Airborne School, Fort Benning, GA PARACHUTE TRAINING SWING LANDING TRAINING

[Roger Mayo]

Has anyone ever been injured on the swing landing trainer while undergoing airborne parachute training at Fort Benning. 

[Berta]

There is not really enough info here to opine on your question.

If you have incurred a continuous disabiity , and have  subsequent treatment records  from this specific accident and can prove the nexus to your service, ( such as it was treated as noted, in your SMRs) you should file a claim for it.

It should also be listed on your discharge certificate and/or there might be proof of the accident in your military personnel file.

We have no idea when this swing ladder accident occured and that too is a factor when the VA gets claims like this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[pwrslm]

First step would be getting your personnel and medical records from your active duty. This will be the tool you need to document that you were in Jump School, and any medical treatment you received for the injury. The biggest step here is documenting the injury in service. The nexus to a current condition and the Active Duty is the entire key to service connection so the next thing you want is current medical records that document what that injury is today.

If you show your current provider the medical records from Active Duty and ask him/her to put an opinion on the etiology of your current condition in your medical records it will go a long way to make your case. When you do this ask your provider to avoid the use of worlds like might and could and instead use more than likely or less than likely.