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

The only folks who get a disability rating before they get out are those going before a med board. All others will get it after they get out. HOWEVER, it can take some time for your rating to come through so don't delay getting the process started. IIRC you can start the process 6 months to getting out.

7 years.

At least 30 years. when I got out in 1971 The VA wouldn't have nothing to do with me. I made too much money, $5.75 an hour. It wasn't til many years later and it took several more years to get a high rating. I started out at 10%. Finally after lots of guys died from Agent Orange exposure, the govt .finally recognised thye problems for us guys who served later in the war. And Yes it was war, not just a conflict as the politicans would like us to believe

Retired in 2010 first disability filed 2012. Wasn't able to make progress until 2015 rating came through building a case then finalized 2018 or so

I did my first V.A. claim in 1987, and only received 10%, took me till 2022 to receive my 100%, with the assistance of Disability Attorney, it took a long time to go from 10-20-30-40-50-70, then from 70-80-90 it was discouraged to do so but I did it on my own, then I was stuck at 90 for 3 years and finally hired an Attorney to get me too 100% and 4 years of back pay, it should’ve gone back to 1987, it was too long ago, I’m finally able to see a Dentist and receive other help with my Disability, the V.A. will do it’s Best to screw you out of your entitled Benefits

At 5he time of my discharge I had been informed I would have to wait...medically discharged after 61 days of leave left over

I got out in 96. Was denied 97, shoulders, knees and back. Medical records finally appeared at VA 2017. In 2020 I started the process again. Was rated for both knees in 2021, shoulders and back in 2022.

Had all my VA paperwork filled out on the day of separation. Dated it and turned it in the next day. (I did have an advantage: my wife had been recently separated from the Army with a 100% disability rating.) Have no complaints about the handling of our claims. Advice: be patient with these huge entities!

I waited approx 6 months after discharge from the Air Force. My mother talked me into having my wrist evaluated......got 10% starting June 1972.

I filed for disability 35 years after I got out, the state of Texas filed the claim for me, they sent me for a doctors evaluation and 30 days later I was 100% P&T. That was 3 years ago.