Posted on Feb 17, 2017
Can you call yourself retired if you just got out on a medical discharge?
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There is a young cost guard female in my College that tells me she is retired after 3 years in. She sprained her ankle wile she was in and they and she gets 30% disability. I am a 100% disabled Combat Veteran and I am a little curios if she can call herself retired if she is not 100%. She is playing up her retired statice like she did something and I want to make it stop!
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I just was med boarded in Sept 16. I am 70% army and 100% VA. I served 15 years and I am considered retired. Sure I don't get the retirement check, but I get all of the same benefits that 20-year retirees get. If you are 30% army you are considered retired
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Well I would have to say she is not retired.. She could have been medically discharged. But still can obtain work on the outside. I too have a 100% disability. And Not working. So that is my call on her status.... To break it down. If you are not working and receiving a payment. Then retired.. If your working or part time working. Then not retired. To add to that.. If you have a valid Military I.D. that says Expires Indefinitely... then you call yourself retired... Just a thought
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I served back in the 70s and early 80s. I received my 100% over 20 years after that. I call myself retired because it's no one's business but mine that I am 100% DAV or why. So let's keep it simple. If you possess a valid military ID you may refer to yourself as retired. My reasoning is this: Length of service retiree, you have an ID. Medically discharged and have an ID, 100% DAV also has an ID. These persons in my OPINION may refer to themselves as retired. Medical discharge and NO ID, NOT RETIRED.
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If she's carrying a blue DD Form 2 (retired ID) she's retired. She may not be collecting a retirement check from the CG but if she has that ID she's considered retired.
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SSgt Jim Gilmore
There are also gray retiree cards and DAV have a beige color similar to a dependents ID.
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SSgt Jim Gilmore
I need to do more research but current searches make no reference to the GRAY ID. I do know at one time they were issued to medically retired personnel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Privilege_and_Identification_Card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Privilege_and_Identification_Card
United States Uniformed Services Privilege and Identification Card - Wikipedia
A United States Uniformed Services Privilege and Identification Card (also known as U.S. military ID, Geneva Conventions Identification Card, or less commonly abbreviated USPIC) is an identity document issued by the United States Department of Defense to identify a person as a member of the Armed Forces or a member's dependent, such as a child or spouse.
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Someone better use spell checker once in awhile. Who care about her retirement?
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SFC Dustin Schneider
Well SMSgt its the fact that she is calling her self retired, when she just separated from the service. I have talked to people that are under the impression that she did it in combat. She is a representative for the Veterans Association and she is stating in e mails and job positions in the school that she is retired, that leads the people to believe she was injured in combat and she does nothing to correct this. If she is not allowed to claim it I want to know because I don't want someone that inflates and lies to people be the president of the Veterans association at my school.
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What does her DD 214 say? Does she have the magical blue ID card? Cause on the ID card it will say retired
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If you received orders to Retired status then you are Retired. If you receive a Discharge, you are not retired. All retired are discharged also, but not all Medically Discharged are retired.
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