When an hourly worker way back where I got a paycheck, I roughly estimated that from my gross wages about 32-33% will be taken out for taxes, SDI, SSI, state taxes, etc. So in 2023, receiving $3621 monthly is akin to earning $4780 monthly or appx. $57,000 annually in GROSS wages. Of course if rated 100% P & T to calculate the total value of being rated such we need to calculate the dollar value of ALL BENEFITS available to us, including the value of totally free healthcare and prescriptions. That's huge, especially considering there's no co-pays or deductibles. For seniors, even if on Medicare many are paying thousands for coverage each year. If you are not at Medicare age, IMO a way to value VA healthcare is to total monthly cost for a PREMIUM health insurance policy, one that has a zero co-pay, no annual deductible, and includes dental/vision care. That kind of coverage, say with Blue Cross or MetLife would cost $1,400 monthly in 2023. But wait, there's more: if rated 100% P & T you have "lifetime job security." You are never going to lose your job, that in 2023 pays $4,780 gross monthly. You can assign any value you want for that. Then there's the fact that even if rated 100% P & T you are legally allowed to work, even full time if you are able. And you can earn whatever amount you want, your VA disability compensation is not affected. Bottom line: I appreciate the total value of benefits I receive for being 100% P & T.
Great info to know as a disabled veteran! There is another service that veterans can use to get to their required VAMC appointments, and that is VTS or MEDSTAR. Both are contracted to the VAMC and will pick up any veteran at their residence and transport them to and from the VAMC. It is mainly used for people with mobility or stability issues [ Using a walker or wheelchair]. Check with your VAMC doctor to see if 🤔 it's available. Additionally, some VSOs have volunteer van services ; again, check with your VSO to find out. Some states offer a special veterans college scholarship, which pays tuition and fees [ Check with your State Education Department ]. I used to work as a claims assistant for 30 years prior to retirement, and I worked as a veterans work study clerk before that.
Please check with your VAMC doctor during your next appointment to see if there's a Van Transportation Service [ VTS ] or MEDSTAR ] in your area to pick you up at your residence and take you to your VAMC and home again. Some VSOs have a volunteer service that operates, too. As far as I know, VTS and MEDSTAR are free, as I'm never charged a fee. I have to use a walker, and it's a bit of a change adjusting to using it, but as a disabled veteran; I am very thankful to have all my medications and medical care for free. I'm in my late 60s now. Good luck, Ronald, and thanks 😊 for your sacrifice and your service to America, Sir.
The VA may pay actual necessary expenses of travel (including lodging and subsistence), or in lieu thereof an allowance based upon mileage traveled, including the actual cost of ferry fares, and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls. When the VA determines an overnight stay is required, meals and lodging taken by a veteran and, if applicable, by his or her attendant, while traveling, may be reimbursed. www.va.gov/healthbenefits/vtp/beneficiary_travel.asp
You keep saying talk to your VSO. Many VSO give absolutely NO HELP and some will even talk you out of getting any help. I saw one who was great but the next one was totally the opposite. You don't get to choose who to talk to.
Just an FYI the 10 point veteran preference and the waiving of the funding fee is not just for 100% disabled vets!!! The funding fee gets waived for as little as 10% disability.
Just so you know, you get 10 points even if you do not have 100%. It's actually 30% or more, not only 100% for federal jobs. You can get retirement and veterans benefit even without it being 100%; if you get disability at 10, 20, or 30%, as an example, the amount you make with your disability will be taken out of your retirement. However, you will not pay taxes on the Disability amount where you would pay taxes on your retirement. That also means you would be paying fewer taxes on retirement because you are making less in the eyes of the state and federal governments. Dale Davidson, please be careful with phrasing because we want to ensure accurate information. You do not need 100% to get a VA ID card to access the base, you need to go to the VA and get a service connected VA card and then go to the base and talk to the gate guards to get registered for a certain base after you are registered you will be able to use Base facillities.
For the 100% he must have been referring to the Disabled American veteran (DAV). It’s where you and your spouse gets an ID from the base. The DAV card will give you and your spouse access to the commissary. The VA card doesn’t give you commissary access.
@@6.2Slomaro The VA card will get you in if you are service connected in any way. So I am sorry but you are incorrect about that. Effective In Jan 1 2020 if you have a VHIC card you can get on base. Look up the announcement on the VA site all you have to do is google it for christ sake.
