Ok guys new member here but this place has helped tremendously. So Ill start with the basics.
-7 Years 7 Months Active Duty Marine (E-5) Sgt
-Got out of the Marines on TDRL
-Injuries Sustained in Afghanistan IED resulted in ( MTBI)
-Currently VA Rated 80% For combat injuries (Tinnitus, MTBI, Post Traumatic Headaches, Others)
Ok so my question is I recently went to my re-eval at Bethesda. I received a letter in the mail stating my disability was stable for rating at 10%. The med board all agreed that this injury happened in a combat zone and beside my disability it says (CZONE). This letter went on to say that I would be seperated from the TDRL and discharged on May 1 and will be receiving a severance. My questions are:
1. What is the expected time from TDRL discharge to actually receiving severance pay.
2. Since this injury was well documented it occured in a combat zone will I loose my VA disability pay?
3. is my math right on my severance computation 2x Basic Pay($2,856.60)x Years of service (8)=$45,705.60
4. Is there anything I need to be doing?
5. Any tips or pointers?
6. Valuable contacts for checking the status of all of this?
Thanks, guys I'm sorry for sounding so ignorant but I'm just so lost by all of this and really can't seem to track down the correct answers.
-7 Years 7 Months Active Duty Marine (E-5) Sgt
-Got out of the Marines on TDRL
-Injuries Sustained in Afghanistan IED resulted in ( MTBI)
-Currently VA Rated 80% For combat injuries (Tinnitus, MTBI, Post Traumatic Headaches, Others)
Ok so my question is I recently went to my re-eval at Bethesda. I received a letter in the mail stating my disability was stable for rating at 10%. The med board all agreed that this injury happened in a combat zone and beside my disability it says (CZONE). This letter went on to say that I would be seperated from the TDRL and discharged on May 1 and will be receiving a severance. My questions are:
1. What is the expected time from TDRL discharge to actually receiving severance pay.
2. Since this injury was well documented it occured in a combat zone will I loose my VA disability pay?
3. is my math right on my severance computation 2x Basic Pay($2,856.60)x Years of service (8)=$45,705.60
4. Is there anything I need to be doing?
5. Any tips or pointers?
6. Valuable contacts for checking the status of all of this?
Thanks, guys I'm sorry for sounding so ignorant but I'm just so lost by all of this and really can't seem to track down the correct answers.