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A little off the subject but has a point to it. I don't know if any of you saw the special on DR. Phil. Well he did a special segment toward Vets and how they are being treated when they come home and walk out the doors into the civilian world and become lost in the system of the VA. Well...

Army Rescinds Policies that Resulted in Low Disability Ratings for Wounded Warrio Jason, wow i don't understand what you just said. So i shouldn't be hopeing for a increase when it comes to my 18mo eval.? or did you say i can't get an increase? OR did you say it would help get a increase if i...

Army Rescinds Policies that Resulted in Low Disability Ratings for Wounded Warrio I was rated in the Active Army 0% for my Narcolepsy even though I had had documents from my test saying that in one day I fell asleep during this test 5 out of 5 times within an average of 2.8min. then later on i...

This refining of the entrance process truly angers me. This is the source of most of my problems. In the Army in a Battalion Size element you are they are allowed 8 intelligence analyst when we were down to 3 other than me and nearing deployment they were not happy to find out I had a much...

okay gotcha, I agree that its not right but think about it thish way all we need is to have some soldiers in the middle of intercourse and a bomb go off inside the FOB I would feel as though they would react as well if they were not. At the same time the 12-15 tours are extreamly difficult on...

Hey now this is just down right wrong to say. I am MI and I will be the first to admit we have some dumb asses in our Corp. But to tell you the truth is, that every branch has their bad apples. When it comes down to it takes a much higher test score to become MI than it does to be say "Infantry"...

Aston505, You will lose a prorated amount of your MGIB. But being so close to your ETS date it most likely will be slim to none. You need to see about getting into ACAP classes and DTAP( Disabled Trasition Asistance Program) If you get at lest 20% I believe of service connected disablitiy then...

Tucci, Sounds like things are getting out of hand up there man. Remember I'm down to talk if need be but don't be afraid of contacting your congressman if it really starts getting out of hand and have a congressional complaint ready to send because they are messing up your paper work. The same...

Sorry guys I've been out of the net for awhile now. I am trying to get a handle on the whole process now and I'm not quite sure and no one here really knows anything i guess or so they say. I got my 30% TDRL for my foot and 0% for my narcolepsy. I got shafted on the narcolepsy but hell I will...

Well first i had a MSLT (Multipule Sleep Latency Test) by a sleep specalist and it came back that that day alone i had 5 sleep attacks. but that was in one day and that is truely what my common day is so that is how i it was determined then i stated from day one that that is how it always was...

do i have to appeal right now in order to be able to appeal Army Ratings Review Board. And I thought if I were able to get 60% that that would increase my pay to 75% of my Base pay is this correct.

Hey guys, Heres an update. I spent the last week feeling like a little kid on christmas I knew I was good all year(all my paperwork was strait and complete) and i was hopeing to god i got the red ryder bb gun i was asking for (The % i should get). Anyways, I have good and bad news. Good was...

VIDEO - THEY THOUGHT THE G.I. BILL WOULD PAY FOR THEIR EDUCATION, BUT THEY WERE W wow i was under the impression that it didn't matter how much GI money you had if you were Purple heart reciepent like the first guy had to have been considering he was shot that school became free.

Mike thanks for your help i think i have all the information i need to make my decision. Now lets hope they come back with the right numbers in the first place my biggest hopes are that they will give me the right numbers TODAY and i will be on my way back to my family. keep your fingers crossed...