Please help connect me to an Officer or Senior Enlisted that can help. Thanks.

[seaairmariner]

I am in a Navy Board, and in Court as well.

1 Certainly, your experience onboard the USS SIDES was an injustice and your resulting mental health condition(s) are a tragedy. (BCNR stated this, without going detail, and still denied any upgrade or benefit or relief)


This Rallypoint happened years ago. I was making contacts and getting support, and then Rallypoint cut me off.
I believe this may need higher level review. It is a unique situation. My Navy resume is not normal. I believe I am looking at something akin to a hardship request, to get my enlistment upgraded to that of an active duty on the same ship, so I can get benefits. But maybe that is the wrong way to go about it. I need some support from someone who can help me figure out the right way to go about this. It is dogging me

I was assigned to a active duty combat ship part time with a reserve enlistment for 5 years, and that combatination of factors really screwed up how the VA looks at me and how the Navy looks at me, as I was never activated to active duty. It was a bad situation. I think one would expect such a reaction if they purposely created a program that had assigned a kid part time to active duty combat ship, as a program, the Navy ran. The program would be shut down, as the crew would break down.

Just know I tried to transfer to the Army. The Navy board even found a way to twist this as meaningless.

I imagine they would see a problem if a ROTC student was assigned to an active duty combat ship in any capacity while attending college. Essentially this short lived SAM program was ROTC for enlisted kids who already went to bootcamp. The Navy shut this SAM program down. It was very rare.

I really need some support

Thanks

 

[edwards7986]

Judging by the screenshot, i wouldnt call that support...Start by finding all of your paperwork from your time in the program. That includes your DD-214 or NGB-22 if you were in the Reserves or Guard, any Sea/Air Mariner service records, and any orders or activation notices showing if you were ever officially called up for federal active duty. Even things like pay stubs or personnel records from the Navy, Coast Guard, or your maritime job can help show what you did. Once you have everything together, check to see if you were ever actually activated under federal orders. If you were, even for a short time, you might be able to get some VA benefits. If not, the usual VA benefits like healthcare, disability pay, or the GI Bill probably won’t apply.

 

[seaairmariner]

Judging by the screenshot, i wouldnt call that support...Start by finding all of your paperwork from your time in the program. That includes your DD-214 or NGB-22 if you were in the Reserves or Guard, any Sea/Air Mariner service records, and any orders or activation notices showing if you were ever officially called up for federal active duty. Even things like pay stubs or personnel records from the Navy, Coast Guard, or your maritime job can help show what you did. Once you have everything together, check to see if you were ever actually activated under federal orders. If you were, even for a short time, you might be able to get some VA benefits. If not, the usual VA benefits like healthcare, disability pay, or the GI Bill probably won’t apply.

Thank You for responding.

Do you think it is a worthy claim the Navy would understand, to upgrade my reserve package, to that of an active duty, for equity in benefits to the full time guys assigned to the ship.

The GI Bill for example.

I have a sea service ribbon. All my qualifcations, my assignment was active duty, but I was kept in a reserve contract. I know it sound ludicrous. I mean I have a hard time really explaining it so it makes sense to most people. The Rallypoint guys were quick to pick up something was off. But I am getting dinged for something that is not my fault

I am service connected at the VA directly to the ship spine musculoskeletal and psych.
Essentially I treated for service connection, similar to active duty on the same ship.
What I am attempting to get are the ancillary things, the VA active duty GI bill, which you alluded to.
So I do not know how to request that correctly

Thank You
Best

 

[seaairmariner]

Judging by the screenshot, i wouldnt call that support...Start by finding all of your paperwork from your time in the program. That includes your DD-214 or NGB-22 if you were in the Reserves or Guard, any Sea/Air Mariner service records, and any orders or activation notices showing if you were ever officially called up for federal active duty. Even things like pay stubs or personnel records from the Navy, Coast Guard, or your maritime job can help show what you did. Once you have everything together, check to see if you were ever actually activated under federal orders. If you were, even for a short time, you might be able to get some VA benefits. If not, the usual VA benefits like healthcare, disability pay, or the GI Bill probably won’t apply.

Although the government may state it in a way that limits me.

I was "activated under federal order" to a active duty combat ship, over 5 years, but I do not have the active duty entitlements GI BILL for example, beyond service connection

these are Navy Board Comments:

The Board also found no equitable
basis for relief in your case. In determining what constitutes equity, the Board is obligated to
consider not only what you should receive, but also what other similarly situated service
members are entitled to receive.

Accordingly, the Board determined that there is no basis for relief based on equity. The Board
continues to regret the experience that you endured during your service onboard the U.S.S.
SIDES and the long-term effect that it has had upon your mental health. The Board members are
also gratified to know that you have been granted disability compensation and medical benefits
from the VA, to which you are fully entitled and deserving.
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with these Navy Board statements, I ask in equity, why I can not get a GI Bill, to similarly situated service members, on the same ship, over 5 years

 

[edwards7986]

i wish i had a good answer. it doesnt hurt to try. it seems your situation is quite unique