He just found out after going to the doctors for months that there is nothing they can do or try and he is legaly blind in one eye, he also was told that he is now non deployable, so now what? What do I tell him, how can he protect himself from the military and discharge. What should he not sign, or what should he.. Help Please..
2007-01-26 00:08:18 · 15 answers · asked by IOU101 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
DONT SIGN THE PAPERS! I was in the ARMY I got hurt on a training exercise and broke my arm from my collarbone to the wrist...the army discharged me saying there was nothing that they could do and that I would have to go to the VA when I get out and have surgery! yeah right! THe VA will not take care of you...now I have to go and seek my own treatment even though the ARMY is liable! I had to file a claim which will take 6 months or longer to get approved I cant go that long I cant even use my arm! tell your son to get a lawyer through jag and if he does sign make sure he is taken care of! The military will screw you over! you sign up to fight and when you get hurt you are a liability and they do whatever they can to get you to sign the papers and get out! trust me if I knew what I know now I would have never signed! tell your son to stay strong and stand up and fight for his rights! also you need to stand behind him and yell louder than he is and show him support! keep encouraging him
2007-01-26 00:50:32 · answer #1 · answered by firefighterchic69 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A part of the process is that a medical board will convene to determing his disablity rating before discharging him. He should not sign a discharge until the board convenes. After that, he should have access to to any base, and their medical facilities for 90 days. During that 90 days, he will have to find the nearest VA, and go from there. Dependant upon his AFSC, his commander, the base he's stationed at, etc, it would be possible that he could stick around. However, the air force is still going through "transformation", and they have determined that all positions are to be deployable. Any non-deployable personnel affect the units sorts rating, which as you can imagine is a liability in todays paperwork infested AF. Currently he can check with the JAG, the chaplain, etc. If the accident is determined to be caused by his negligence, then there will be no chance of enumeration. If it was caused by other factors, seek outside independant council as well. Yes, that would be expensive to hire an attorney, and it may not pay off in the long run, but those details should be determined by council regardless.
Good luck to you!
2007-01-26 00:57:38 · answer #2 · answered by Shawn M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For most jobs all you have to be in 20/200 correctable to 20/20. Even to be a pilot your eyes only have to be 20/70 correctable to 20/20 with glasses or lenses. Eye surgery for correction is waiverable too. There are plenty pilots I know who had PRK. Pilots are officers only and make up a very small percentage of officers, 19% of officers using numbers from 2006. Using the same numbers pilots make up less than 4% of the entire Air Force. The vast majority of the Air Force does things other than fly.
2016-05-24 01:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have lived with one eye since I was 12 years old. It seems devastating now but not considering the adjustments that losing an arm or leg would be. That's how I dealt with it for a long time; that I still had both my arms and legs. The Air Force will take care of him, he will be able to get disability benefits for the rest of his life and access to medical care. If they try to deny him his benefits tell him to take it to court. My boyfriend had a motorcycle accident when he was in the Navy and lost and arm and a leg, he gets well over three thousand a month in benefits and doesn't pay for any medical care and he did not get his injury in military combat. Tell him not to worry everything is going to work out, tell him to come home if he wants to and just be there for him.
2007-01-27 18:23:07 · answer #4 · answered by lgibert91902 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even active duty should contact a "National Service Officer" of the Disabled American veterans. The DAV is located where the VA has centers or a hospital. They will assist with the Air Force medical board or such process.
There are hundreds if not more military with vision loss in one eye, even in the infantry. Depends on what their MOS or job is.
Also vision loss on ones dominant side is an issue: if right handed and no vision in right eye near impossible to sight a rife with any speed or accuracy.
Had a infantry company commander in Vietnam, lost his eye, wore a patch, made Colonel in infantry, etc..
2007-01-26 02:51:11 · answer #5 · answered by cruisingyeti 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The doctors will take care of the admin in this situation. There are several things that are required to occur such as a limited duty board hearing, a PEB hearing, then they will determine based on time served and rank if he will receive a military retirement or medical separation with a severance package. It's all outlined in regulations and there is a lot of oversight so he will get what he deserves. Just be patient. It's a slow process.
2007-01-26 01:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by spag 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The loss of an eye will result in his being medically discharged with a service-connected disability.
If for no other reason - the risk of permanent blindness if he is injured again is too high.
Your son has served honorably and will be honorably discharged as a result of injuries received 'in the line of duty.' he should contact the DAV (Disabled American Veterans) ASAP.
2007-01-26 04:27:29 · answer #7 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He will get a medical discharge and be paid disability pay. The military will determine that amount. The military is a war machine, not a house for the disabled. This sounds cold, but your son will have access to VA for the rest of his life. He's lucky. You cannot stop it. Perhaps as a disabled vet he will be given preference to be hired as a civilian worker. Sorry for your sons loss, but the mission of the military comes first.
USAF Veteran.
2007-01-26 00:17:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he can do a desk job for them or a job in a military hospital? I am sure they have plenty of work that way?? Sort of light duty work??? Something off the battlefield...As to signing stuff...you would need to talk to a lawyer about that stuff...I know the government supposedly gives priority to hiring veterans in the post office, etc.Can he get social security disablity or veteran's disability for his injury? If he was shot in the eye, was there any brain damage with this? That might be cause for him to get on disability of some sort.
2007-01-26 00:17:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
sorry to say in this day and time if you are non deployable you may be caught up in the draw down of the services but make sure he gets copies of all his medical records and talk to the VA before he gets out to make sure he gets the full amount benifits he is entitled to
2007-01-26 09:14:42 · answer #10 · answered by keefer_monster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