Music67
Distinguished member
- Joined
- May 19, 2014
- Messages
- 246
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 08/2014
- Country
- US
- State
- Washington
- City
- Bellingham
(I have to say at the start of this here that my heart goes out to EVERYONE at this forum and am praying for you all - and me - everyday. And I have seen big prayers answered !)
I was at the local VA hospital for the usual 3-month checkup clinic (I think these clinics help the staff in their research more than they help us) as I currently have been diagnosed with "flailing arm" ALS. (I'm still going to talk to doctors at a private hospital on the 20th about an ivig which is supposedly still on the table there)
Anyway, while there I applied for veterans disability benefits which, if you have ALS, is considered 100% - and well in the 4 figures for a monthly stipend - tax-free. The funny thing is that even if you got ALS 40 yrs after your discharge it is still considered service-related which ups the amount you receive. This is because they have found servicemen have up to a 60% higher chance of getting ALS so they are connecting the contacting of the disease to the event of actually being in the service.
I was at the local VA hospital for the usual 3-month checkup clinic (I think these clinics help the staff in their research more than they help us) as I currently have been diagnosed with "flailing arm" ALS. (I'm still going to talk to doctors at a private hospital on the 20th about an ivig which is supposedly still on the table there)
Anyway, while there I applied for veterans disability benefits which, if you have ALS, is considered 100% - and well in the 4 figures for a monthly stipend - tax-free. The funny thing is that even if you got ALS 40 yrs after your discharge it is still considered service-related which ups the amount you receive. This is because they have found servicemen have up to a 60% higher chance of getting ALS so they are connecting the contacting of the disease to the event of actually being in the service.