thats what my peblo told me...that it was in a combat zone...but not combat related...i mean i was running from a morter round when i messed up my ankle...but i dunno
That's combat related. If 199 comes back not stating combat related, you probably want to appeal.
but i it is not stated anywhere in my paperwork about the morter round...just that i messed it up in iraq
No. If the injury incurred in a combat zone, then the severance is not recouped from the VA. Even if you tripped over your own feet on the way to the mess hall in Iraq and that caused the injury, your severance would not be recouped by the VA.
Given you were taking shelter from a mortar round, you need to appeal and make sure the PEB understands this. If combat related, your severance become tax free.
Given you are 80% VA, are you satisfied the other conditions do not contribute to your unfitness at all? If you think the other disabilities contribute to your unfitness appeal as you might qualify for disability retirement.
Mike
im ok with the 80% i was just under the impression that (and this is what my peblo told me) I get the severence for getting less than 30% from the DOD and i get 1500 a month from VA for the 80%
You might reread the post you quoted (and subsequent posts), Mike...I don't think we disagree.
Ceilingfan,
You stated if his unfitting condition was not combat related, his severance would be recouped by the VA. Combat related and incurred in a combat zone are two different things. Just because it happened in a combat zone does not make it combat related. When the unfitting condition incurs in a combat zone and is not combat related, severance is not recouped.
Mike
You stated if his unfitting condition was not combat related, his severance would be recouped by the VA. Combat related and incurred in a combat zone are two different things. Just because it happened in a combat zone does not make it combat related. When the unfitting condition incurs in a combat zone and is not combat related, severance is not recouped.
Mike
ok so let me get this straight...my severence will not get recouped because it was in a combat zone and i will still get my monthly pay from the VA?
Ah ok...
So is what you are saying is that the injury/disability has to have incurred in a designated combat zone for severance not to be recouped? In other words, a strictly 'combat related' designation doesn't necessarily mean DoD won't recoup the severance? For instance, SM breaks ankle on training jump at Ft. Bragg, gets medically separated with severance and VA compensation...that severance is recouped but tax free?
Or are you merely saying that severance is not recouped if injury/disability is combat related or incurred in combat zone?
Severance from injury caused by:
Tripping over own feet in Iraq - Severance not recouped by VA but taxed.
Shot by enemy in Iraq - Severance not recouped by VA nor taxed.
Shot on rifle range at Ft. Hood - Severance recouped by VA but not taxed
Combat Zone: Where it happened
Combat related: How it happened
Mike
Tripping over own feet in Iraq - Severance not recouped by VA but taxed.
Shot by enemy in Iraq - Severance not recouped by VA nor taxed.
Shot on rifle range at Ft. Hood - Severance recouped by VA but not taxed
Combat Zone: Where it happened
Combat related: How it happened
Mike
Yes. It would also be the case if your rating for your unfitting condition was 0% (regardless where it happened) as long as it stayed 0%.
Mike