@@isactucker3788 yeah you can get on base but you can’t shop at the commissary with it. I tried using my VA card at the commissary and they said no. So I showed my DAV card instead.
@@6.2Slomaro §1065. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: certain veterans, caregivers for veterans, and Foreign Service officers (a) Eligibility of Veterans Awarded the Purple Heart.-A veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay. (b) Eligibility of Veterans Who Are Medal of Honor Recipients.-A veteran who is a Medal of Honor recipient shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay. (c) Eligibility of Veterans Who Are Former Prisoners of War.-A veteran who is a former prisoner of war shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay. (d) Eligibility of Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities.-A veteran with a service-connected disability shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay. (e) Eligibility of Caregivers for Veterans.-A caregiver or family caregiver shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay. (f) Eligibility of Foreign Service Officers on Mandatory Home Leave.-A Foreign Service officer on mandatory home leave may be permitted to use military lodging referred to in subsection (h). (g) User Fee Authority.-(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that impose a user fee on individuals who are eligible solely under this section to purchase merchandise at a commissary store or MWR retail facility. (2) The Secretary shall set the user fee under this subsection at a rate that the Secretary determines will offset any increase in expenses arising from this section borne by the Department of the Treasury on behalf of commissary stores associated with the use of credit or debit cards for customer purchases, including expenses related to card network use and related transaction processing fees. (3) The Secretary shall deposit funds collected pursuant to a user fee under this subsection in the General Fund of the Treasury. (4) Any fee under this subsection is in addition to the uniform surcharge under section 2484(d) of this title. (h) Definitions.-In this section: (1) The term "MWR facilities" includes- (A) MWR retail facilities, as that term is defined in section 1063(e) of this title; and (B) military lodging operated by the Department of Defense for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the armed forces. (2) The term "Medal of Honor recipient" has the meaning given that term in section 1074h(c) of this title. (3) The terms "veteran", "former prisoner of war", and "service-connected" have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38. (4) The terms "caregiver" and "family caregiver" have the meanings given those terms in section in section 1720G(d) of title 38. (5) The term "Foreign Service officer" has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903). (6) The term "mandatory home leave" means leave under section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4083).
You don't need to be 100% rated to be exempt from the VA home loan lending fee. I think as low as 10% gets the waiver but you do have to pay the $500 appraisal fee.
VA facilities stop paying travel in 2019 for as many veterans as they can. Clothing allowance was stopped by the VA many veterans. The reason one they can and no one will stop them . Also the veterans they illegally deny benefits and services to are what they call angry veterans because those veterans don’t knuckle under to those VA employees who illegally deny benefits and services to veterans.
I was living in base housing for 2 years before I retired, because I didn’t want to pay another funding fee. When I retired I had to buy a house since I could no longer live in base housing. I was told that if I filed my claim before I closed on the house I would have my funding fee reimbursed onto my loan. That was false. I submitted the form the VA sent me to have the funding fee reimbursed, and it was denied because even though I filed my claim before I closed on the house they would only use my effective date of retirement as the date and that was after I closed on my house. This was the third funding fee I paid due to my other home purchases while I was on active duty
I just finsihed with VR&E to obtain a Masters degree. They are giving me back nearly a years worth of Post 9/11 GI Bill. They no longer take them both away at the same time.
Sadly not all VSOs are created equally as many are not accrediated by the VA but are trained by their service organizations. Always ask the VSO if they are accrediated and have access to the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS)
Great video - thank you! Does that go for PX access as well? Can disabled vets with a little less than 100% disability rating hop on MAC flights conus / oconus? Thank you for your help.
I heard your say you can double dip if you are 100% disabled you can double dip and also get your retirement. I did not get a my dod retirement because I was medically retired before 20 years. Am I eligible to receive both. I was told when it was retired in can only have done or the other but not both.
You would not get both because you didn’t serve 20 years you only getting 1 paycheck either Army or VA depends who Rating higher but if you get less than 30% from army you get several pay and not retire
Only takes 50% VA rating for CRDP where you get full retirement AND VA comp if you qualified for retirement pay. This video makes it sound like you need a 100% VA rating. Please correct.
I applied for DIC and penions my husband broked both my jaws and he died and I appied we never divorce we never divorced we were separated we steer married 39 years I buried him he died I contact the VA they denied me d i c and pensions and I don't understand can you please help me
You were married but never divorced and no living together when he died. VA benefits belong to the Vet but can pass to the spouse in certain circumstances. Depending on when he served you may be entitled to Pension. Was he receiving compensation on his death? WHen did he die?
