Army Medical Retirement Question

[Signal6]

I have a question for anyone that knows about the military medical retirement system.

In 2005 I was injuried in an explosion in Iraq. I am in the Army Reserves and was released from active duty in Jan 2006 after returning from Iraq. I was recently diagnosised with TBI and failed the TBI testing at the VA. My question is, since I am still in the Reserves would I have a case to seek medical retirement from the Army and if so how do you go about it?

Thanks

[Berta]

OK- you considered those programs already-I forgot-

http://www.hadit.com/forums/index.php?show...current+Receipt

sorry for double posts-I live in high altitude and wind does that to my Sattelite dish I think

[john999]

It seems to me the Army will do just about anything to avoid a real military disability retirement of 30% or more. They want to dump you off on the VA and let you fight that system for a few years while you starve.

[Signal6]

Thanks for the info, I will have to do some research and think about it. It will not be a problem to have my command refer me to the MEB, but i would hate to get there and only be awarded 10-20% and kicked out. I have 15 in and would like to try and get my 20, so maybe I will just ride it out. If I get refered later I can worry about it them .

[Ricky]

Not to run away with signal6's thread, but should I be eligible for base privileges then? Am I considered "medically retired then? I can hardly walk a block without almost collapsing and I can't get disabled vet license plates because I'm not rated 100%. I'm pretty independent, regardless of pain, mainly because I hate feeling like I always need help. I still haven't accepted my disability i guess. Probably like every other disabled vet, I always feel like I get shafted.

If you draw a monthly check from the Army then you are "retired". If not they simply medically discharged you.

You do not need a Disabled Veterans plate - what you need is the appropriate medical paperwork filled out by your doctor stating you need special parking privledges - which is given to your state tag office. They will then issue you plates or the hanging handicapped permit. Also you do not have to be 100 percent to get disabled vet plates as most states have plates that simply state "disabled veteran" - keep in mind that depending on where you live this may or may not be a handicap parking plate so your best bet is to contact you tag office and see what it is they need from the doc to issue the handicap parking permit.

[kw34]

The Clown Man is correct you will be medically dicharged if you reached sancutary you would be allowed to retire and as a reservest draw your retirement at 60. This is happening to a lot of reserve and guardsmen who think they are being retired and are found to be medically unfit and adminstrativly discharged. The only way you collect retirement is if the kept you on active duty due to you injuries and you reached sancutary 18 years then they have to keep you and you retire from active duty but the make every effort to aviod that.

[Berta]

Men-isnt the latest scuttlebutt on this that the VA and the DOD must agree on the disability %?

I think this came about when they started the process of electronically sharing Med retirement info between VA and DOD recently.