He also could have gone through a med board to try to get retirement, even at 16 years if his injuries made him unfit service. Husband had 18 years and 6 months in, went through a med board for his injuries and was medically retired as he was no longer fit for service. The threshold is only 30% in order to receive retirement benefits, which includes tricare for the family. Hell, he could have claimed PTSD alone and would have a gotten a minimum of a 50% rating (albeit not a permanent one...those guys get put on the temporary disabled retired list and are re-evaled every 18 months I think) due to a class action lawsuit.
See, that’s the thing VA disability doesn’t cover the family. I don’t understand why he didn’t go for a med board or just hang out till he hit 20 and he would have gotten full benefits potentially through a med board or would have gotten them by waiting till he hit 20.
VA disability doesn’t provide health care coverage for the family, that is.
That’s what I’m not getting...he had to know the deal.