How Combat related injury effects your medical retirement or severance pay?

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screaming eagle

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Hey all,

Little bit about myself... Regular army active duty had bilateral shin splints and was on profile for few months. Then got deployed... passed my pt test and later my condition started getting worse. My stress fractures got worse and were shown up on the X-rays. The doctor told me about the med board and asked me to wait till we go back to the duty station that way she had time to see if anything changes and to do a bone scan too...

Meanwhile towards the end of the deployment I hurt my shoulder and could not see the doctor as we were getting ready to leave. I was put in physical therapy and ultra sound after we got back and it never got better.
I also got my bone scan done for my legs and thats when they put me in the medboard process.
I did not know how important the NARSUM was at that point and agreed to what ever it said. It said my legs condition is not combat related and my shoulder is medically acceptable.

Now i received my DA 199 and concurred with it. VA rated my shoulder at 10 %

Is there any thing I can do at this point to establish my condition as combat related injury?

How does the combat related injury matter to some one getting severance pay or medically retired?

This will help myself and my soldiers a lott..

Thanks,
 
screaming eagle said:
Now i received my DA 199 and concurred with it. VA rated my shoulder at 10 %

Is there any thing I can do at this point to establish my condition as combat related injury?
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Since you concurred, the likely recourse is through the Army Board for Correction of Military records. You did not explain why you think the injuries are combat related. Just because they occurred during deployment does not mean they are combat related. See this post:
http://www.pebforum.com/site/threads/concurrent-dod-and-va-pay.18133/#post-82580


How does the combat related injury matter to some one getting severance pay or medically retired?
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At the PEB level, a combat related finding will make retirement tax free. At the VA, if you apply for and are granted CRSC, you will be eligible to "double dip" from military and VA compensation.
 
Jason,
I have been in the army for only 4 years.

My condition of legs and back did not actually happen during deployment but they did get worse when i was deployed.... They just did the X- rays on my legs and was told they don't look good. They are both unfitting on my DA 199.
I received 40% from the army ( 20 for legs and 20 for back ) and 60% from the VA.
My shoulder actually happened during deployment when I was actually lifting heavy things at work. This condition was medically acceptable according to the 3947 and was rated at 10% by the VA.

I don't think I am eligible for CRSC. Can you please confirm the same. I just want to get it out of my head.

Thanks Jason !!!
 
I'd like to know the difference as well if anyone knows what's the diff between combat and just regular injuries mine happened in a combat mission in Afghanistan.... So if anyone can help I'd really appreciate it!!
 
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