Posted on Jan 8, 2016
Should QMP severance packages be counted against you for VA disability compensation?
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So...I found out yesterday, if someone gets QMP'ed out the Army, and they receive a severance package, then that person does not receive VA disability until the amount of VA disability is equal to the severance package.
I.E. I get QMP'ed and my severance package is $30,000, getting paid 5,000 a month, I won't start getting my VA disability for 6 months. I asked a VA rep and he confirmed this and stated "there is no free money", which I opinionated "please don't classify VA disability as free money....people that get that have more than paid for that."......anyways community...what do you feel about this?
I.E. I get QMP'ed and my severance package is $30,000, getting paid 5,000 a month, I won't start getting my VA disability for 6 months. I asked a VA rep and he confirmed this and stated "there is no free money", which I opinionated "please don't classify VA disability as free money....people that get that have more than paid for that."......anyways community...what do you feel about this?
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Posted 9 y ago
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I think what they do is stupid. Severance is earned. Disability is earned, so why do they offset by taking away what is earned? Just stupid.
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SSG (Join to see)
That's very true SFC Kain, but offsetting disability with severance, in my opinion, is way past the normal government stupidity.
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SFC Pete Kain
MAJ Ken Landgren - No argument from me. I live on 25 acres, and avoid the Government as much as I can.
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MCPO Roger Collins
SFC Pete Kain - You mean taking money from one pocket and placing it in the other isn't getting a raise. Of course then paying taxes on the raise.
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SGT Frank Yarum
Boy there is a lot of government negativity in this comment feed. But I am in agreement with all of you, but unfortunately we have no way of contacting every single soldier, sailor, marine and airmen this has happened to, so we could all walk up to our Congressman's Offices (in the state they live) all coordinated on the same day at the same time and with the same patition, can you imagine the news press this would get all over the country.
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SSG (Join to see) Absolutely NOT! As was very well stated by MAJ Ken Landgren "Severance is earned. Disability is eared, so why do they offset by taking away what is earned?"
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MAJ Ken Landgren
I am finding out that government agencies are not necessarily on our side sometimes.
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As I think about my dealings with federal agencies, I have decided that federal agencies have rules that would never be implemented in the civilian world. It's the right of the government to have rules that trample the rights of the individual.
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