Va Comp And Drill Pay

[Flatlander]

OK, so I'm at 100% IU and retired in May 2013. I just got a letter from the VA saying that I owed them for 2012 drill days and they were going to take all but $103 from my Nov check. I called the VA and AMVETs and they told me that all I could do was try to get a hearing to push back the date the money would be taken and that it all had to go at once, not payments. Anyone else ever have to deal with this? I can do payments, but $103 to live on for a month would be rough for hobo let alone a family of 6.

 

[Friday]

I don't have any experience fighting the VA for benefits, just wanted to say I hear ya, and hope you can get a hearing to push it for after Xmas if that's the only thing you can do. Even better would be if there were an end run around it.

 

[Grizzly]

Sounds like if you were supposed to be IU and for whatever reason still drilling. You owe the VA money.

The next thing, and I know this is a difficult. But I think that if I was depending on the VA I would keep at least one check worth in savings for these types of catastrophies. You never know when they could screw up of just decide to pull your funds.

 

[woodsie]

Flatlander,
The VA is doing exactly what you've stated to me this month. I think they got their dates messed up. Because E benefits says otherwise. Whatever f*ck em and the horse they rode in on. It's gonna have to be a ramen and canned corn type of month. Good luck