Posted on Aug 15, 2015
FYI, if you received any form of Severance Pay from the Military. The VA will recoup before you receive any compensation.
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Just an FYI, I didn't know the answer until VA came calling. As it turns out ANY form of severance pay will be recoup before you receive any compensation.
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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Military Pay Veterans Service Representative
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SSG Mike Simpson
That's why I was forced out of the service due to a back injury on active duty that was not combat related. Eighteen and a half years and a broken back in a free fall demonstration jump sent me out the door with no VA disability payments until July, 2016 - 24 years after I was separated!
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SGT (Join to see)
Wow, that is really terrible. I used the Texas Veterans Commission and they had my claim within 6 months. Sorry to hear about your ordeal brother.
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As someone who is currently having his disability payments taken away this whole thing seems like the biggest scam in the world. It is easy for the DOD to offer up these big fat separation bonuses knowing they will get most of it back on the back end because of disability claims. I did not file a disability claim until nearly a year after I got out. I thought disability payments are for injuries and illnesses during service AS WELL AS LOSS OF POTENTIAL for the rest of my life because of the disabilities. I am on the verge of losing everything because of recoupment of my disability. When you consider the harm that was done to my body I do not see how this can be considered double dipping.
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