For a bit of information. During the deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq guard and reservists were deployed right along beside of active duty service members. It was not voluntary. So anyone that joins a guard or reserve unit thinking I will not have to deploy better thank twice. Roughly 45 percent for forces deployed to the war on terror were guard and reserve members with about 18 percent of the casualties from guard and reserve units. So the general statement they are not veterans does not apply.
Also some where activated to active status to replace spots deployed in some units. My husband was in the army for around a year, maybe less, about and never left the US and from what he says he got an honorable discharge for mental health issues and he is on SS disability and turns 65 this year but has no paperwork and can barely tell me anything now…where do I even begin to see if he can get benefits since he can give me hardly any information??
You might be amazed how much info is publicly releasable about any servicemember. You will know his type of discharge, where he served, duty stations, awards, training, combat, other things, but not medical information. Sometimes they are co-located with the VA offices. Thank you. Sincere Condolences for your loss. Only individuals who actually served themselves are the actual veteran. Thanks for his years of service and bless you. The answer, unless you have served, is no.
Earnestine, you are considered a surviving spouse and a dependent of the veteran. Because Its a federal offense and your opening a can of worms. I have an uncle like that but i let him live his fantasy and i even go along with it. If he says YES, then he is a veteran.
If he says NO, well then he is not a veteran. How can my brother found out his status when he spent three months in the Navy? He was discharge with an honorable discharge? Plainly put your veteranship hinges upon Law, just as everything else in this country, sadly without the straight you are not a veteran. Just as the National Guard in the Gulf Ops, was there for days, does not qualify for veteran benefits.
You are a veteran if you are on active duty less then 2 years honorably discharged because of a metal condition that has happened. My question is what about a person that is decorated with less then 2 years in the awful timing of or after?. I have read that you are but it could be outdated. I was in 1 year 23 days, 80 to I have a dd and honorable conditions discharge. Is it because of the date of my service that disqualified me from Vet status? Tried to explain to brother than more than just front liners are war veterans.
He has DD for my dad but refuses to show or share. He has written my moms obituary and refused to acknowledge my dads service to our great country. Thank you all in advance. Any advice is greatly appreciated. You can contact the VA and request his records. If you father served in Korea anytime between about and he is a korean war vet according to law.
However what your brother should keep in mind is that if your father served in Korea at all after he would still be eligable to join the VFW. Why you ask because the korean war never ended and there was fighting going on all the way up into the 60s. Now if you father served in the US only he would be a veteran of the korean war era. But not a korean war veteran. So never went into Army read that In DEP your concidered active reserve if so are any of Military services or benefits offered to a person in light of my statements regaring my Question Thanks..
If someone entered basic training but was given a medical discharged before training was complete, does mot count as veteran, correct? I ask because this is a question that has been posed to me by a friend whose husband was in this situation.
I did not think it met the definition but thought I would verify. Thank you all for your service and thank you for having this question site!
I understand that such an individual, who should have received a disability discharge, would be considered a veteran for having a service-connected disability. If the service member becomes disabled because of their time in the service, there is no minimum length of service to qualify for VA benefits.
What is the difference between a combat, war, or peacetime veteran? Combat Veteran. Every service member who meets the active duty requirement is a veteran, but combat veterans and war veterans are entitled to additional VA benefits other veterans do not receive.
War Veteran. A war veteran is one who served on foreign soil in an area where combat is occurring and who served in support of combat troops. Peacetime Veteran. Peacetime veterans comprise still another category; those are troops who served during peacetime and were not sent to a combat area.
Are the Reserves and National Guard Veterans? National Guard and Reserve members will have veterans status and be eligible for VA benefits if they: Deployed on federal active duty for at least days, and Received a discharge that was higher than dishonorable or bad conduct, OR Served at least 20 years, and Received a discharge that was higher than dishonorable or bad conduct. Active duty service means full-time duty.
For Reservists and National Guard members, they must have been called up to active duty for federal purposes. Federal service includes periods during which a National Guard member is ordered into federal service by the President or to perform specified training exercises. A Reservist or National Guard member may also be considered on active duty for training in certain circumstances.
However, there are two types of discharges that the VA will automatically consider to be a certain type of discharge:. The first is a dishonorable discharge because such a discharge can only be issued by a general court-martial, which is a statutory bar to benefits. The second is an entry-level separation administrative discharge, which is a discharge under conditions other than dishonorable and qualifies the person as veteran.
Instead, you must look to whether there is either a statutory or regulatory bar to benefits. There are six statutory bars to benefits. If a person was discharged for one of the statutory bars, he or she is not eligible for VA benefits even if his or her discharge is characterized by the military as honorable or under honorable conditions. Note that there is an exception to the bar to benefits for AWOL.
There are also regulatory bars to benefits that apply under certain circumstances. Note that these regulatory bars do not apply to individuals who received an honorable discharge, a general discharge, or a discharge under honorable conditions.
Note that a person who receives an undesirable discharge or other than honorable discharge that is subject to a regulatory bar is still entitled to VA health care for a disability that was incurred or aggravated during service. Coronavirus updates: To keep up with the latest from Penn State about the global coronavirus outbreak, visit the Coronavirus information website.
There is no minimum number of days a student must have served on active duty to be considered a veteran. However, periods of active duty for training, pursuant to an enlistment in the National Guard or Reserves, do not qualify a student as a veteran.
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