I am Medically Retired USN with 15 years. I am VA service rated at 80% IU. I am 100% Disabled thru Social Security. I was not in actual combat but in Combat Area on ship. I believe I was exposed to toxins leading to my symptoms.
MEB Wrote:PEB for CFS and multiple concurrent syndromes that had their onset after association to Gulf War Service. Gulf War Health Center, Walter Reed Wrote:Multiple persistent physical symptoms related to Gulf War Service, etiology unspecified to varying degrees after exhaustive medical evaluation. VA Wrote:Member shows active service from 12/13/13-03/23/99. Active Gulf Service 12/31/92-03/13/93 & 01/01/95-03/31/95. The possibility that one or all of the symptoms may be caused by the veterans's Gulf War service could not be. My question is do I have the grounds for presumptive combat relation for CRSC. I have all the documentation.

Greetings and special blessings.

Dewey, you need to file for your CRSC and submit all of your information. You can go to www.vetspac.com and on the home page you will find a link for the Forms for CRSC.

You stated 80% IU, so are you drawing VA at the 100% rate??

This new program for under 20 years will pay CRSC for any percentage up to the amount of your retired pay before any deductions.

You should receive 2.5% of your base pay times the 15 years in service times the percentage from the CRSC. I would think that the VA is now taking all of your retired pay, so when approved you should start receiving this tax free in addition to your VA.

May God richly bless and keep you and your family.

In His Service,

Grover

Here is the link for the CRSC Form:

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/eforms/dd2860.pdf

On page 2, section II, you need to answer YES for question d.

d. Are you currently entitled to military retired pay for any reason, other than early reserve retirement for physical disabilities not incurred in line of duty (i.e., other than section 12731b of title 10, United States Code?

Grover

Grover,

Yes I am drawing VA at 100% IU, and SS at 100%. What has me concerned is that it says COMBAT Related. Nothing says combat related but I was in a COmbat Area. Everthing says related to Gulf War Service.

I could post an answer to you, but I'll defer it to "Grover" Since he is already following up. I will however make an observation. Vietnam veterans with boots on the ground do not have an automatic AC basis, they must still show a nexus or causal link to being there and their disability. This is a very broad but very applied rule under CSRC.
Freddy

question, to get CRSC don't you have to be getting military pay, not VA SC pay. Grover you asked if he was entitle to military retired pay and his answer was he was getting 80% IU. I don't think that is retire pay - right?

HooyahEOD are you getting pay from the military for retirement or medical discharge or something. I am not talking about VA SC pay.

I was Medicallay Retired AT 30% by PEB and placed on TDRL with 15 years, 3m omnths and 11 days active duty. 18 months later place on PDRL with full benefits. When my VA went from 60% to 80% UI, I waived my retirement for the non-taxable income. Three years later after fighting with SS and taking it to a hearing, I won decision and won the case for social security. 100%. This is how it all reads.

MEB Wrote: PEB for CFS and multiple concurrent syndromes that had their onset after association to Gulf War Service.

Gulf War Health Center Wrote: , Walter Reed Wrote: Multiple persistent physical symptoms related to Gulf War Service, etiology unspecified to varying degrees after exhaustive medical evaluation.

VA Wrote: Member shows active service from 12/13/13-03/23/99.

Active Gulf Service 12/31/92-03/13/93 & 01/01/95-03/31/95. The possibility that one or all of the symptoms may be caused by the veterans's Gulf War service could not be. My question is do I have the grounds for presumptive combat relation for CRSC. I have all the documentation.

