VA Back Pay

[sltaylor]

I filed for disability benefits in Jan/13. Went for c&p exam Dec/14. Was awarded benefits at 40% in Feb./15 with back pay only dating back to Jan/13. I have fellow vets and battle buddies telling me I can file for back pay for the same injuries incurred in 03 in Iraq. Is this true? The reason for the gap between separation and filing is simply because I did not know I could file for VA disability benefits until a school VA rep told me so in 2012. I just want to know if compensation is still owed me and how do I go about obtaining it. The DAV in Indiana helped me file the first time.

[Buck52]

I don't remember them telling me about all this when I got out in 70, all I did was go around all the placeses they had me to check out  turn in things ect,,ect,, I was supposed had a hearing test but I don't remember it?

 I did get the steak dinner & eat with the officers, that was about all I remember  then took a bus off the post and headed downtown for a good cold beer with a buddy, we went clothes shopping, after that took a cab to the air port and headed home.

They never had any welcoming at the airports like they do now, I was in uniform and was not noticed  ...>I did notice that.

a year or so after I got out I contacted the VA and they let me go to a local community collage for a Assoc Degree in law enforcement  paid me something like 400 a month to go, I worked during the day and went to school at night,

I did get a award certificate from the dean list having a grade point average of 4.0..I have that with my unit awards on the wall in an bedroom /office...I tell my sons and grandsons  they need to get one too...LoL...Then my oldest grandson completes 3 Years at Texas Tech and then joins the US Army...he went through boot camp and AIT with Honors and is now currently in Combat Medic School in San Antonio  Tx  he did get that dean list I ask him to get   PROUD OF HIM

 

..............Buck