About CRSC...

[jwtucker]

Combat Related Special Compensation!!!! I was honarbly discharged from the corps. and then i sought treatment at the VA I would like to know if a person is not "medically retired from the corps" if...

[FistFu68]

:evilgrin: WHAT DOES "CRSC" STAND FOR? :evilgrin: :iwo:

[jwtucker]

it stands for- combat related special compensation

[FistFu68]

:evilgrin: I'D GET TREATMENT FOR THIS,THEN GO TO A SERVICE ORGANAZATION "VFW" OR "DAV".I FIND THE STATE ORGANAZATION HAS VERY MUCH PULL,LIKE WHERE I LIVE NOW;WISCONSIN DEPT.OF VETERAN AFFAIRS!!!I DID NOT GO IN TO THE V.A. FOR HELP FOR A'BOUT 27 YEARS AFTER THE FACT.GOODLUCK TAKE CARE OF YOU'R BIZZ NOW.WAITING CAN LEAD TOO A ROLLERCOASTER OF A LIFE,NOT GOOD.SEMPER~FIDELIS :evilgrin: :iwo:

[oldtop]

The "short" explanation: CRSC is available for active and reserve retirees with 20 or more years of service, and for those with less than 20 years of service that were medically retired due to injury. It is only paid for those disabilities that are combat related or those caused by "simulation of war". It is not paid for disabilities incurred during the course of regular training (ie: PFT; PT; car accident, etc.)

[bootlace15]

I was just approved for mine. Not bad 37 years...........

bootlace15 out

[FistFu68]

:evilgrin: IS THIS THE SAME,AS A "PTSD" DIAGNOSIS OR CLAIM???:evilgrin::iwo:

[oldtop]

FISTFU68..No...CRSC is paid by DFAS, not the VA. It is paid for disabilities that were diagnosed by the VA that are the direct result of Combat. If you were diagnosed with PTSD, it is considered a...

[FistFu68]

:evilgrin: TOP,CAN A MARINE THAT DID 20 YRS HONORABLY,THAT GET'S HIS RETIREMENT $$$$;STILL GET COMPENSATION 4THIS AND HIS RETIREMENT $$$$ ALSO? :evilgrin: :iwo: