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

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on getting through the process and getting the money.

Would it be possible and conceivably worth the trouble to try to find out on what basis they gave you 80%?

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

It's a formula, based on the various things in my history, and on the physical exam.

The pain in my right great toe... 10 percent.

The neuropathy in my arms, 20 percent, ea. Add them all up (there were more than that) and it's 120 percent.

There is some way in which they evaluate all of that and come up with the final number.

Now, I think, getting my rank straightened out matters a bit more.

[thecoughlin.livejournal.com]

The math is complex but I am "glad" it came out in your favor....and as others said perhaps a sign that "they" are getting it right for others....