OIF/OEF Combat Vet and Claims Past 1 yr.

[apocalypsesrt]

I thought there was a program for Combat Vets or people that were always deployed to continue being diagnosed beyond the standard 1 year for disabilities? Am I wrong about this? 

[Berta]

Yes-it is called VA compensation.

Many if not most of the vets here went beyond that one year you mentioned before they even filed a claim...combat or otherwise .

I might be misunderstanding you-

The chronic presumptive regulations require that the disability manifests itself within one year after discharge to at least 10% disabling..

MS however has a 7 year presumption.

Or maybe you mean if a vet files their claim within one year after discharge?

In that case, if the claim is awarded, the EED will be the day after their discharge.

 

 

[Berta]

I think my answer was too abrupt-- can you explain what you mean as to the one year?

OIF/OEF vets do have enhanced eligibility tyo VA health care:

https://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/apply/returning_servicemembers.asp

 

 

Edited April 10, 2018 by Berta

[apocalypsesrt]

4 minutes ago, Berta said:

Yes-it is called VA compensation.

Many if not most of the vets here went beyond that one year you mentioned before they even filed a claim...combat or otherwise .

I might be misunderstanding you-

The chronic presumptive regulations require that the disability manifests itself within one year after discharge to at least 10% disabling..

MS however has a 7 year presumption.

Or maybe you mean if a vet files their claim within one year after discharge?

In that case, if the claim is awarded, the EED will be the day after their discharge.

 

 

I mean i wasnt diagnosed while in service but the VA is treating me for sleep apnea and several other things that I believe were caused during service. If I didnt have them diagnosed before 1 year removed from service can I still SC them and claim them? 

[Berta]

OH YES  you can------Do you have a complete copy of your SMRs and Military personnel file?

Buddy statements might help as well- particularly on the Sleep apnea. Or even your personnel file, if you ever were late to duty due to sleep problems.

Many PTSD  combat vets (as well as non combatants,) have filed claims for PTSD decades after they experienced stressors.That goes for all sorts of claims as well.

At 80% now are you employed?

When filing more claims, are any of them possibly secondary to anything in the 80% SCs?

 

 

[apocalypsesrt]

1 minute ago, Berta said:

OH YES  you can------Do you have a complete copy of your SMRs and Military personnel file?

Buddy statements might help as well- particularly on the Sleep apnea. Or even your personnel file, if you ever were late to duty due to sleep problems.

Many PTSD  combat vets (as well as non combatants,) have filed claims for PTSD decades after they experienced stressors.That goes for all sorts of claims as well.

At 80% now are you employed?

When filing more claims, are any of them possibly secondary to anything in the 80% SCs?

 

 

The sleep apnea isnt in my SMR because I never got diagnosed until after I was out of the service. The VA diagnosed me but I dont know the best way to file my claim because I keep reading that I can only connect things that were diagnosed within 1yr of discharge. 

 

I am employed and I think I can claim secondary connections to a lot of my primary connections. Do I need to open a new claim for this? I am pretty sure I am out of my NOD timeframe. 

[Buck52]

2 hours ago, apocalypsesrt said:

I thought there was a program for Combat Vets or people that were always deployed to continue being diagnosed beyond the standard 1 year for disabilities? Am I wrong about this? 

your correct but your wrong also...there is a program for combat veterans continued being deployed/diagnosed  but

if you were in combat and failed to submit a claim...thats ok 

because an in-service condition that gets worse after years of discharge  the veteran can file a claim  , there's no limit on filing a claim.

example  if you were in the military and was traumatized or injured at any location not just a war zone  and you were traumatized  but you never filed a claim for it until it got worse or you realized you needed help  lets say for a mental problem (PTSD) If you were discharged years later and was diagnosed with PTSD by a VA Dr years later  you can file a claim on it.

you need a VA Diagnosis and Dr to opien that it is likely as not that your PTSD was caused by an in service event.(he reads your military records) and what you tell him/her.

 & prove the evidence was and did happen while in the service, use STR'S MEDICAL RECORDS ,UNIT REPORTS, BUDDY STATEMENTS IF NEEDED AND YOUR STRESSOR AS TO WHAT EVENT HAPPEN, IF IT WAS COMBAT VA CONCEDES THE STRESSORS,  IF YOU HAVE A CAB, OR SHOW DEPLOYMENT TO A COMBAT ZONE AND YOU WERE IN FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE. THEN NO STRESSOR NEEDED.