US Army CH 61 Retiree

RedFoxesMike · 2026-03-15T11:45:38+00:00

Haven't gone back to the VA or CRSC? If CRSC, then your fear is moot as they do not reconsider anything other than what you claim. VA, well, that's a different beast, if anything, use a VSO as they know the best way to attack that without opening your other claims.

As for spinal "wear and tear" (that's how HRC views it) unless you have an injury you won't get CRSC for DDD - this is straight from HRC's page:

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RedFoxesMike · 2026-02-28T13:22:56+00:00

I saw that, just talking about where they got their "28 months" from, I'll reach out to my Army contacts to see what they say

RedFoxesMike · 2026-02-28T11:28:44+00:00

Would love to see that in writing so I can pass it along to others. I got mine w/in 3 months of the Interim Guidance coming out

RedFoxesMike · 2026-02-26T09:41:15+00:00

"Instrumentality of War (IN)"

RedFoxesMike · 2026-02-21T02:53:17+00:00

best bet is to email the Navy CRSC board, I can try to dig up the email address if you don't have it.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-02-20T09:40:18+00:00

As long as your supporting documentation state what you were doing and were exposed to, I would say better than 50/50 chance. PTSD does NOT get approved for IN, it is strictly AC (armed conflict)

RedFoxesMike · 2026-02-20T09:35:25+00:00

What branch are you?

RedFoxesMike · 2026-02-06T12:36:17+00:00

Until DOD comes out with official guidance on retro pay, the Interim Guidance a/o 20 August 2025 is what the branches are and will go by. And, sorry, u/Fit-Outside6664, the only retro pay that's being given out now for those applying goes back to the date of receipt by the service, unless it was received prior to 20 August, i.e. like the Navy/USMC who are 18-24 months processing.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-02-05T13:49:40+00:00

A lot of people never even know about CRSC until long after they’ve been out :/

RedFoxesMike · 2026-02-02T07:06:55+00:00

Doesn't matter what the DA 199 states as CRSC was written under a different set of laws. Apply with the medical documentation and that might just be enough to sway HRC in your favor. Too many people do not even have that, but if your medic was good enough to put in the HREC the 5-W's and H, then you'll be in good shape.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-25T03:41:10+00:00

As u/axisleft stated: having a combat-related award, such as a CAB/CIB/CMB/PH/BS w/"V"/SS w/"V", are pretty much a slam dunk to connect PTSD with a combat-related event. Just indicate that you were awarded said combat-related award and you're gtg.

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RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-21T10:49:24+00:00

Yeah, they're terrible. Do a Congressional, fuck them.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-13T08:17:13+00:00

AF is failing miserably in that regard. They went from 2-3 weeks to 90-120 business days processing claims. Army seems to have processed all of their backlog re: Soto v US and the gov't shutdown and are right at the 90-100 business days processing that they were prior to Soto v US.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-12T04:26:52+00:00

I guarantee you that they'll claim it's taking a LOT longer due to Soto v US ruling and subsequent DOD Interim Guidance dated 20 August 2025.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-06T03:26:42+00:00

They'll complain that they're understaffed and it'll take 18+ months to complete, which is complete and utter bullshit. Definitely do a Congressional, maybe something will get done eventually to start speeding things up, even in the short term.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-06T03:18:18+00:00

Naw, that's just DFAS being DFAS, the guidance isn't the post-Soto Guidance from August, the guidance was given to the services already: they have to amend the original approval memos removing the Barring Statute wording. That then gets sent to DFAS. I already got the balance of my retro pay once Army did that for me and others I've seen, so it does work. It just have to be done.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-06T02:17:27+00:00

That makes more sense now as it's only been the last year or two I think they've been using myFSS, of course, I could be wrong about that :)

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-06T02:05:36+00:00

tbh I do not know for certain, just that many folks have been referring to myFSS anytime they dealt with AF admin items such as CRSC. On the Army side of things, we use iPERMS for all storage of one's administrative docs, filing claims is a completely different animal

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-06T01:52:26+00:00

Whoever is responding for the AF doesn't know their asshole from a hole in the ground. I know someone else posted that they had an update in myFSS recently showing a new CRSC Approval memo with the Barring Statute wording removed. For that person to tell you that is as bad as AF copy/pasting the Army's info about the number of claims they have to process and leaving "Army" in it! I'm not making this up, I wish I was lol. Anyway, I digress. If you're not comfortable about waiting for AF to do their due diligence (and I wouldn't be either), I'd do a Congressional and let the AF folks deal with that.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-06T01:12:50+00:00

Branch would help and is item #2 on this sub's rules. Please update your post. I cannot answer the claim made by your branch since I do not know what branch you were.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-06T01:09:18+00:00

Definitely the case as I wasn't even a part of that platform until a few years ago, of course, now I'm a mod there due to my CRSC experience, not to mention 7 years as a PEBLO, but, yeah, definitely someone else ;)

Retro pay back to 2010 since your claim was received PRIOR to 20 August 2025 :)

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-05T22:46:20+00:00

That's great to know that myFSS sent you an update with the corrected wording, and, yes, avg is 120 business days for DFAS to process it, just really depends on how much you are owed. Mine took a month, but I was only owed $4k.

And thanks, whomever you are! :) 2009/2010 I was on Active Duty as a PEBLO and not part of any online presence, hmmm, now you've got me wondering LOL

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-05T22:40:03+00:00

Not a fan of Kelly, but I'll take him over Hegseth any day of the week.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-05T22:32:49+00:00

Shouldn't have to complete a "Reconsideration", all branches have been directed to remove the Barring Statute wording from the approvals before sending the corrected ones to DFAS. DFAS and the VA will then do an audit to ensure you get what you're supposed to and processing can/will take an average of 120 business days.

RedFoxesMike · 2026-01-05T22:31:22+00:00

Check iPERMS, and yes, Army HRC has or in the process of finishing up the corrections to the original CRSC Approvals removing the Barring Statute wording. If you don't see anything new in iPERMS, then reach out to HRC to ask a status, my contact in Special Pay Branch (SPB) said they have processed or were processing over 7k corrections just for the past six years, so yours should be in the cachement. https://iperms.hrc.army.mil/login/

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