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Tricare went back to the date he "lost" tricare. So it was fully retroed back. We were able to get reimbursment for a surgery that was about six and a half months after he was discharged. The way I did the back bills was: I waited till we had tricare prime and all the paperwork for it was...

Nolansgrandpa, My husband was awarded retirement trough the PDBR a while ago. I did get tricare to pay for some of the past bills, but it wasn't easy. I had to contact every doctors office, hospital, and lab billing department and have them submit all the past bills to tricare. As you can...

I guess what I am looking for is if anyone has heard how congress is going to fund this and if they are changing the dates on eligibility? I am looking to see if anyone knows if the July 1, 2006 date is going to change or not? Any ideas? Thanks The HAP site states: Members of the Armed...

It is confusing!D For your wife tricare prime will pay. If you use a MTF or the VA system they will bill Medicare and/ or tricare.... you need to let them know what insurance you have and they take care of it. If you go to a civilian Dr. or receive care outside of the VA or MTF they...

The HAP program officer didn't know anything. I am thinking this was something that they were trying to get through congress? I just cant find any more information on it. Does anyone know of it? Thanks

My husband and our entire family has tricare. My husband also receives SSD. He pays for Medicare out of his SSD... it is automatically deducted. Me (wife) and our two kids still get tricare. We pay the same tricare premium that we would with him not getting SSD. You have to have medicare...

Congradulations on retirement. My husband too went through the PDBR and received retirement. It didn't take them very long to send my husband his updated discharge papers. I am thinking under 60 days. You might want to call them and ask what is going on?

Does anyone know if the changes to the HAP program ever happened? I had read a few months ago that congress or someone was trying to get it so the dates would change on qualifying for the HAP program (we missed it by a few days). Now I cannot seem to find any information on this. Anyone have...

They back pay you till the time you separated. Your retirement (if you get it) will be backdated to the date of discharge. You will get money from that day forward (of course minus your severance pay and the VA off set). You will also get tricare from the date of separation (tricare...

I think that at a certain point in time, everyone just has to walk away. My husband and I bought a house just before her was discharged. 4 years latter it was obvious that this house was not good for him (stairs and unable to be modified for his medical condition- all service connected)...

My husband was active duty until med boarded out 5 years ago. At that time, me and my kids moved to a different state while he was out processing. He stayed for a month, to finish everything up. They would not pay to move us until after his final paperwork. He joined us at our new home in a...

My husband was retired through the PDBR. The way I got Tricare to pay was: 1. Wait till you are in their system 2. Call and speak with a supervisor and explain this entire situation to them. Take down their name and phone number. 3. Call all of the Dr.'s offices and hospitals and have them...

Have you tried calling legal assistance at your closest base? I would think since it is a tax question, that they would be able to help you? Just an idea...

My husband has a leg brace that makes it so he has complete ankylosis of his leg and ankle. He has applied for SMC, but I am having a hard time getting information on SMC. Has anyone been granted SMC? Is it paid on top of his VA rating? And what to the different letters mean? Can anyone...

My husband was retired under the PDBR too. He had paid back all the money to the VA prior to getting "retirement". The army already knew that it was paid back, he didn't have to "notify" them of anything. There is the rock island arsenal. It is located in the Quad cities (Moline, Rock...

Huh? Interesting. Thanks for the information. The VA recouped the full amount of the severance from my husband yet they did not pay it back to him after CRSC kicked in. Thanks again for the information. It is going to be interesting how they compute all this.

This is interesting to me. My husband has been through all of this now too, and was awarded CRSC. He was only paid through DFAS. Why are you getting money from the VA? It was my understanding that DFAS would be the one who paid the CRSC??? And then after the lump sum (back pay) DFAS would...

You are so welcome! I think you are right that since the VA has you rated at 50 percent that you will probably get it. It is nuts how it takes so long for the VA to decide anything. And I think the first time you put in a claim they just have a rubber stamp that says denied for everything...

Since his VA rating was higher than the retirement he did not get anything for being "retired" untill he went to the CRSC. He was just awarded 40 percent for the CRSC and it was retro back to 2008. He is appealing the rating because he has a diagnosis of PTSD and the CRSC says that it is not...

No we did not have to pay back premiums for tricare, you only pay premiums for tricare prime. But since we didn't have prime during that time- tricare only paid the standard rate (much lower than prime). He did get a few letters stating that he owed for survivor benefit plan. It was ironic...