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Hawk443
Hello everyone,
I'm new to the forum and am going to need some advice. If this should be posted somewhere else on the forum, please let me know.
I'll be as brief as possible. I am on active duty and have 21.5 years in the the military with 2.5 years until mandatory retirement. Two days before my wedding in November while at home in Annapolis, my Mother had a stroke. I picked her up off the shower floor and moved her to the bed by myself and in the process induced a heart attack which required me to have a stent placed in my left anterior descending artery. The flight surgeon where I am stationed who has to write the MEB said based upon my other "issues" he is going to recommend medically retiring me. The other issues I have are: psoriatic arthritis (joint problems in the hands, wrists, feet and shoulders with verified deterioration) related to the anthrax shot in 1999 with line of duty determination "yes" for which I had a 40% disability- MEB resulted in decision to retain and after 2 years got back on flight status only to lose it again after more joint deterioration (regained flight status again after getting another waiver 2 years later); 5 operations/procedures to remove kidney stones a year ago required another waiver before returning to flight status; 3 knee surgeries (one to the left, two to the right for medial meniscus tears) resulting in an inability to do the physical fitness test (either running or walking).
I know it sounds like I'm a wreck but I'm really not in that bad a shape. I know this has probably been asked a thousand times here already but my question is, does getting medically retired benefit me or hurt me instead of just getting a regular retirement? Is there a way to estimate out how much my disability rating would be if they do medically retire me? I know no one can give concrete answers, just looking for a ballpark for a heart attack- the rest of my heart looks fine. Finally, is that money untaxed? I expect that if I did get medically retired for the heart attack that I would then go to the VA to get a disability rating for the joint problems, knee problems, etc. and would hope that would be equal to or greater than 50%. Not sure if having 15 kidney stones removed gets me anything but it hurt... :)
If more info is required to help me with any answers, please let me know. Just need help on where to start. Thanks in advance. I appreciate it.....
J.
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