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Just Found Out Today My Disability Package Was Approved

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I just found out today that I was approved for 80% disability compensation. What I didn't see coming ahead of time are the many complications this good news brings.

1. I am divorced and currently 50% of my retirement goes to my ex-wife. How will her payment (which is automatically sent to her out of the total retirement pay) be affected?

2. I pay child support with my 50% of retirement pay. How will this be affected?

3. I also am paying back an old military debt which is a little over $20,000.00 (at a reduced clip due to financial hardship of approximately $600 a month (split between my ex and I)). How will this payment be affected as for the past 2 years this debt was split between the ex and I?

Is there a one-stop shop for the answers to these questions? I retired from the Air Force in 2009. Until today, I wasn't even aware that my disability compensation (if it were approved) would affect my retirement pay.

I'm also a newly hired employee of the V.A.. Will my recent award of a 80% disability rating affect my position there? I think it will push me near the front on future applications for federal employment will it not? on

Thanks immensely for any assistance with this.

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As long as you are not 100% it would not affect your work at the VA. I did not think that ex-wives could make a claim on disability pay.

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But until now, the AF was taking my ex-wife's portion of my retirement out automatically (out of the retirement check). Now with me getting disability compensation of roughly $1,400 a month, will they still be taking her 50% out of my retirement pay?

As long as you are not 100% it would not affect your work at the VA. I did not think that ex-wives could make a claim on disability pay.

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You should talk to a lawyer about this as each State has their won way of handling but just for a general thing any money you get from VA should likely as not not change anything you are doing.

Good Luck and welcome to Hadit.

Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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That's true. But now that I have her portion of the retirement (her 50%) coming straight out of the retirement check, now that I have been rated 80% disabled, how will this be affected. From what I understand, the monies I receive from the disability will be absorbed by my retirement pay. My ex-wife currently gets 50% of my retirement but with my 50% I pay child support along with paying back an old military debt. So in essence I don't get crap.

I guess I'll just have to start new allotments some how.

As long as you are not 100% it would not affect your work at the VA. I did not think that ex-wives could make a claim on disability pay.

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