Posted on May 21, 2018
Does a VA Rating affect your ability to become an Officer?
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I've considered going to the VA due to arthritis in my knees, tinnitus, hearing loss, and a few other things. But it has also been a life goal of mine to serve as an Officer. I've been told to go to the VA immediately if I have a service connected injury. At the same time, none of these conditions are stopping me from serving yet, and I remain medically qualified for my current MOS. I'm motivated to serve, and know I can still make a useful contribution to the Army Reserves. So my question is, if I get a rating for these conditions, will I still be able to commission, or do I simply have to choose between the rating, and becoming an officer? Thanks in advance for your guidance.
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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Officer
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What college have you done? How much? What level? Assoc? Bach? GPA? Specific course titles? STEM coursework if any? Hobbies? Interests? Ambitions? Do a really detailed bio sketch, the more you send in, the more can be suggested, whether by !e, or by others...look at USPHS COSTEP, the USPHS analogue to ROTC...I'm here if you want to ask staff anutime, I fathom what younwantz however, you'd need to nenflexible, and maybe retrain, I need to kmownwhatmyouve got thus far...also, get your DANTES or Amer Council on Educ (ACEl mil transcript, as well...also, doid you do any AP coursework in high school? Have you looked at using DANTES or CLEP for exams for course credit at all? Tell me more, and I'll try to suggest routes you could try to take, be as specific as humanly possoblez so I'd be able to know how to suggest things for you as optimally as possible, OK?
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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Capt Daniel Goodman
USPHS is for clinical training and active duty,mi just didn't know if you'd wanted it...NOVA is an assoc of VA disability attorneys, one of if not the finest in the US, I merely thought you might want to know about hem if you had to do a VA claim, they !might also offer you insight into MEB/PEB, possibly,mi don't know about that, you'd need to ask....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
I only siggestmUSPHS as they might perhaps be more liberal about your clinical condition, however, of you want international studies, as you say, I'd honestly aim for law, a JD with a PhD in political science would be an optimal goal for you, I think...let !e send morez to illustrate....
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I haven't been diagnosed with anything other than hearing loss (for which I go back and forth from H2 to H3). I have a profile for hearing that I'm trying to get removed, due to scoring at an H2 on my last 3 hearing tests.
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Look at going USPHS if you’d want the clinical side they might be more flexible whether you’d have IT for health info mgmt you might have to retrain they might be your best chance honest....
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