DOD/DOW Interim Guidance dated 20 August 2025 HAS BEEN RESCINDED!

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DOD/DOW Interim Guidance dated 20 August 2025 HAS BEEN RESCINDED!

a/o writing this post, I am waiting the official memo and will post it once I can get my hands on it.

Important info regarding retro pay: the services will be amending all approval memos and this WILL take time. Army has processed approx 3,500 claims under the Interim Guidance rules and will be working through ALL claims going back to 2007, which is well over 15,000 to ensure they're all properly amended. According to my source, Army is down to ONE CRSC Analyst and DOW is NOT allowing them or any other branches to hire anyone to fill their empty slots.

I beg you all to PLEASE BE PATIENT.

How's that for the start of your weekend?
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Cheers!
 
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Aurorag said:
But People who file in 2026 only get back pay to the day they apply correct
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No, should be to the corresponding VA rating effective date with the statutory limits such as 2008 for medically retired. It’s still a little complicated, as you need to be retired, have a VA rating and waiver, and CRSC grant. They were trying to do a post Soto end around.

So if you have a VA rating say from 2018 effective date, and you apply for CRSC this year for that specific rating/condition is granted as combats related, the backpay should be to that rating effect date, should be.
 
Aurorag said:
But People who file in 2026 only get back pay to the day they apply correct
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As @scottymotech stated above, it goes back to the VA’s effective date, the day you first go in retirement, or when the condition you’re claiming is signed into law, aka PACT Act, whichever is later
 
scottymotech said:
No, should be to the corresponding VA rating effective date with the statutory limits such as 2008 for medically retired. It’s still a little complicated, as you need to be retired, have a VA rating and waiver, and CRSC grant. They were trying to do a post Soto end around.

So if you have a VA rating say from 2018 effective date, and you apply for CRSC this year for that specific rating/condition is granted as combats related, the backpay should be to that rating effect date, should be.
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I am sorry I guess I am still confused. I do not no that much about crsc. This is our situation My husband was medically retired in 2020. He was involved in a deployment in 2016 when he was at an event where a suicide bomber killed several people. My husband was not phycially hurt that day. After this event took place he stopped sleeping and become paranoid. Fast forward in 2017 he was medivaked out of Afghanistan for paranoia and deteriration menta health. He comes home spend 10 days in the hosptial. Then three months later we are PCSed to a new location about five months in his paranoia returns and he ends up back in the hospital. He is unable to sleep having severe migraines. He is medically retired out in 2020 he gets 70 from army 50 PTSD and 30 migraine. He get 100% from Va. In 2021 He is hospitilized again for 31 days. After this hospitization the army gets him into a program called MHICM Mental health intensive care managers. He meets with these two ladies weekly still to this day. They have been god sent and he finally opened up to them about the bombing and his fear. I do have lots of notes from them talking about the boming. there are also notes on how my husband withdrawls aroung the annivesary of the bombing every year. He will not get out of bed for days. However I am not sure if they can link this with his PTSD Any help or guidance would be appreciated. He was in 13 years everything was great until the deployment in 2016. His MICHM is who told him about crsc so we are getting a packet together now but It all still confuses me.
 
Aurorag said:
I am sorry I guess I am still confused. I do not no that much about crsc. This is our situation My husband was medically retired in 2020. He was involved in a deployment in 2016 when he was at an event where a suicide bomber killed several people. My husband was not phycially hurt that day. After this event took place he stopped sleeping and become paranoid. Fast forward in 2017 he was medivaked out of Afghanistan for paranoia and deteriration menta health. He comes home spend 10 days in the hosptial. Then three months later we are PCSed to a new location about five months in his paranoia returns and he ends up back in the hospital. He is unable to sleep having severe migraines. He is medically retired out in 2020 he gets 70 from army 50 PTSD and 30 migraine. He get 100% from Va. In 2021 He is hospitilized again for 31 days. After this hospitization the army gets him into a program called MHICM Mental health intensive care managers. He meets with these two ladies weekly still to this day. They have been god sent and he finally opened up to them about the bombing and his fear. I do have lots of notes from them talking about the boming. there are also notes on how my husband withdrawls aroung the annivesary of the bombing every year. He will not get out of bed for days. However I am not sure if they can link this with his PTSD Any help or guidance would be appreciated. He was in 13 years everything was great until the deployment in 2016. His MICHM is who told him about crsc so we are getting a packet together now but It all still confuses me.
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Recommend making a new post.
Be clear what branch of service. Each branch has their own CRSC board. Recommend explore that boards resources. I will say PTSD is not easy. He would need clear evidence such as a commanders statement, mental health treatment while still in service and combat theater. Anyway make a new post and collectively everyone will try to help.
 
Aurorag said:
I am sorry I guess I am still confused. I do not no that much about crsc. This is our situation My husband was medically retired in 2020. He was involved in a deployment in 2016 when he was at an event where a suicide bomber killed several people. My husband was not phycially hurt that day. After this event took place he stopped sleeping and become paranoid. Fast forward in 2017 he was medivaked out of Afghanistan for paranoia and deteriration menta health. He comes home spend 10 days in the hosptial. Then three months later we are PCSed to a new location about five months in his paranoia returns and he ends up back in the hospital. He is unable to sleep having severe migraines. He is medically retired out in 2020 he gets 70 from army 50 PTSD and 30 migraine. He get 100% from Va. In 2021 He is hospitilized again for 31 days. After this hospitization the army gets him into a program called MHICM Mental health intensive care managers. He meets with these two ladies weekly still to this day. They have been god sent and he finally opened up to them about the bombing and his fear. I do have lots of notes from them talking about the boming. there are also notes on how my husband withdrawls aroung the annivesary of the bombing every year. He will not get out of bed for days. However I am not sure if they can link this with his PTSD Any help or guidance would be appreciated. He was in 13 years everything was great until the deployment in 2016. His MICHM is who told him about crsc so we are getting a packet together now but It all still confuses me.
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Agree with @scottymotech, please create a new post.
 
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