It's official

[pecunium]

I am a disabled vet.

The actual percentage is croggling, and the effects will be good, and (honestly) a bit life changing.

I am rated 80 percent disabled. I get a pension. If I read it right I also get PX privileges (I can go back onto the Presidio of Monterey again).

I don't know if it gets me schooling (I think I might be able to get some rehab money). I don't know what it gets me by way of tuition breaks in Calif.

I'll have to look into it.

It's a lot to digest.

Comments

[redbird]

The trick, I think, is to remember that the official label doesn't change what you can do, physically.

[harimad.livejournal.com]

This is what I was thinking. You likely know what you can and can't do. Given that, there are advantages to a high disability percentage; it's not as if the label itself changes what you can do physically.

It's still a lot to digest.

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

Guessing a bit, I suppose the base-line could be the level of health and mobility that the military expects.

Douglas Bader got a 100% pension after losing his legs. It's claimed that he got both the pension and his full pay when he was flying combat in WW2--commanded 242 Squadron in the Battle of Britain. If that's not a bit of the legend, I reckon he was worth the money.