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Should I independently finish filing my VA claim? Med group says that as they process the Retirement/Separation, they'll file with the VA on my behalf and that having a "finalized" VA disability claim won't affect my MEB/military disability rating. I'm not looking forward to the length of the...

I already have an intent to file with the VA, so I'm not terribly worried about the VA side of things. However, I am concerned with being Medically Separated/Retired and HOW I'm classified (less than 8 years TAFMS, but what I would consider a service connected disability). My guess is I'm going...

My main concern was having them deemed "Not Service Connected" since they were manageable for years while on AD and only became unmanageable when I was no longer in an AD/T-10 status. There's language (somewhere that I can't seem to find, I thought it was in the DODI 1332.39) that lead me to...

A little background: 2009 (May): Commissioned Active Duty Air Force 2010 (Sept/Oct): Diagnosed with Hemiplegic Migraines (frequent an prostrating) 2010-2015 (Dec): Treated with multiple prophylactics and abortives by neurologists (all documented), only found one med (fioricet) that treated them...