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If my daughter is forced out of the Marines before her 180 days on an admin separation will she have any rights to medical benifits from the goverment for future problems with her legs/bones if she has any?
Hi Jim,
Maybe. For many Veteran's Administration (VA) veteran's benefits, one must have a certain amount of active duty military service.
However, for medical benefits, this is not the case, if the VA determines that the medical condition is a direct result of military service.
She would have to be medically examined at a VA medical facility, and her military medical records would be examined, but if the VA determined the medical condition was a direct result of her military service (and not a pre-existing condition), she would be eligible for continued medical care through VA medical facilities, and/or monthly disability compensation. Details can be found on the VA Website at: http://www.va.gov
I highly recommend, if she is processed for discharge, that she request a photo-copy of her military medical records (those things sometimes have a habit of getting lost).
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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