SPC Private RallyPoint Member 6748706 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So this is my second contract due to me getting out Honorably (non medical) but I had some medical stuff happen in my first contract and I have Documentation from the Health Clinic which I didn’t claim because I knew I was coming back into service . Now once I finish my second contract or when I decide to get out , can I still submit those documents into VA , (along with when I do ? 2021-02-15T11:40:24-05:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 6748706

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So this is my second contract due to me getting out Honorably (non medical) but I had some medical stuff happen in my first contract and I have Documentation from the Health Clinic which I didn’t claim because I knew I was coming back into service . Now once I finish my second contract or when I decide to get out , can I still submit those documents into VA , (along with when I do ?

2021-02-15T11:40:24-05:00 2021-02-15T11:40:24-05:00 SFC Casey O'Mally 6748826

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, you can.<br />I am not a VA Rep or a patient advocate or have any other official capacity where my statements have any real weight, so keep that in mind, but....<br /><br />It seems to me that the longer you wait to submit, the more difficult it is to get it accepted. So submitting something from your first enlistment may be harder to get through, especially if there was a long break in service. That doesn&#39;t mean you can&#39;t get it through, just that it will take more work. <br /><br />Again, that is just anecdotal observation, take it for what it is worth (which is honestly not a whole lot).<br /><br />I think <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1607400" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1607400-30154-aircraft-inertial-and-radar-navigation-systems-repairman">Sgt Private RallyPoint Member</a> may be able to give a bit better counsel.

2021-02-15T12:13:29-05:00 2021-02-15T12:13:29-05:00 Lt Col Charlie Brown 6748844

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am tagging <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1607400" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1607400-30154-aircraft-inertial-and-radar-navigation-systems-repairman">Sgt Private RallyPoint Member</a> and SSG Stephen Rogerson for their views on this

2021-02-15T12:19:45-05:00 2021-02-15T12:19:45-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 6748854

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes.

2021-02-15T12:22:52-05:00 2021-02-15T12:22:52-05:00 SSgt Jim Gilmore 6748979

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You may apply for benefits from 180 to 91 days prior to separation for benefits due at discharge. Contact your representative before the VA and have them get the ball rolling for you. Anything you were treated for while on active duty can be presumed to be service connected.

2021-02-15T12:59:25-05:00 2021-02-15T12:59:25-05:00 SGT Lorenzo Nieto 6749780

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You should be able too as long as you can prove it.

2021-02-15T18:17:01-05:00 2021-02-15T18:17:01-05:00 CSM Darieus ZaGara 6750803

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes.

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