Anyone use NVLSP to help with their CRSC application

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iraqvetohio

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I was checking to see if anyone used NVLSP to help with their CRSC application? And has anyone got CRSC without a CAB? To make a long story short, I was in medhold for over a year for my right shoulder, deviated septum, PTSD (Camp Atterybury, Indian)and never got to submit my CAB packet with my unit because I was on medhold. So, on my DD Form 199 that PTSD to soldiers conditions to combat events and stressors were V1/3/4 and all were yes.
On my orders is states
Disability is bad on injury or disease recieved in lod during a war period as defined by law: YES
Disability resulted from a combat related injury as defined in 26 USC 104: Yes

Thanks
 
Hello @iraqvetohio ,

I don't remember any applications for CRSC where the veteran used the NVLSP. However, you can use the PEB search feature at the upper right of the page to search for that term. Most veterans file their own applications or use a veterans service officer since the application is uncomplicated. The Army's CRSC pages are at:
HRC Homepage <---LINK
and
Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) <---LINK

As I suggested in our private messages yesterday, a Combat Action Badge (CAB) is not a requirement for Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC).
Having been in actual combat is not a requirement either. This page provides many examples of CRSC eligible incidents/disabilities that do not involve a CAB
or CIB: HRC Homepage <---LINK

This forum on this board has a collection of CRSC info:
A Supplement to CRSC Information <---LINK

Per the Army:
Applying for CRSC : DD Form 2860 must be submitted to the Army CRSC office in Ft. Knox, Kentucky for an eligible retiree to be considered along with the following documents:

Essential Documents :

  • All available DD 214s/215s
  • All complete Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Rating Decisions/ VA Physician Reports/ VA Medical Records (including the VA letter, the actual VA rating decisions and the VA code sheets).
Highly Recommended Documents :

  • Medical Records
  • Award Certificates and/or narratives
  • Military Medical Treatment Facility Records
  • Military Orders
  • Physical Evaluation Board Proceedings
Suggested Documents :

  • Military Physical Examinations
  • Military Retirement Physicals
  • Clinical Records or Notes
  • Sick Slips
  • Western Union Casualty Notification Telegrams
  • Officer Record Brief (ORB)
  • Enlisted Record Brief (ERB)

Good luck,
Ron
 
I tried, they seem like a noble organization. I filled out their online app, but they responded with it would be illegal for them to represent me or give me advise at this time. It seemed like it might have been an auto response. I’ve read a few others who may have gotten the same response.
 
iraqvetohio said:
I was checking to see if anyone used NVLSP to help with their CRSC application? And has anyone got CRSC without a CAB? To make a long story short, I was in medhold for over a year for my right shoulder, deviated septum, PTSD (Camp Atterybury, Indian)and never got to submit my CAB packet with my unit because I was on medhold. So, on my DD Form 199 that PTSD to soldiers conditions to combat events and stressors were V1/3/4 and all were yes.
On my orders is states
Disability is bad on injury or disease recieved in lod during a war period as defined by law: YES
Disability resulted from a combat related injury as defined in 26 USC 104: Yes

Thanks
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i tried, filled everything out and was stuck in limbo for almost a year no progress. I then tried my own application and was approved in 3 months.
everybody has different experiences
 
edwards7986 said:
i tried, filled everything out and was stuck in limbo for almost a year no progress. I then tried my own application and was approved in 3 months.
everybody has different experiences
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Hello @edwards7986 ,

Would you mind describing your experience with completing your application? Did you find it confusing, difficult, or unwieldly?

I ask because I have long thought completing the application is quite simple. The application form is easy to complete and the supporting documents required are well-defined by each of the services. I might be biased since I have been filling out forms, applications, etc., for much of my life...especially while in the Army Finance Corps.

Thanks,
Ron
 
Thanks, I’m glad you asked this RonG. I’m getting ready to submit my application as well. I have service-connection, most notably for cervical/lumbar/shoulder, but none annotated for combat. I was an aircrew member for many years, with many combat hours in an old airplane that has wrecked me and a lot of my friends. I hope to gain some knowledge of this process so I can pass it on as well. Non-combat applications seem to be unique, but I have a lot of data i.e. safety surveys, emails, testimonials to support a claim, I hope for hazardous duty. Any booms out there with success or needing help in this process, post me please.

Thanks for all you Veterans do!
 
RonG said:
Hello @edwards7986 ,

Would you mind describing your experience with completing your application? Did you find it confusing, difficult, or unwieldly?

I ask because I have long thought completing the application is quite simple. The application form is easy to complete and the supporting documents required are well-defined by each of the services. I might be biased since I have been filling out forms, applications, etc., for much of my life...especially while in the Army Finance Corps.

Thanks,
Ron
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the first time i applied i just filled out the app from the army hrc website and faxed it in. i didn’t understand what was required. so i got hold of nvlsp and they said they would take my case. i sent them my medical records from the army, my va rating letters and any relevant awards pertaining to combat and specific to injury. i waited for almost a year i think and heard nothing.
on a whim i filled out the form for reapplication with new evidence and faxed to the army hrc for crsc everything i sent to nvlsp and a couple months later got my award letter for approval of crsc
 
edwards7986 said:
the first time i applied i just filled out the app from the army hrc website and faxed it in. i didn’t understand what was required. so i got hold of nvlsp and they said they would take my case.
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I infer that you were initially unaware of the explicit instructions each service provides for CRSC applications. On the other hand,
some disabilities are more difficult to prove, PTSD for example.

My applications were easy since most of my disabilities were related to exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.

Thank you for your reply. I hope you are doing well.

Ron
 
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