If you are in the Army for only 3 months, does that mean you qualify for benefits?

Question

I was in the Army for three months, long story don't ask. Well anyhoo a bunch of people tell me I may qualify for veteran's benefits? Just curious, meaning no offense.

Answer 1

Take your DD-214 to the closest VA hospital or go to a Veterans Service officer at one of the local organizations and ask there. You don't say when you were in or what benefits you are wanting so other advice is ill advised.

Answer 2

To qualify for benifits you must do two things....

1) Complete Basic and AIT

2) Serve atleast 6 months

If you are injured during Basic or AIT, then you get some limited, temporary benifits, but those are determined at the time of your chapter through a Medical Review Board at the instalation you were in training at. The max is only 90 days though. This is for dissability.

When I was a BCT commander, we actually had a female that thought she could hide a previous injury, fake getting hurt in Basic, then claim Veteran Benifits for the rest of her life. IT didn't work out too well for her, expecially when she thought she could trust her battle buddies with that information.

Other benifits are 24 months.

Answer 3

These are the rules for health benefits.

The character of discharge you received from the military can be a factor. It is not an issue if you received:

* An honorable discharge
* A general discharge
* A discharge under honorable conditions

The length of your service may also matter. It depends on when you served. There’s no length of service requirement for:

* Former enlisted persons who started active duty before September 8, 1980, or
* Former officers who first entered active duty before October 17, 1981
* All other veterans must have 24 months of continuous active duty military service or meet one of the exceptions described below.

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Answer 4

The only way you quality for VETERAN benefits is if you were deployed to a combat zone for 6 or more months. You can talk to the V.A. (A civilian organization) to see if you qualify for tuition assistance, loan repayment, or a GI Bill. It all depends on how you left the service.

If you got a Dishonorable discharge, or really anything below Honorable/General (not including Medical, but then you could also qualify for Medical assistance depending on the case) you probably would lose anything in your contract saying you got anything (such as GI Bill, Tuition Assistance, ext.)

Answer 5

no, you need at least 2 years qualify for VA benefits. Unless you are being paid by the Army for disability, then you have a case. It also must be a general discharge or higher.

Answer 6

No. You have to be in for a minimum of 6 months to qualify for VA, and you only qualify for VA benefits if you completed training. If you were medically discharged from training you have to read your paperwork to see if you are given any benefits, but any benefits you would have from a medical discharge from training would only cover injuries incurred during training and nothing else.

Answer 7

Not unless you are medically discharged for a service-related injury.

Answer 8

I don't believe so. That is not much time.

Perhaps if you were injured, service related, and no longer could be in the service, that you would be eligible for benefits.

Otherwise, I don't believe so.

Answer 9

I would doubt it; an in any case, it depends on what was in your contract and the conditions for your discharge, and the type of discharge.

Answer 10

Based on what you asked it appears you got a discharge because you failed to pass your training. In this case the answer is: no.