Posted on Jun 8, 2020
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How many of you are rated through the VA If so did you wait till you were out or did it while still in If you waited how long were you out when you made your first claim?
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LCpl Laurence Puco
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Yes and about 30 years, go figure, dumb dumb dumb...
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SPC Jennifer Clever
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Don't wait. You can file in the BDD program 90-180 days before your RAD or if 0-90 the predischarge program. If you are out FILE! FILE! FILE! Good luck
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1SG Kenneth McClurg
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I got out in 1996 and had a disability rating in early 1997.
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GySgt Stephen Adams
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I filed my claim before I went on terminal leave, using my final physical at the VA clinic on Camp Lejeune. 30 days after my last day of active duty, my first VA check posted.
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SPC Edward Abney
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I waited over 55 years to make a claim for my hearing loss. I worked a flight line for two years, without hearing protection, (there was none, in those days) and the VA awarded me a 10% for hearing loss. I was thrilled to receive it.
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SGT Everett Fray
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You should put in a claim within 90 days of separation, regardless if you have any knowledge of the process. The VA will fix dental issue in the first 90 days, after that if not done they will only do/take a 100% rating without charge.
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SSgt George Wadsworth
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I was told when I was discharged that I needed to be missing arms or legs to get any VA benefits, even though unbeknownst to me I had qualifying SC injuries and were listed on the Report of Medical History AF form 93-102.
The AF Capt/Nurse Practitioner who gave me the exit interview wrote on Clinical Record, AF Form 507 "No Comp" on all of my injuries and prescribed "Fiorinal" for headaches. The medical staff assigned to Loring AFB Hospital didn't know how to handle multiple "TBI" injuries, frozen feet/ankles, fractured wrists.
I believed this inaccurate tale I was told for 20+ years after separation from the Air Force.
I began my initial travails on the VA Hamster wheel in 1999. Always receiving the usual Delay and Deny for any disabilities from the VA.
It wasn't until 2014 after taking over my VA disability claim that I was awarded 100% P+T.
I'm still on the VA Hamster wheel with claims before BVA/VLJ and CAVC.
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SSG Gwendolyn Jones
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never had exam nor was I offered one before I discharged
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SSG Paul Carrier
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I filed after I'd retired via a VSO with the county.
It was someone I had service with who had retired and taken that job to continue to look after troops.
She helped with the paperwork and made the process smooth..
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SSG Franklin Briant
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I retired with 30% and was raised to 60% by VA.
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