Retired after 20+ years and was granted a 100% VA service connected disability.
She says she can't work, least of all full time...can't believe that's all she's expected to live on. Does the military have such a total hold on your life, even after you retire? I know it does while you are in the uniform.
2006-12-08 07:44:52 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
YES SHE DOES receive both a retirement check and a disability check.
I was so nosy! that I asked her why she wasn't working.
My sis gets a check cause she was in for over 20 years and then she retired. Then cause she was 100% disabled, (you can't see a thing to show a disability), she gets another check.
2006-12-08 11:40:43 · update #1
She's not collecting a military retirement. She's collecting a disability check. Big, big difference.
I retired from the navy on a Friday and went back to work on Monday.
2006-12-08 08:23:26 · answer #1 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That one is tricky. My cousin's husband get a partial disability from the military and he works full time. I don't know about a 100% disability though. Maybe someone else has the answer for that one. Usually 100% disability from the military means there is no military job you can do.
2006-12-08 15:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am retired Air Force and work full time. Other than collecting my retirement benefits, I don't have much to do with the military.
Maybe it is because if this person can work full time, she proves she isn't really disabled and will lose the disability.
2006-12-08 15:56:43 · answer #3 · answered by Mad Jack 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, you can work again. You can retire as young as 37 and then work as a civilian or get a civilian job with the military too. But basically you can have 2 pay checks coming in. My uncle did that with the Navy. He went in as a doctor of some sort and retired and then worked as a doctor as a civilian. Great huh?!
2006-12-08 15:50:17 · answer #4 · answered by ur a Dee Dee Dee 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You can work and retain your military pension. I suspect that she is unable to work due to her disability.
If you don't like this - you should ask Congress repeal the law that reduces a military pension by the amount of VA disability a person receives. (Of course with a Democratic Congress - this repeal is not likely to happen.)
2006-12-08 15:58:45 · answer #5 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I'm a medical claims examiner and paid many a claim for retired military people.
2006-12-08 15:59:32 · answer #6 · answered by Mikira 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have a 100% disability from VA you can not work, period. And if you do you will loose your 100% disability. Good luck.
2006-12-08 16:07:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