Im not a law agency. If you think what I am doing is easy why don't you start your own channel? That way you can get keyboard warriors such as yourself criticizing you!
I'm sorry, you are from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Green's State? Trust for this combat Veteran and Infantry Training NCO is hard to come by... electing her is all I need to hear from ANYONE in that state ... sorry
When an hourly worker way back where I got a paycheck, I roughly estimated that from my gross wages about 32-33% will be taken out for taxes, SDI, SSI, state taxes, etc. So in 2023, receiving $3621 monthly is akin to earning $4780 monthly or appx. $57,000 annually in GROSS wages.
Of course if rated 100% P & T to calculate the total value of being rated such we need to calculate the dollar value of ALL BENEFITS available to us, including the value of totally free healthcare and prescriptions. That's huge, especially considering there's no co-pays or deductibles. For seniors, even if on Medicare many are paying thousands for coverage each year.
If you are not at Medicare age, IMO a way to value VA healthcare is to total monthly cost for a PREMIUM health insurance policy, one that has a zero co-pay, no annual deductible, and includes dental/vision care. That kind of coverage, say with Blue Cross or MetLife would cost $1,400 monthly in 2023.
But wait, there's more: if rated 100% P & T you have "lifetime job security." You are never going to lose your job, that in 2023 pays $4,780 gross monthly. You can assign any value you want for that.
Then there's the fact that even if rated 100% P & T you are legally allowed to work, even full time if you are able. And you can earn whatever amount you want, your VA disability compensation is not affected.
Bottom line: I appreciate the total value of benefits I receive for being 100% P & T.
Thanks for sharing
I used the 10% service related status to my advantage when competing for a job that I've since retired from. Haven't used much else.
Well don't forget as you disability may have increased. Check with your doctor
Great info to know as a disabled veteran! There is another service that veterans can use to get to their required VAMC appointments, and that is VTS or MEDSTAR. Both are contracted to the VAMC and will pick up any veteran at their residence and transport them to and from the VAMC. It is mainly used for people with mobility or stability issues [ Using a walker or wheelchair]. Check with your VAMC doctor to see if 🤔 it's available. Additionally, some VSOs have volunteer van services ; again, check with your VSO to find out. Some states offer a special veterans college scholarship, which pays tuition and fees [ Check with your State Education Department ]. I used to work as a claims assistant for 30 years prior to retirement, and I worked as a veterans work study clerk before that.
I live 120 miles from the Va hospital
Please check with your VAMC doctor during your next appointment to see if there's a Van Transportation Service [ VTS ] or MEDSTAR ] in your area to pick you up at your residence and take you to your VAMC and home again. Some VSOs have a volunteer service that operates, too. As far as I know, VTS and MEDSTAR are free, as I'm never charged a fee. I have to use a walker, and it's a bit of a change adjusting to using it, but as a disabled veteran; I am very thankful to have all my medications and medical care for free. I'm in my late 60s now. Good luck, Ronald, and thanks 😊 for your sacrifice and your service to America, Sir.
Thanks for this information!
The VA may pay actual necessary expenses of travel (including lodging and subsistence), or in lieu thereof an allowance based upon mileage traveled, including the actual cost of ferry fares, and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls. When the VA determines an overnight stay is required, meals and lodging taken by a veteran and, if applicable, by his or her attendant, while traveling, may be reimbursed. www.va.gov/healthbenefits/vtp/beneficiary_travel.asp
Thank you for all of the great informatio. Note that quite a few of the benefits mentioned are available with 50% disability.
They are and thank your for claifying
You keep saying talk to your VSO. Many VSO give absolutely NO HELP and some will even talk you out of getting any help. I saw one who was great but the next one was totally the opposite. You don't get to choose who to talk to.
Yeah the one in Savannah was worthless. Ask any question they just tell you they don't work for the VA.
Yea, some vso,s suck
There is good and bad everywhere. I hope you were successful
They really dont work for you either
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for trying to raise awareness♥️
Just an FYI the 10 point veteran preference and the waiving of the funding fee is not just for 100% disabled vets!!! The funding fee gets waived for as little as 10% disability.
