Did you wait till you were out to get your disability rating? If so, how long before you made your first claim?

I waited eight years after I retired from the ANG

10 years. Medically discharged in 1969, for a gunshot wound received near DaNang in 1968. Didn't sign up until 1979. That's right I'm stupid.

Yes. 15 years and after sending me four checks, they want the money back!

Comrades at arms...here's the deal...send in the claim...appeal, appeal, appeal....get your benefits as you deservedly have earned them...manage your disability as you would fields of fire...hoooah!!

Mistakenly, I waited 32 yrs. Wasn't approved in 1999. Reapplied 5 yrs later and received 100% disability. Wish I had known sooner!

More important than the date you file is documenting your health issues and every thing that has affected it. This is crucial because ratings can be revised and increased as well as denied! Having record of your claim and medical assessment and treatments will be crucial! As time goes by , issues that did not get a rating can get worse and then become rated because they were mentioned and documented! Get and keep copies of all records that relate to you health and incidents that can change later! You have a right to request copies of all your records, don’t remember if you need 3 or 5. Do not give your last copy of any document away. You must keep a complete copy of you military records. Do not forget to collect copies of treatment in civilian facilities and other military facilities!

I have been out 15 years, just filed new claims.

Unless things have changed, you can set up your VA appointments for them to examine you while you are on terminal leave. I am not certain if they have to give you time off for these appointments, but get all of your examinations done, if you can, prior to your ETS date, but the VA will do nothing with it until the day after your ETS.

I ETSed in 1996 and filed my first claim for Tinnitus this year, 2023. The claim was successful, I just finished filing an additional claim for sinusitis which I will hear back on the C&P exam in the next 30 days. I plan to file for obstructive sleep apnea secondary to sinusitis after the sinusitis comes back as service connected.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden through lies avoided serving the u.S. military during the Vietnam War with both of them continuing be liars on their alleged academic success and both are perverts who are human garbage - overall most military veterans wait after leaving their respective branch of the military as per my ongoing discussions including attending Vet To Vet International. a lot of our fellow military veterans at the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center at North Hills, California just North of Los Angeles due to the ongoing hypocrisies and contradictions of the unelected Democrats and Republicans with the elected get rejected a lot to the points that employees to include medical personnel are not supportive regarding Compensation & Pension. - 3:53 pm Pacific DayLight Savings Time on Tuesday, 19 September 2023