Recent content by stepdale

Just FYI, got a final answer last week. The Tricare Prime travel benefits are not allowed for "non-covered" benefits. Since the medicine in clinical trials is not covered by Tricare Prime, the travel is therefore not allowed. Prime does, however, cover all of the medical procedures associated...

Hi Pyro, Appreciate it and glad to see you're still kicking along. Wasn't sure after logging on today for the first time in two years and seeing you had messaged me back then. Yesterday before I left Houston I asked the social manager at MD to contact the retirees in clinical trials she deals...

Thank you, guess I was a bit unclear in my post. My travel coordinator wasn't sure on travel for a clinical trial, so she sent me to the managed care section so they could investigate with MEDCOM, who funds all of the medical travel. It was the care manager there that came back with the answer...

I was medically retired in 2014 with a rating of 100% for cancer. For the VA, I am considered 100% permanently and totally disabled due to cancer and other disabilities. I was just shy of 25 years active service when I retired. I seem to recall hearing that because I received the Chapter 61...

OK, thank you, I suspected as much.

Hello, I was retired back in October 2014 with a 100% permanent disability rating by both DoD (for cancer) and the VA (for the cancer and other service related issues). Since I had over 20 years active service, I was able to enroll my family and myself in TRICARE Prime. My understanding was...

"...., A MEMBER WITH AN AMOUNT OF RETIRED PAY REMAINING AFTER OFFSET OF VA DISABILITY COMPENSATION THAT IS GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT CALCULATED FOR YEARS OF SERVICE, IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY INCREASE OF PAYMENT OF RETIRED PAY UNDE THE CRDP PROGRAM." So it looks like what I said was correct...

Hello, I will try to keep this as short as simple as possible. I recently received a medical retirement for cancer, which gave me a 100% rating on the permanent disability retirement list. The VA also gave me a 100% disability rating for the cancer, along with a host of other issues (sleep...