Below is what was on the code sheet that I got from my VASO Rep so I could fill out my claim for CRSC:

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
[6354] 40% Service Connected, Gulf War, Incurred
Dysthmic Disorder with Multiple Somatic
[9433-9421] 30% Service Connected, Gulf War, Incurred
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease & Hiatal Hernia With Irritable Bowel Syndrome [7346-7319] 10% Service Connected, Gulf War, Incurred
Hypertention [7101] 10% Service Connected, Gulf War, Incurred
Bilateral Pes Planus
[5276] 10% Service Connected, Gulf War, Incurred
Baker’s Cyst, Knee Left
[5299-5260] 10% Service Connected, Gulf War, Incurred
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Right Upper
[8515] 10% Service Connected, Gulf War, Incurred
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Left Upper Extremity
[8515] 10% Service Connected, Gulf War, Incurred

Combined Ratging 80%, 100% Unemployability.

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Posted Wed 02 July 2008 08:03 AM

I could post an answer to you, but I'll defer it to "Grover" Since he is already following up.

I assume he will do so in short order. Grover is a resident expert as well.
Freddy

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Originally posted by 15781731:

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Posted Wed 02 July 2008 08:03 AM

I could post an answer to you, but I'll defer it to "Grover" Since he is already following up.

I assume he will do so in short order. Grover is a resident expert as well.
Freddy

You can find the information you need on the following website http://www.hrc.army.mil/site/csrc/index.html
If Grover doesn't answer you and you still have questions after you read the FAQ & Eligibility rules, ask me and I'll answer any blanks you may still have.
A Veteran in Arms
Freddy

I would like to thank you all for the time you have served for our country. If my questions, or my personal situation has offended anyone I am sorry. But let me clear the air on one thing. We are all VETS. I may have not been "boots on the ground" but when the Kamashia ammo dump was blown up that did not matter any longer. The plume carried the stuff all over and contaminated everything for many many years. I am very fortunate to have been awarded the disability that I have received. Some may say, "Why is he trying to get more?" The answer, because I have a wife, a 10 year old son and a 3 year old son. My health is getting worse. I am on oxygen at night with a CPAP. I fell asleep driving just the other day and ran through a stop sign. Nobody knows why. My VA doctor told me to lose weight. Go figure. I served on the 1st Annual Veterans Health Advisory Committee in Washington DC. When I went through the GW Health Center. I testified before the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illness (Gen. Vessor's Group) and told my story. How I was a carrer oriented sailor. On track for E-7 and became sick. No one knew the answer. But when I kept going back I was labled a malinger. My fellow vets, I have been through the whole gammet of what you can go through with PEB's, VA and SS and I now try to share the pain and lessons learned with the kids coming home today. They are the ones we need to be thinking of. I have a Vietnam Vet that lives 4 houses down from me that I keep updating on Agent Orange data. He is PTSD severe and served with Air Force Commandos. He taught HS when I was in school. All I know is that I trained for 2 years to be accepted into EOD school. I was running 3 miles a day, swimming a mile a night and over 200 push ups through the day. Then this hits me. I lost it all. Yeah, I kinda so feel like I am owed something. But, I can't get that back. By the way, I lost several friends in the Battle of Fullaja and several of my EOD buddies by IED's. Freddy, thank you.My focus and concentration is not what it use to be. Would you mind reviewing my paperwork if I scan it into PDF and email it to you. The Navy has the worst record with CRSC and I feel I will only get one shot. We should all remember "to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan," President Abraham Lincoln.

HooyahEOD I don't think you offended anyone with you questions and concern. Most of us have been where you are. If I could apply for CRSC believe I would, but I didn't retire or was medically discharged. Good l*** with everything and have a great 4th.

