Posted on Sep 3, 2015
Why have so many Veterans chosen not to file for disability?
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There are a lot of Veterans who have not filed for any disability when they could have received compensation; why do you think that is?
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DAV Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Posted 9 y ago
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Or like me who put it off a bit, I didn't want to be labeled with the "D" word. Combined with bad advice from the Admin shop when I transferred to the Fleet Reserve on when to file, some time was lost. At least the lock date stayed the same while they spent a year deciding that I had no health record. Make sure you copy every sheet before you punch out.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Same here CPT. Depending on the employer, it could be a red flag, though you will never know it. I retired on disability from the USN after 21 years. No one saw my DD-214. Years later when I retired from civilian industry, I did go to the VA for a while and do keep current though I use Medicare and TFL for most medical treatment insurance.
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You've got that right about punching out. Save everything because if you wait until years later and try to get your records from the government you can forget it. They don't have a good track record of securing our information especially when a fire destroys everything like with the 1973 fire. My mother's WWII Navy records were destroyed in that fire and we were delayed burying her a few years ago. Also save your orders, pay statements, and most of all any medical records. These are the types of documents that are very hard if not impossible to get later. I've been down that road and am only lucky that I saved some documents the government no longer has.
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Many of them don't understand how the process works as my husband and I didn't before we even knew we could file. They need to be able to have someone explain to them what they need to do to file and how to start, how to follow through and what it entails.
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Probably because the V.A. can take five years to get to your claim. Their hope is that the vet dies before the claim is heard.
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