Medical Retirement Pay Question
If you are medically retired what is used as your base pay? Would it be the rank you currently have (highest rank) or would it be like normal retirement where they take the last highest last 3 years?
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The Rank on your DD-214 you were discharged with.Most people opt to get paid by Veterans Affairs instead for their disability because it is tax free.You can't get your DOD retirement AND VA disability...
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Thanks wrench you can recieve compensation from the miltary and the amount that you recieve from the VA will offset the amount that you recieve from the military dollar for dollar though correct?For...
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Correct.Fill out the paperwork to apply for VA Disability and submit it when you get your DD-214. My service mailed my Medical Records along with that application for VA Disability directly to...
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Thanks Wrench right now still waiting on seeing if I will get surgery or not for the neck. My doctor says it will not relieve the pain but may improve my range of motion. Given that I really dont want...
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The amount of retired pay you have to waiver is based on your VA rating %. If you were medically seperated from the military you would get either your Length of Service retired pay, high 3, or you...
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Hi USNDW thanks for the response. I have been getting knee surgery and have been told to hold off on getting the neck surgery until this is resolved. I have over 15 years of service right now. I do...
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"""Taking flexerall might help and so do narcotics but using either of those makes me spacy and obviously unsafe."""DOD does not care if you are on narcotics to do your job. When I was active duty and...
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I don't know if the option is available but you could try Recruiting duty. There are positions at the district headquarters, and the MEPS processing centers which are not Recruiting. I know for the...
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Hi wrenchturner thanks for the insight into your experience, I think you are right about that might be the way things go. For some time I was performing my job while on meds and after the MRI came...
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You are right, you would receive either VA compensation, or retired pay, but with less than 20, not both.I had a knee replacement. First a partial, just the medial side, that failed, and then a...
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""" I do wonder what a safety investigation will say if I do cause an collision or a aviation mishap though."""My service had regulations saying if you were on medication and drove government vehicles...
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Thanks Wrench I suspect they do. To me it seems obvious if the MED Board clears me to return to being a SWO they are in effect clearing me to navigate a ship and help landing with aircraft there is no...
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Rank--Suppose to be the "best" for the individual....But it can be very complicated:Combat Related Disability Retirement (Still a RAS) can be totally tax free depending on the % of Disability....
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