Just so you know, you get 10 points even if you do not have 100%. It's actually 30% or more, not only 100% for federal jobs. You can get retirement and veterans benefit even without it being 100%; if you get disability at 10, 20, or 30%, as an example, the amount you make with your disability will be taken out of your retirement. However, you will not pay taxes on the Disability amount where you would pay taxes on your retirement. That also means you would be paying fewer taxes on retirement because you are making less in the eyes of the state and federal governments. Dale Davidson, please be careful with phrasing because we want to ensure accurate information. You do not need 100% to get a VA ID card to access the base, you need to go to the VA and get a service connected VA card and then go to the base and talk to the gate guards to get registered for a certain base after you are registered you will be able to use Base facillities.
For the 100% he must have been referring to the Disabled American veteran (DAV). It’s where you and your spouse gets an ID from the base. The DAV card will give you and your spouse access to the commissary. The VA card doesn’t give you commissary access.
@@6.2Slomaro The VA card will get you in if you are service connected in any way. So I am sorry but you are incorrect about that. Effective In Jan 1 2020 if you have a VHIC card you can get on base. Look up the announcement on the VA site all you have to do is google it for christ sake.
@@isactucker3788 yeah you can get on base but you can’t shop at the commissary with it. I tried using my VA card at the commissary and they said no. So I showed my DAV card instead.
@@isactucker3788 btw where did I mentioned that the VA doesn’t give you base access? Ignorance is a bliss huh.
@@6.2Slomaro §1065. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: certain veterans, caregivers for veterans, and Foreign Service officers
(a) Eligibility of Veterans Awarded the Purple Heart.-A veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(b) Eligibility of Veterans Who Are Medal of Honor Recipients.-A veteran who is a Medal of Honor recipient shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(c) Eligibility of Veterans Who Are Former Prisoners of War.-A veteran who is a former prisoner of war shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(d) Eligibility of Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities.-A veteran with a service-connected disability shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(e) Eligibility of Caregivers for Veterans.-A caregiver or family caregiver shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(f) Eligibility of Foreign Service Officers on Mandatory Home Leave.-A Foreign Service officer on mandatory home leave may be permitted to use military lodging referred to in subsection (h).
(g) User Fee Authority.-(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that impose a user fee on individuals who are eligible solely under this section to purchase merchandise at a commissary store or MWR retail facility.
(2) The Secretary shall set the user fee under this subsection at a rate that the Secretary determines will offset any increase in expenses arising from this section borne by the Department of the Treasury on behalf of commissary stores associated with the use of credit or debit cards for customer purchases, including expenses related to card network use and related transaction processing fees.
(3) The Secretary shall deposit funds collected pursuant to a user fee under this subsection in the General Fund of the Treasury.
(4) Any fee under this subsection is in addition to the uniform surcharge under section 2484(d) of this title.
(h) Definitions.-In this section:
(1) The term "MWR facilities" includes-
(A) MWR retail facilities, as that term is defined in section 1063(e) of this title; and
(B) military lodging operated by the Department of Defense for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the armed forces.
(2) The term "Medal of Honor recipient" has the meaning given that term in section 1074h(c) of this title.
(3) The terms "veteran", "former prisoner of war", and "service-connected" have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38.
(4) The terms "caregiver" and "family caregiver" have the meanings given those terms in section in section 1720G(d) of title 38.
(5) The term "Foreign Service officer" has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903).
(6) The term "mandatory home leave" means leave under section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4083).
You don't need to be 100% rated to be exempt from the VA home loan lending fee. I think as low as 10% gets the waiver but you do have to pay the $500 appraisal fee.
True. I'm 10%. No funding fee
I did contact my vso in my state, didnt know squat about benefits
What state? Maybe I can direct you
Always so informative! Thank you🥰
Ive left several msgs/emails and have yet to hear back from this law firm
VA facilities stop paying travel in 2019 for as many veterans as they can. Clothing allowance was stopped by the VA many veterans.
The reason one they can and no one will stop them . Also the veterans they illegally deny benefits and services to are what they call angry veterans because those veterans don’t knuckle under to those VA employees who illegally deny benefits and services to veterans.
