My son is being Hon. DC from Army by MEB?
Falcon asked the question:
He did a tour in Iraq and a back to back deployment to Afgan. Now facing an honorable dc from an MEB due to anxiety and depression. What benefits can he ask for and not give away the farm ? He earned them… and was wounded in Iraq. His commander doesn’t want him out. MEB says go.
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6 Responses to “My son is being Hon. DC from Army by MEB?”
If he is discharged, he needs to immediately apply for a disability rating with the VA.
send my thanks to your son!
He can’t negotiate benefits. His benefits will be up to the MEB board, but he will be able to apply for VA benefits (or attempt to get them raised). It has been my experience mental health discharges generally do not earn a high disability rating.
Immediately locate and register with the VA representative for his county and setup a meeting. The VA rep will be able to fill him in on all his benefits that he’s earned and get the ball rolling so he can take advantage of them, to include disability compensation. I’m not understanding why he’s at risk of losing his farm…he should be able to utilize all his benefits without risking anything further. I’ve never been told that I risk losing anything by asking for my veteran’s benefits.
It appears his condition is service aggravated. So, the first thing he should do is submit a rebuttal to the MEB, which will automatically introduce his case into the disability evaluation system of the Army. That system should award him a disability rating. If it is less than 30% he will get severance pay, but can still apply for a disability award from the VA. If he is rated at 30% or higher, he will be transferred to the disability retired list with the pay of his rank and all other privileges as well.
He needs to get in contact with the nearest chapter of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and ask them to put him in touch with one of their field service officers. Those guys are school-trained and experts on military disability laws and regulations. It won’t cost your son one dime.
I’m currently going threw an Army MEB as well. The procedure should be as follows. Your son should go threw a phase 1 and phase 2 physical. Phase 1 he will describe every injury down to bumps and bruises he encountered while on Active Army. Then Phase 2 a doctor will over look these injuries and previous injuries to give a medical opinion on the severity of each injury and how long (temp or permanent) they are. The Army will settle with a percentage, usually 20%. 30% and higher is considered medical retirement, and although you retain on post benifits (ie - PX, commisary, etc) and medical benifits. But getting medically retired you can be brought back into service if they feel that you have recovered enough for service. 20% or 10% and you’re out for good. They will do a specific calculation depending on rank, time in service, percentage, etc. and give you a lump sum. For example sake lets say $11,000… all this is, is an advance on your VA benefits, when your son gets out of service, he needs to immediately go to the local VA and apply for benefits. He should receive 10%-20% more threw the VA… so if the Army gave him 20%, he should get 30%-40% from the VA. Now, lets say he’s a single soldier who gets 40% from the VA, he would receive $512 a month for compensation benefits. He will not see a $ of this until that initial $11,000 is paid back since all it really is, is an advance. So it will take roughly 21 1/2 months until he starts seeing a monthly paycheck. Your best source for such information is the VA website at: OR to talk to a local VA representative. To view the current disability benefit here is the link: —- This is to check for soldiers with different %’s and spouses, children and other dependents, etc. Hope this helped!!!!