Best case scenario: you finish your contract but are not allowed to re enlist
Worse case: they boot you now.
Start making ten billion copies of everything now for your VA disability claim. You will retain some VA benefits no matter what. Whether you will be rated for the fibromyalgia diagnosis we can’t guess
It is possible, but far from automatic, that you could be rated by the VA. The hardest part will be showing service connection. Contact your VA rep now, before getting discharged. You can (and very much should) start collecting records while you are still active duty. Getting a copy of a page out of your medical record takes 5 min while you active duty. It takes 5 months after you are discharged.
NO. If you are still able to perform the duties required of your MOS, then you will remain on active duty until your normal separation date, but you probably won't be allowed to reenlist. You can APPLY to the VA for benefits AFTER you separate, but it's NOT like you're going to get a free pension for the rest of your life.
If you have a confirmed diagnosis of fibromyalgia, you ARE NOT active duty. At most, you are a terminal leave. I find it difficult to believe a member of the military wouldn't have been informed of the consequences of such a diagnosis at the same time they were informed of the diagnosis.
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Best case scenario: you finish your contract but are not allowed to re enlist
Worse case: they boot you now.
Start making ten billion copies of everything now for your VA disability claim. You will retain some VA benefits no matter what. Whether you will be rated for the fibromyalgia diagnosis we can’t guess
It is possible, but far from automatic, that you could be rated by the VA. The hardest part will be showing service connection. Contact your VA rep now, before getting discharged. You can (and very much should) start collecting records while you are still active duty. Getting a copy of a page out of your medical record takes 5 min while you active duty. It takes 5 months after you are discharged.
NO. If you are still able to perform the duties required of your MOS, then you will remain on active duty until your normal separation date, but you probably won't be allowed to reenlist. You can APPLY to the VA for benefits AFTER you separate, but it's NOT like you're going to get a free pension for the rest of your life.
If you have a confirmed diagnosis of fibromyalgia, you ARE NOT active duty. At most, you are a terminal leave. I find it difficult to believe a member of the military wouldn't have been informed of the consequences of such a diagnosis at the same time they were informed of the diagnosis.