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Filed My Initial 21-526 Today!

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B) I filed my initial 21-526 today thru American Legion! It is my 180th day before retirement on 1 Jun 2010. American Legion folks and the folks here on Hadit prepped me well educated before my retirement physical and I went in prepared with a typed 15-page listing attached to my DD 2807 (Report of Medical History) that the doc was so impressed with, she put a note on the 2807 that she concurred with the entire attachment! She listed everything I asked for! I also included the VA form for rehabilitation in my package since I heard that incluing it wih the original claim, you will get a faster review to be given a preliminary rating (since you are able to claim rehab benefits 6 months before separation). Thanks for the posts and all the advice on here, and I will be sure to provide future posts with tips and suggestions on how the process is working! Cheers to all!

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Best of luck to you. I hope it turns out well.

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Good for you and good luck. Thank you for serving.

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You have your ducks in a row and your VA journey will be an easier process.

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Raybob,

What disabilities did you file for and do you have

good active duty documentation along with current disabilities ?

carlie

Thanks for the well wishes!

Charlie, too many to list here, but most all are current within the last 12 months and my Am. Legion VSO was pleased to see them all listed as "chronic" in my SMEs. Yes, very good documentation for support for just about all of the issues claimed. My VSO wants me to follow up on a few issues when I see my PCM again so that they can be addressed a bit more. Since I have 6 months still in, it will be easy to document, and then I know keeping an eye on things for the first year following retirement is also important in terms of obtaining documentation to service connect.

And, Pete, for 33 years it has been my priviledge to serve... only retiring "by law!"... but actually now I think I am ready for it!

Cheers,

Ray

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:huh: I filed my initial 21-526 today thru American Legion! It is my 180th day before retirement on 1 Jun 2010. American Legion folks and the folks here on Hadit prepped me well educated before my retirement physical and I went in prepared with a typed 15-page listing attached to my DD 2807 (Report of Medical History) that the doc was so impressed with, she put a note on the 2807 that she concurred with the entire attachment! She listed everything I asked for! I also included the VA form for rehabilitation in my package since I heard that incluing it wih the original claim, you will get a faster review to be given a preliminary rating (since you are able to claim rehab benefits 6 months before separation). Thanks for the posts and all the advice on here, and I will be sure to provide future posts with tips and suggestions on how the process is working! Cheers to all!

Keep me poste how it goes and I really want to know and thanks

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