VHIC card and temp % for Disabilities

[rey007]

I am interested in getting a VHIC to access the PX near my house. However my ailments are not permanent along with my percentage rating. I just completed my 5 year C&P re-exam and my rating is continued, I have heard out of site out of mind for any VA treatment that is not static. If I went to my local VA clinic are they going to call me in every few months to check on my ailments?

[Buck52]

I agree GB Army,  but I was referring to they can GET IN the Commissary to buy things.  not get in the VAMC For health care.

  but I have to admit I've never seen my VAMC turn down a Veteran for health care rather or not he has this  card..

I took a Veteran to my VAMC one time that was age 69 and never set foot in a VAMC  He had broke his Back way back in basic training and was medically discharged.IN HIS 6TH WEEK OF BASIC

...he never went to the VAMC for care he used medicare and was given a totally disabled status with the SSA, when he was discharged  at age 18 FOR YEARS AND YEARS  HE USED MEDICARE...for some reasons or another medicare would not pay for his morphine pump he used for pain?? and  he could no longer tolerate the chronic pain he was in...so I ask him if he wanted to try the VAMC  HE WAS A VETERAN HAD HIS DD 214  although a medical discharge  and birth certificate/DL.  I called my VAMC and they said yes bring him in..I did  They issued him a Card took his pic and he seen a specialist that day  and we had to wait at the pharmacy for his meds,  it was an all day fiasco thing but he was seen by a specialist and it never cost him a dime .

I think they said he would be billed a low co-pay But other than that  that was all we had to do  he was in the system...Unfortunately it was two little to late he died a few weeks later from heart attact due from his pain. 

We had plan to file some claims for him..why he never filed? ...some VSO AT THE DAV MENTION TO HIM HE WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO FILE A CLAIM WAS NOT IN THE SERVICE LONG ENOUGH...i HAD TOLD HIM LETS TRY

[Buck52]

What is Ironic about this  yes he was eligible to file a claim. check out the last line at the bottom

How long do you have to be in the military to get benefits?

Veteran benefits and length of service

Benefit Minimum Service Requirement Period of Service

Military health insurance...............20 yearsAny

VA pension 90 days active duty Before Sept. 7, 1980

VA pension 2 years active duty On or after Sept. 7, 1980

VA disability compensation ...................Any

[GBArmy]

Buck52 That is sad. Another great job by uninformed or poorly trained VSO's. As we know, if he had been injured while in service he would be covered. He should have received comp for a medical discharge. I had a fellow who was in for 87 days; he was just discharged for the convenience of the gov't. He only had one eye BEFORE he enlisted. Past a physical and everything. Finally, his CO noticed and they discharged him. Concept of being fit when you join; it wasn't mentioned on his medical info. Everyone I talked to said to forget it; no chance. We got him 50% disability. He was so happy we didn't go after any back pay; he didn't want to "rock the boat."

[Buck52]

 GB Army,Yeah its sad to see a lot of veterans get beat out of their benefits..this guy was 69 and lived in an old travel trailer out behind his son property   unfortunately his son died of a heart attact due to a messed up vasectomy at age 32 he could not endure the pain from the boltch up surgery from the vasectomy

We helped his widow as they were our neighbors at the time  but when his  Dad died  that kinda got to me I was going to help him all I could.

this guy was just told the wrong information and he believed it,  it was like in 1966 he was in basic training and went all these years suffering and on SSDI  Which paid him 800.00 a month  that's all he had coming in.

  he had a car payment and that took most of his 800.00  or half of it...his son let him eat with them and clean up,   I buddy with him for a while took him to eat at the truck stop not far from us  he enjoyed that and he came over to my house just about everyday we sit out on the front porch shooting the brezze ..  I only knew him about 2 years before he died....And never knew he was a Veteran until about 2 months before he passed.  we got to talking  about his past service (his military days) on my front porch...I had big plans for this man/Veteran.

The only problem I had with him was he was a chain smoker smoked camels...I had a hard time with that  but I tolerated it..I hate to be around people that smoke  we are a smokeless family and its very hard to help a smoker when up close sitting side by side  ect,,,ect,,,

But I was going to get through that and let him know not to smoke when around me close like that.

Edited January 10, 2020 by Buck52

[GBArmy]

Buck52  I wish more veterans, and others, extend a helping hand to veterans in need like you. Especially veterans helping veterans. Sometimes it is the only way to reach some of these guys. They will more likely trust a fellow veteran, because you've been there and done that. I've seen it with homeless veterans. I truly believe it is my duty to help if I can, when I can, where I can. It isn't just money either. It's showing them that there can be hope out of their problem, and trying to help in some way to find a way out. I don't believe in feeling sorry for myself; you don't have to look very far to see someone a whole lot worse than you. Like I said if I can, when I can, where I can.