Al329 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Hi, Does anybody have any more info on this?https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2018/defense-authorization-act-expands-benefits-for-disabled-veterans/ Reading the law it just states.... ‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.—A veteran with a service-connected disability shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay. There is no definition of what a service connected disability is? Is that any rating? Yes I understand in the past those with 100% had shopping privileges but this is new! Guess we have to wait until later this year to know more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AirForceVetsWife Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 https://www.stripes.com/congress-pentagon-step-toward-allowing-far-more-shoppers-on-base-1.536168 Looks like 30 percent rating or higher. That would be a great privilege! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Moderator brokensoldier244th Posted May 22, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 22, 2019 I dont know. I can usually find stuff that I would buy at the PX as cheap, or cheaper, model for model, at other places. Commisary may be better, but I live over an hour away from the nearest, so ive never compared. The Earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound.Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a book,and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching. --17 different possible sources, all lacking verifiable attribution. B.S. Doane College, Mgt Info Systems/Systems Analysis 2008 M.S.Ed. Purdue University, Instructional Development and Technology, Feb. 2021 M.S. Purdue University Information Technology/InfoSec, Dec 2022 100% P/T MDD Spine Radiculopathy Sleep Apnea Some other stuff -------------------------------------------B.S. Info Systems Mgt/Systems Analysis-Doane College 2008M.S. Instructional Technology and Design- Purdue University 2021 (I AM NOT A RATER- I work the claims BEFORE they are rated, annotating medical evidence in your records, VA and Legal documents, and DA/DD forms- basically a paralegal/vso/etc except that I also evaluate your records based on Caluza and try to justify and schedule the exams that you go to based on whether or not your records have enough in them to warrant those) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ewsieczka Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 You can shop online, but I still think you need to be 100%, Blue Card issued, to go on base and shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Oceanbound Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I think this was asked and answered before, ewsieczka is correct. Also like others have said the trip is across town too for me, so you wouldn't be saving anything, and can buy the same or better quality in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Al329 Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 Yes. 100% can already shop. This is a change... any and all disabled vets will be able to shop. And yeah currently ANY vet can shop online on the PX/BX website. But almost always cheaper in Amazon. This is a change to shop at the commissary.. and use MWR on any base. As the Stripes article states ... "But the study found no need to apply, as Congress suggested, a 30-percent rating threshold on shopping privileges. Base stores could be opened to any veteran with a disability rating from 0 to 90 percent, the department concluded. Veterans rated 100-percent disabled already can shop on base." So there is no word yet on what % rating will be allowed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Does anybody have any more info on this?
https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2018/defense-authorization-act-expands-benefits-for-disabled-veterans/
Reading the law it just states....
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED
DISABILITIES.—A veteran with a service-connected disability shall
be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the
same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired
or retainer pay.
There is no definition of what a service connected disability is? Is that any rating?
Yes I understand in the past those with 100% had shopping privileges but this is new! Guess we have to wait until later this year to know more....
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