I have no funds for legal help, I don't know where to even begin. The ten percent isn't for psychiatric. It is humiliating to say this, but I was raped by my commanding officer in the military. That was in the early 70s, that was a time when you were not allowed to report it, I was told if I reported it that I could face courtmartial and also that was back in the day when they said we women asked for it and it was our fault if something like that happened. I attempted suicide at that time, I don't know if that would be in my military medical records, but that is the only thing that would appear in my military records if they even reported it as such. They just stitched me up and sent me back to the barracks. Should I request my military records and would they include medical records? As I said, or tried to say, I have been mostly housebound since 1999. going out only for medical appointments. When my spouse died, I was totally alone, MHMR sent me to the Austin outpatient VA clinic after a suicide attempt and they sent me straight to the Waco VA psychiatric hospital. After about eight months, I was released, went to San Antonio to be near my son, but he got a job offer in another city that was too good to pass up. I sat in my apartment for three months, one night I was very depressed and suicidal, so I caught a cab to the VA in San Antonio, I have been under their care for the last 18 months.
Again, my biggest question is, since I haven't heard anything, is if the VA does contact me about an overpayment, will my pension automatically stop or will it continue until I can present my case to them?
Thank you in advance for your response.