Has Respect-Honor-Health Care-Improved for the Reserves since this 1997 REPORT to CONGRESS??

PO3 Aaron Hassay — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 02:27:34 -0500

Below you will find 2 different reports, 1 from ARMYTIMES.com and a REPORT TO CONGRESS downloadable 1997, from web, outlining quote " ANACHRONISTIC SCHEME, for the provision of health care and related benefits to RESERVE COMPONENT SERVICE MEMBERS and the importance of modernizing the benefit scheme as a quality of life, force protection, and recruiting retention tool

ARMYTIMES.com-- 2012--reports RESERVISTs, with the same exact stressors, same exact combat, being denied more often, for no identifiable reason, for Disability Claims, even in the same units.

---ARMYTIMES Dot Com REPORTS---- STARTS QUOTES

-----Reservists more likely to have VA claims denied-----

National Guard and reserve members who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are having a harder time than other veterans getting disability compensation claims approved by the Veterans Affairs Department.

New data obtained by Veterans for Common Sense under the Freedom of Information Act shows the denial rate for claims filed by reserve component combat veterans is four times higher than for post-9/11 combat veterans who were active-duty members.

On the positive side, the statistical reports show a 97 percent approval rate for Iraq and Afghanistan claims. But the difference between active and reserve claims could be a sign that the system isn't being fair to reserve component members, who make up 40 percent of this new generation of veterans, said Paul Sullivan, the former executive director of the nonprofit veterans group who identified the problem while he was still with VCS.

"We do not know why this has happened," said Sullivan, now managing director for public affairs at the law firm of Bergmann & Moore. "We do know this is not a new problem." In 2008, the denial rate for Guard and reserve disability claims was twice as high as for other Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, so the difference has grown.

---ARMYTIMES Dot Com REPORTS---- ENDS

Now On to REPORT TO CONGRESS 1997

Report to Congress 1997 EXERPTS START

"Means of Improving the Provision of Uniform and Consistent Medical and Dental Care to Members of the Reserve Components"

"The report develops recommendations for ensuring that medical treatments, entitlements, and readiness for RC members are sufficient and in parity with those provided to AC Members."

Background

"During the Cold War(1980s force buildup), a reservist incurred limited exposure to potential hazards during periods of Duty(active or inactive duty). The focus for the RC was on training for mobilization. The reserve components consisted principally of a force whose use upon mobilization would be to provide augmentation and replacement manpower for the AC. Since the end of the Cold War, and with the drawdown of the force( mid to late 1990s force drawdown), the role of the Reserve Components has changed, and the use of the RCs in the performance of operationsl missions has increased dramatically. As shown Exhibit 1, Reserve Component, Man-Day contributions to Total Force Missions have increased 10fold from a 1989 Benchmark. At the same time, the overall stregnth of the Reserve forces has decreased nearly 1/4. As a result, the average Reservist's exposure to injury and illness has increased signficantly."

"Secretary Cohens goal for the 21st century is a seamless Total Force that integrates active and reserve components and provides the national command authority the flexibility and interopobility necessary for a full range of military operations. To achieve this goal, all residual barriers, structural and cultural, to integration...of the Force must be eliminated."

""""Current legislation and policy reflect the historic use of reservists by structuring medical and dental care, incapacitation, and disability entitlements according to legnth of assignment: 30 days or less or more than 30 days. However, IT IS THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, NOT THE LEGNTH OF DUTY, THAT CREATES THE RISK FOR HARM"""""

""Reservists now work side by side with AC member, and perform the same missions as AC members. Yet, when a reservist is injured performing one of those missions, entitlements to health care, pay, and family support is different from that of the AC member.""

""The increased exposure to risk associated with increased reliance on the RC has resulted in an increasing number of LOD injuries to reservist and has served to highlight the disparity, AC and RC, medical benefits and entitlements, despite exposure to similar levels of risk.""

""""" EXAMPLE, on April 1, 1997, an Air Force Reserves c-130 Aircraft Crashed at Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Seven RC members Survived this crash with incapacitating injuries...prevailing restrictions precluded them from being retained on AD for treatment of their injuries past the period of duty prescribed in their orders. Because legnth of duty status determines entitlements, their dependents were not eligible for health care through the military Tricare System. An AC or RC member on orders, more then 30 days would have received retirement credit, pay and allowances, medical treatment for LOD, comprehensive medical care for non LOD conditions, and comprehensive medical care for dependents. One Survivor, who is Married with 3 children under the age of 5, noted " I NEVER THOUGHT IN 1 MILLION YEARS THAT MY FAMILY AND I WOULD NOT BE COVERED IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURED WHILE SERVING MY COUNTRY" He also stated "IF THE RESERVIST/GUARDSMAN KNOWS THAT ' IN A TIME OF NEED, NEITHER HE NOR HIS FAMILY WILL BE PROTECTED, RETENTION WILL BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM, HOW CAN I CONTINUE TO PUT MY FAMILY IN THIS PREDICAMENT? " """THIS EXAMPLE illustrates both the ANACHRONISTIC SCHEME, for the provision of health care and related benefits to RESERVE COMPONENT SERVICE MEMBERS and the importance of modernizing the benefit scheme as a quality of life, force protection, and recruiting retention tool."""

Report to Congress 1997 EXERPTS END

So to finish. I know for a 100 percent fact that I am suffering still do to this craziness. Here is a quote from my denial letter for service connection letter for PTSD in service from multiple stressors on a active duty combat ship, part of the primary crew, from life threatening evolutions, combat drills, simulated battle drills, and lastly not to mention the DEATH THREAT, SEXUAL HARRASMENT, and PHYSICAL ASSAULT. But they deny me, and my ROCK SOLID EVIDENCE of illness in service from these stressors, based on this quote. """" A REVIEW of UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE PERSONNEL RECORDS INDICATEED NO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE""