For soldiers who have done their duty for their country, the division of Veteran Affairs offers some types of disability benefits. But not all Va benefits are created equal-- the benefits you receive for your disability claim will vary from someone to person. The Va uses eight "priority groups" to decide which benefits you will receive, with "1" being the top priority and "8" the lowest (as of 2003, no new veterans are enrolled into group 8). Your priority group depends entirely on your disability and how it first occurred (service-connected or non-service-connected), your financial situation, and your current level of disability.
Since whether or not a disability is service-connected or non-service-connected can have a great supervene on the benefits you will receive, it's important to have a good comprehension of the exact requirements for each of these two types of benefits.
The Requirements for Non-service-Connected Benefits
A veteran who suffers from a total and permanent disability qualifies for non-Service-connected benefits. Qualifying for non-service-connected benefits can also be dependent on a few other issues:
o Income- Eligibility is based on a veteran having both a puny earnings and a net worth that does not contribute enough maintenance. To get more facts on earnings eligibility requirements, please see 38 U.S.C.S. §§1521-22.
o service - To reach eligibility for a non-service-connected pension, a veteran must have one day or more of active duty in a "period of war", with at least 90 days total active duty. However, for a veteran who entered forces service after 1980, the service requirement is naturally to have completed a full period of active duty. Specifically, a veteran who was enrolled for the fist time after (or on) Sept. 8, 1980 will need to have completed a minimum service period, which should estimate to whether twenty-four continuous months of active duty or the entire period that personel was called for to active duty. Additionally, the veteran must have active service that includes a total of ninety days while one or more periods of war; ninety or more consecutive days, one day of which is while a period of war; or at least one day of wartime service that results in a removal for service-connected disability.
o Discharge- To be eligible for benefits from the division of Veteran Affairs, your removal from the forces needs to have been under non-dishonorable circumstances.
Service-Connected Benefits Requirements
Eligibility for service-connected benefits, differently from non-service-connected benefits, is not dependent on a veteran having done wartime service or meeting a net worth or earnings level. Rather, you will be required to prove the source and current condition of your disability using:
o Evidence of current disability- As service-connected disability benefits are only available to those with current disabilities, the first things applicants must do is contribute a current prognosis of their disability using new curative records.
o Substantiation of the disability or injury's occurrence Veterans applying for service-connected benefits must next contribute evidence that their current disability was whether incurred while or worsened by forces service. Veterans should keep in mind, though, that the Va uses the term "in-service" broadly, also together with injuries that occurred while leave.
o maintain of the association between the current disability and the service-connected injury- This requires that applicants give evidence of a association between the injury incurred in service and the current disability.
Service-Connected and Non-service-Connected Benefits For Veterans
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