Dear HooyahEOD

My friend, I think it was I that used the term "Boots on the Ground." It had nothing to do with you however, but rather had everything to do with the DOD's interpretation of what they consider "Presumtive or Causal." THAT IS NOT to say you have to have ABSOLUTE Boots on the ground. It simply means that another Causal relationship has to be established. The Boots on the ground, simply meant a shorter revue because it is easily accessed through unit and personal military records. Like VetGirl said so honestly, you offended no one and it is us that apologize to you if it caused you any pause or negative self worth. It was no ones attempt, I can ***ure you of that. We are here for you and thousands more just like you, and we are brothers and sisters in arms, trying to ***ist one another to get JUST COMPENSATION for disabilities YOU incurred while you sacraficed for this great nation. If the system and DOD were not adversarial, websites for veterans would be out of business and useless, but the fact is unfortunately that it is a very adversarial system, that requires the veteran to "Prove" a stupid connection between his medical/mental issues and his service when any worm with no brain would know that there shouldn't be squat to prove given that we were healthy when we enlisted and somehow a magic wand waved and made us all disabled, that type insanity exist and presides in this insane world of compensation claims. The same with CSRC, under a "NORMAL" world, the presumption and award of CRSC should be simple, you have over 10% and you were medically retired. IT IS That simple, yet in all the wisdom of the sacred world of Washington D.C Insiders, they make it difficult for they forget that without us soldiers actively parti****ting there would be no wars. Perhaps it will sink in that is you keep screwing with the past, present and future soldiers they might find that the next time they call for war, no one will show up. How pathetic this circus. Please take the time to look at the website, see where you are in the scheme of things and please do write me back either here on personally through Mil.com and we'll walk down that pathway together and you will get your just compensation.
I truly wish you, yours the best of things and Godspeed. Hope to hear from you, WE NEED YOU.
A Veteran in Arms
Freddy

Good Grief....what is it with all these asteriks?
Am I typing that bad or is there something else going on that I don't know about, or am I being censured for something. I just read my post(answer) and I know I didn't type that bad, and I swear I did not swear either
Freddy

There is a problem with the edits and they are turning a fish like a big mouth ba-s, into a b***. Management is aware. Home office boys at Milcom at work again.

My friends, thank you for your support. I was having a bad and unfortunately it came out toward you guys. I am here for any of you. What I have learned more than anything is DO***ENTATION. Make copies of everything. The only reason I was able to get Social Security with my age (44) was because I had all my records from SMR, VA and Private Doctors. It all stated the same thing and was consistant. Again, I am sorry. Thinking about all this again stirs up some old and bad memories for me. Always in support.

Greetings and special blessings to one and all.

HAPPY FORTH OF JULY!!

Dewey, As I stated in my first two post, please go ahead and file for CRSC. With what you have on your Code Sheet you should have no problem getting CRSC. You should get it at the 100% IU rate.

If you have any more questions, please post. Thank you for your service to our Great Country.

Freddy, thank you for your comments. You never have to wait for me to answer someones question. I will never get my feelings hurt over an answer from someone else.

May God richly bless and keep you and your family.

In His Service,

Grover

Grover.
Because I have the utmost and the greatest respect for you and your advice. I knew that your heart was with the veteran's cause, so I knew you would answer back in short order and you did. I think I just gave the CSRC weblink. Grover, I salute you and wish you and yours Godspeed and a great 4th weekend as well.
Freddy

I wonder if any body can help sort my ratings and CRSC benefits. I am medically retired from the Navy with 10 years and Navy Board rated 60% combat related, yet the VA wonderfully only assigned me 30% disabled, even though the same year Social Security has me as Unemployable with a rating of 100% disabled. How can the government assign 3 seperate ratings if such huge changes all for the same disability of a broken back with 2 2 foot titanium rods embeded in my spine? Please Help Explain.

Find a good VSO and appeal - file a NOD. Look around this board to see what others have written.

Stacey,

You can only get CRSC for the percentage of the VA Rating which will give you back what they are taking from your retired pay now. As Dave M. stated, you need to do an appeal. It took me 4 years before I got my 100% IU.

I went in for a C & P Exam in TX, the doctor looked at me as I walked in and stated, "You look as strong as an Ox." I thought to myself, you can kiss this one goodbye.

May God richly bless and keep you. It never hurts to have some people praying for you. If you are drawing SSDI from SS, you should be able to get up to IU with the VA. It may take some time.

In His Service,

Grover