Dic Question

[jeff10]

Berta, I'm 100% P/T. On the new (12-1-11)DIC rate sheet it shows my spouse can get this compensation if I've been 100-p/t for at least 8 yrs.even though I didn't die from the S/C. Is that a change from the 10 yr. deal? Also, would she get my whole 100% or the lesser rate they show in the table of $1,195 + $254 ? If she had to fill out the DIC forms,who would she go to in order to do that?

Jeff

[john999]

My wife quit her job to stay home and help me get to appointments etc. I do have insurance but unless I die very soon I won't be able to pay for it. The older you get the more expensive the insurance gets. I don't see why the government can't be generous with the widows of 100% vets. I bet if we took a poll of widows they would agree. We all have different ideas so I take no offense at someone who disagrees with me. When I was an American Legion member I do remember the elderly wife of a WWII vet who has just died being given an American Flag. That seemed very little from a nation that owed his generation everything. I also remember the VA stalling about paying A&A for my mother who was in a nursing home. My father was a WWII disabled vet. The VA said his records had burned. There are about half a million guys who work on Wall Street who do nothing useful and bring home millions of bucks. The system showers them with goodies. The tired old vet gets kicked into the gutter.

[mysticcherokee usn vet]

Philip, just most of the wet blanket ones. Also, Arvt, whatever. Told yall, hmph! Mystic

[Gulfvet45]

I have to agree with you here. The wife also is going to get something from SS too.

If the vet is past the 10 year mark mak sure to state on the form he was SC 100% for over ten years. is makes the claim goes faster. I get them done in 30 days if the wife needs the money.

It is best if you can to keep yours and your wife billes appart along with the checking. do not share a credit card if your state is one where your bill dies with you. That way your wife will not have to pay it off. Make sure to have death insureance on the homeloan. We tell all the vets that and the guy that had my job in 2001-2004 did not and died at 43. Good thing his CC was only in his name. Wife did not know of most of them. Her state is one where the bills end with him if her name was not on them.

John - I'm sorry but I have to disagree w/you. I see no reason the Gov't should support the widow. She does get some good VA benefits but I see no reason why a deceased husband should support his spouse, after his death. He has the option of purchasing life insurance, if he feels he should. I just wish I had a wife just so I could pass the current DIC, Chap 35 benefits, and ChampVA benefit onto someone, just because of all the benefits they screwed us out of, over the yrs.

While I'm proud of my service and love my country, I would never repeat it knowing how they have so little regard for us vets, now. I feel current military should have a starting pay of $60k+ annually and full benefits. Over the yrs they have been gradually reducing our benefits and getting away w/it. Meanwhile, VA managers are paid $60k and more and continue to deny deserving claimants, at no risk to them. Our Gov't promises the world when something happens but back tracks, later, when the incident has passed. Sorry but I needed to vent, a little. We better start learning Chinese, as they will be taking over, eventually. jmo

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