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A, assault with a  Dead Weapon is nothing to laugh about.

Noted, my Johnson is covered for 12months post discharge. lol. 

O/O, here my 3 Cents to add to Buck's 2 Cents, so now you got a nickles worth of advice from a couple Old Dog Nam Vets.
All Vets, Combat, REMFs, or stateside Warriors, upon discharge; have a 12 Month Presumptive Period for a DIRECT Sevice Connection Condition of anything that happens to damage them physically or Mentally during the 365 immediately following Discharge.
Such as, you take a fall and land on your Johnson, breaking it. As long as you have Med Evidence supporting the injury as happening during the 12 months after discharge Presumptive Period, a Secondary SMC for Loss of Creative Organ could be Filed and SC'd at a later date.  That's how it was in the 60's and it's still that way today.
I do recall reading on a VMC Bulletin board about OIF/Afgan Vets being eligible for VMC Medical Care for 5 years after separation from active duty. I think Nam Vets were good for the 1 year period after discharge. Ther are a host of OIF Burn Pit Presumptives, but I can't say I've seen anything extending the 1-year Presumptive SC Period to Active Duty after Discharge.

Yes-it is called VA compensation.
Many if not most of the vets here went beyond that one year you mentioned before they even filed a claim...combat or otherwise .
I might be misunderstanding you-
The chronic presumptive regulations require that the disability manifests itself within one year after discharge to at least 10% disabling..
MS however has a 7 year presumption.
Or maybe you mean if a vet files their claim within one year after discharge?
In that case, if the claim is awarded, the EED will be the day after their discharge.
 
 

Thank you Vync!!! It helps a ton. I have to find my letters they sent now.