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VA Service-Connected Claims and IDES. Lynda Hurley VBA Officer-In-Charge Walter Reed Army Medical Center & National Naval Medical Center. “To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan …” Abraham Lincoln. Disability Compensation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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VAService-Connected
Claims and IDESLynda Hurley
VBA Officer-In-Charge
Walter Reed Army Medical Center & National Naval Medical Center
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“To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan…” Abraham Lincoln
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Disability Compensation
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Establishing Service Connection
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Current Disability or Condition
Injury or Illness in Service
Nexus
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Acute & transitory illnesses Pain Age related vision changes Most dental conditions Lab results/findings
NOT Disability Examples
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IMPORTANT NOTE:IMPORTANT NOTE:Disabilities Disabilities do notdo not have to be incurred in have to be incurred in
combat or during a period of war.combat or during a period of war.
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Grant if you can;Deny if must!
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Compensation• Compensation is tax free• Establishes eligibility for other benefits• Receipt of retired pay and VA compensation
now being phased in for some retirees• Severance and Separation Pay still prohibited
in most cases• VA rating is independent of any military
rating• Extra allowance for dependents
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Related Benefits• VA Medical care for all SC conditions• $10,000 life insurance• VA loan funding fee waived• Civil Service Preference• Additional Special Monthly Compensation
added for loss of limb, organ, etc.• Automobile Grant• Automobile-Adaptive Equipment• Clothing Allowance• Special Adaptive Housing Grant
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Time LimitsNo time limit to apply for compensation.
– Apply within one year of separation --Entitlement effective from the date of retirement.
– Apply later than one year of separation --Entitlement effective from the date VA receives the claim.
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IDES Claims• DoD and VA collaboration• Reduce redundancies • Standardization Across Services (where
possible)• Reduce time to start of VA benefits
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IDES Pilot Timeline Overview Timeline Overview
Separate:•PDRL•TDRL•w/ or w/out severance
MEB PEB VA Rating TransitionTreatment
Physician assesses and treats Service
member
Service member is wounded, il, or
injuredPhysical Exam (35
days)
Case Development (30 days)
Admin and Record transit (15 days)
Informal Board (15 days)
Formal Board (30 days)
Rating Reconsideration (15
days)
Single Rating Agency
OR
Return to Duty
Seamless Transition
Admin and Record transit (15 days)
Proposed Rating (15 days)
Appeal (30 days)
Up to 1 year 80 days 120 days 45 days
Reintegrate Reintegrate or or
SeparateSeparate
DoD VA
VA benefits letter one
month following separation
Reintegrate
30 days=275 days
SeparateFinalize DES Disposition
Process to Unit or for separation VA Appeals
One Physical
Examine Rate Transition Compensate Examine Rate Compensate
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Questions?
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Lynda HurleyVBA Officer-In-Charge
Walter Reed Army Medical Center & National Naval Medical Center
• Office: 202-782-6852• Fax: 202-782-5172• Cell: 202-255-4761
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[email protected]@us.army.mil