[stylin19a]

I do have some questions borne out of ignorance:

How many military retirees are we talking about, that are also disabled ?

How does one fullfill a 20 to 30 year hitch and also be disabled ?

Wouldn't a severe disability require a seperation from service ?

thank you

[Militiaman7]

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[WellsFargo94]

It is quite easy, as the back or knees start to give out from the years of humpn' or exiting airplanes from 1250 ft, you can find yourself with limited range of motion or with degenrative disks in your back. A good portion of people will and do get out with some sort of disability pay awarded from the VA.

[RollingThunder]

To bed able to complete a full 20 to 30 year requirement for military service, you do not have to serve it as an "active" service-person. Many of us who were disabled continued to serve our country as a civilian working for the government.

Depending on the MOS you had in the service, the government would welcome you back with open arms. Also realize that some places (ie: Post Office, VA Hospitals, etc), will give priority to US Servicepeople and time working in these places can be adapted to be added to your "Active Service" time for retirement purposes.

[FRMAG]

Some disabilities are the direct result of injury or illness such as the loss of a limb or the imparement of range of motion. Some disabilities are hidden and not discovered until the point at which a serviceman retires.

Unless otherwise ordered physical exams are only administered pending reeinlistment and some condintions may go undisgnosed such as a hearing loss.

Upon retirement most if not all retirees seek VA health care as, though promised, medical and dental care is not available except thru the VA. A VA comprehensive physical post retirement will often reveal conditions not discovered on active duty which individually or collectively result in the determination that an individual qualifies as having a percentage of disability.

This is premised on the principle that you entered active service physically and mentally whole or you would not have been permitted to enter on active service. You leave active less than whole and are entitled to compensation for that diminishment.

[NMFXSTC]

Again...Agent Orange cancers crop up long after exposure...that simple.

How many retirees are disabled? According to DOD, about 555K...