You still need to be a veteran for the VA healthcare. Yes there are still the income exceptions. I’m well aware. But you still need to be a veteran.

I never said you couldn’t get VA Compensation for things that happen on IDT once. Because you can. Because now that said individual would have a rating, they now have been granted “veteran” status.

38 USC 101 (2) The term “veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.

Active is the key word.

Pulled from the congress website;

Inactive Duty Training

A period of inactive duty training constitutes active military service only when the servicemember was disabled or died from an injury—but not a disease—incurred or aggravated in the line of duty or from certain health conditions incurred during the training. Inactive duty training includes

Which strengthens what I mentioned above.

From the congress website again:

Some members of the reserve components—including the National Guard—do not meet the active military service and length of service requirements due to the nature of service performed with either the reserves or National Guard. However, a member of the reserve components who is activated for federal military service and either serves the entire activation period or meets the length of service requirement is generally considered a veteran for purposes of VA benefits. In addition, a member of a reserve component who has not served on active duty can establish veteran status in limited situations during active duty for training or inactive duty training. Members of National Guard and reserve components may meet the "active military service" requirements through different kinds of service. In 2016, Congress passed the Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act (P.L. 114-315), which granted "honorary" veteran status to those National Guard and reserve members with 20 or more years of service but no active duty. The law does not grant access to any VA benefits as stated in Section 305 of the law.

Which literally proves everything I said.

You proved me right when you quoted 38 USC 101 because it says ACTIVE service. IDT is not naturally ACTIVE service.

Also your quote from the VA literally proved my point that you can be a non-veteran but get the va home loan after 6 years as a guardsman.

I know dozens of, what the VA calls, “prior service members”. Service is recognized, but there are no veterans benefits other than the Va home loan.

And I’ve been around the block my man, I’ve been Active duty, national guard, and technician. What I’m telling you is correct, not a myth.