My husband was medically retired in 2020. He was involved in a deployment in 2016 when he was at an event where a suicide bomber killed several people. My husband was not phycially hurt that day. After this event took place he stopped sleeping and become paranoid. Fast forward in 2017 he was medivaked out of Afghanistan for paranoia and deteriration menta health. He comes home spend 10 days in the hosptial. Then three months later we are PCSed to a new location about five months in his paranoia returns and he ends up back in the hospital. He is unable to sleep having severe migraines. He is medically retired out in 2020 he gets 70 from army 50 PTSD and 30 migraine. He get 100% from Va. In 2021 He is hospitilized again for 31 days. After this hospitization the army gets him into a program called MHICM Mental health intensive care managers. He meets with these two ladies weekly still to this day. They have been god sent and he finally opened up to them about the bombing and his fear. I do have lots of notes from them talking about the boming. there are also notes on how my husband withdrawls aroung the annivesary of the bombing every year. He will not get out of bed for days. However I am not sure if they can link this with his PTSD Any help or guidance would be appreciated. thanks
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My husband wants to apply for CRSC should we apply and could he really get it for PTSD
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Quite frankly it sounds like a reasonable thing to apply for. Your odds of approval only increase by submitting the packet and you can always appeal the areas they say are insufficient with more stuff if they deny it.
The important thing to know is that it won't be a ton of money coming in. The CRSC pay is limited to your number of years of Active Duty service *2.5% for legacy retirees or 2% for the newer blended retirement system. Given your husbands 5 years of service (or so it looks like) if he retired at E-5 with the same high 3 you would be looking at probably about $600-900 montly maximum. If the Major Richard Star Act passes that might change, but for now the time served limits the pay less than it otherwise might look like you could get.
The important thing to know is that it won't be a ton of money coming in. The CRSC pay is limited to your number of years of Active Duty service *2.5% for legacy retirees or 2% for the newer blended retirement system. Given your husbands 5 years of service (or so it looks like) if he retired at E-5 with the same high 3 you would be looking at probably about $600-900 montly maximum. If the Major Richard Star Act passes that might change, but for now the time served limits the pay less than it otherwise might look like you could get.
I would start gathering evidence of this suicide bomber incident. Need command reports, official documentation. The bar is a bit higher for CRSC than VA, as the VA just needs evidence that you served in combat and a determination that the stressor was combat. If he got Purple Heart or combat awards. Also gather the PEB/MEB paperwork, key that they determined the disabilities were LOD-line of duty or combat related.
Not to be discouraging but while the VA and even PEB/MED saying the PTSD was caused by this incident, the CRSC needs objective evidence it was combat related.
Definitely apply, make the board give you an answer, but they are nowhere near as straightforward as the VA for PTSD. Best of luck.
Not to be discouraging but while the VA and even PEB/MED saying the PTSD was caused by this incident, the CRSC needs objective evidence it was combat related.
Definitely apply, make the board give you an answer, but they are nowhere near as straightforward as the VA for PTSD. Best of luck.
I get $600 a month. That’s about 60% of retirement, and 60% more than I was getting with the VA offset tax. No the tax to medically retired isn’t fair and should be addressed with Maj Richard Star actQuite frankly it sounds like a reasonable thing to apply for. Your odds of approval only increase by submitting the packet and you can always appeal the areas they say are insufficient with more stuff if they deny it.
The important thing to know is that it won't be a ton of money coming in. The CRSC pay is limited to your number of years of Active Duty service *2.5% for legacy retirees or 2% for the newer blended retirement system. Given your husbands 5 years of service (or so it looks like) if he retired at E-5 with the same high 3 you would be looking at probably about $600-900 montly maximum. If the Major Richard Star Act passes that might change, but for now the time served limits the pay less than it otherwise might look like you could get.