The VA is not our friend
I was living in base housing for 2 years before I retired, because I didn’t want to pay another funding fee. When I retired I had to buy a house since I could no longer live in base housing. I was told that if I filed my claim before I closed on the house I would have my funding fee reimbursed onto my loan. That was false. I submitted the form the VA sent me to have the funding fee reimbursed, and it was denied because even though I filed my claim before I closed on the house they would only use my effective date of retirement as the date and that was after I closed on my house. This was the third funding fee I paid due to my other home purchases while I was on active duty
Sorry for your unfortunate set of circumstances,
As of 2019 you get access to the px commissary ect if your rated 30% disabled I believe
Thanks so much. Have a great day
I just finsihed with VR&E to obtain a Masters degree. They are giving me back nearly a years worth of Post 9/11 GI Bill. They no longer take them both away at the same time.
Great news. Congratulations on the Master's degree
I am disabled vet thanks for info. You're title should say for GA vets. Seems like most is for GA.
Where you’re located
Lots of vets in GA. Good info
You can collect both VA Disability Pay and Military Retirement Pay if you are 50% or higher not just 100%
Free Parking at the Atlanta International Airport.
10% + can go to the commissary. Law changed.
Thanks for correcting me
I get a 10 percent discount at Jack N the Box.
And big 5
I try and stay away from fried foods. But 10% is better than nothing
Thanks
Sadly not all VSOs are created equally as many are not accrediated by the VA but are trained by their service organizations. Always ask the VSO if they are accrediated and have access to the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS)
Thank you sir
Thanks for watching
I was under the impression that as long as I had 50% or higher my retirement would not be effected?
Yes that’s the new rule
Great video - thank you! Does that go for PX access as well? Can disabled vets with a little less than 100% disability rating hop on MAC flights conus / oconus? Thank you for your help.
I am not sure about PX of flights. Let me check and get back with you. It will be a few weeeks as I am out of town all next week. Thanks
@@davidsonlawoffices Thank you.
What is the difference between the GI Bill and Vocational Rehab?
My understanding is the GI bill deals with education wheras Vocational rehab deals with helping someone with a disability become more active
VA funding fee is waived at 10% and above
You’re incorrect! I’m rated at 70% and receive my full military pension in addition to disability payments.
Yes, the new rule is 50% or over get both
Thank You .. I wonder what benefits that are a viable in the state of Maine ?
Contact these folks they may know. www.maineelderlaw.com/
I heard your say you can double dip if you are 100% disabled you can double dip and also get your retirement. I did not get a my dod retirement because I was medically retired before 20 years. Am I eligible to receive both. I was told when it was retired in can only have done or the other but not both.
If you were medically retired before 20 years, they usually give you a severance check. Did you get a severance?
You would not get both because you didn’t serve 20 years you only getting 1 paycheck either Army or VA depends who Rating higher but if you get less than 30% from army you get several pay and not retire
Only takes 50% VA rating for CRDP where you get full retirement AND VA comp if you qualified for retirement pay. This video makes it sound like you need a 100% VA rating. Please correct.
I will clarify in another video thank you
I just got turned down by VA BVA Washington DC
You had a lawyer?
what was reason @STANLEY DAVID THOMAS?
Does new budget do away all benefits
No thank goodness
I applied for DIC and penions my husband broked both my jaws and he died and I appied we never divorce we never divorced we were separated we steer married 39 years I buried him he died I contact the VA they denied me d i c and pensions and I don't understand can you please help me
You were married but never divorced and no living together when he died. VA benefits belong to the Vet but can pass to the spouse in certain circumstances. Depending on when he served you may be entitled to Pension. Was he receiving compensation on his death? WHen did he die?
i thought u don't have to rate 100% to get dis pay and retirement
Rule change you are correct
My comment is if somebody is at 80% but getting paid at 100% what is the deal with that
Thanks but I don't have enough facts to comment
Dosen't work in California
Nothing works in California
That direct hire for 100% DA vets is some BS!
Anything the government promises iss BS and there are ways around it. So I agree with you
Phone number does not work.
this guy about the "click bait".. other veterans channels on RUclips that are waaay better than these law agencies.
Im not a law agency. If you think what I am doing is easy why don't you start your own channel? That way you can get keyboard warriors such as yourself criticizing you!
Not in the phillipines
Thank you
OH
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Covering this?: Proposed 22% budget cut to VA!!!!!
Our rates will remain the same.
No viewable information
No moo moo's at
I'm sorry, you are from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Green's State? Trust for this combat Veteran and Infantry Training NCO is hard to come by... electing her is all I need to hear from ANYONE in that state ... sorry
Well I didn't vote for her