Why am I not getting veterans's benefits?

[Ray9]

In 1966 I went and took my Army physical and they said I cannot see out of my left eye. I said ok, I am 4-F right? They said no, we are classifying you 1-Y.

Selective Service System Classifications for WWI, WWII, and PWWII through 1976

www.cufon.org

Essentially, they put me in the system and told me to wait until I was called. So I did that from 1966 to about 1973 when they reclassifed me 4-F. I was available for military for all those years. I was not hiding somewhere. Can I get some benefits? A couple of vets I workout in the gym with told me to go for it.

 

[Rambunctious]

In 1966 I went and took my Army physical and they said I cannot see out of my left eye. I said ok, I am 4-F right? They said no, we are classifying you 1-Y.

Selective Service System Classifications for WWI, WWII, and PWWII through 1976

www.cufon.org

Essentially, they put me in the system and told me to wait until I was called. So I did that from 1966 to about 1973 when they reclassifed me 4-F. I was availabe for military for all those years. I was not hiding somewhere. Can I get some benefits? A couple of vets I workout in the gym with told me to go for it.

Not if you have never served in uniform....

 

[Ray9]

Not if you have never served in uniform....

Thank you for your service. This is kind of tongue in cheek.

 

[Sunni Man]

Can I get some benefits? A couple of vets I workout in the gym with told me to go for it.

No

 

[rightwinger]

So you are claiming anyone who was not drafted is a veteran?

 

[Rambunctious]

To receive military benefits you must be sworn into one of the branches of our military or reserves.... and you must honor the contract you signed with the government.... or you don't get shit.... but it won't hurt to try I guess.... hell Biden is handing out money like crazy....

 

[konradv]

In 1966 I went and took my Army physical and they said I cannot see out of my left eye. I said ok, I am 4-F right? They said no, we are classifying you 1-Y.

Selective Service System Classifications for WWI, WWII, and PWWII through 1976

www.cufon.org

Essentially, they put me in the system and told me to wait until I was called. So I did that from 1966 to about 1973 when they reclassifed me 4-F. I was availabe for military for all those years. I was not hiding somewhere. Can I get some benefits? A couple of vets I workout in the gym with told me to go for it.

How, if you never actually served?

 

[Likkmee]

In 1966 I went and took my Army physical and they said I cannot see out of my left eye. I said ok, I am 4-F right? They said no, we are classifying you 1-Y.

Selective Service System Classifications for WWI, WWII, and PWWII through 1976

www.cufon.org

Essentially, they put me in the system and told me to wait until I was called. So I did that from 1966 to about 1973 when they reclassifed me 4-F. I was available for military for all those years. I was not hiding somewhere. Can I get some benefits? A couple of vets I workout in the gym with told me to go for it.

You'll need level 2 of socialist gymnasiums. Try 4H

 

[okfine]

In 1966 I went and took my Army physical and they said I cannot see out of my left eye. I said ok, I am 4-F right? They said no, we are classifying you 1-Y.

Selective Service System Classifications for WWI, WWII, and PWWII through 1976

www.cufon.org

Essentially, they put me in the system and told me to wait until I was called. So I did that from 1966 to about 1973 when they reclassifed me 4-F. I was available for military for all those years. I was not hiding somewhere. Can I get some benefits? A couple of vets I workout in the gym with told me to go for it.

Only if you were sworn in.

 

[okfine]

Only if you were sworn in.

And got the jab!

 

[Ray9]

These vets I workout with have no love for the military. My dad was a WW2 vet and he was getting a small benefit for Malaria he got in the Phillipines, Australia, or New Guinea. Then the benefits stopped. They said there was a big fire that destroyed all the records. The woman at the Veterans Administration told us he had four Bronze Stars and they don't give those away like trinkets. He never talked about it.

 

[JoeMoma]

Thank you for your service. This is kind of tongue in cheek.

The "tongue in cheek" didn't work well for this one.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

In 1966 I went and took my Army physical and they said I cannot see out of my left eye. I said ok, I am 4-F right? They said no, we are classifying you 1-Y.

Selective Service System Classifications for WWI, WWII, and PWWII through 1976

www.cufon.org

Essentially, they put me in the system and told me to wait until I was called. So I did that from 1966 to about 1973 when they reclassifed me 4-F. I was available for military for all those years. I was not hiding somewhere. Can I get some benefits? A couple of vets I workout in the gym with told me to go for it.

Find your local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans and ask them what they think.

The DAV Service Officer who assisted my late husband in being granted his disability is an angel. They are men who work their asses off to get every Vet the benefits they deserve.

Good luck.

 

[Sunni Man]

They are men who work their asses off to get every Vet the benefits they deserve.

The operative word here is "Vet"... (veteran)
If a person was never sworn into the military, they are Not a veteran.
Case closed. ...

 

[night_son]

In 1966 I went and took my Army physical and they said I cannot see out of my left eye. I said ok, I am 4-F right? They said no, we are classifying you 1-Y.

Selective Service System Classifications for WWI, WWII, and PWWII through 1976

www.cufon.org

Essentially, they put me in the system and told me to wait until I was called. So I did that from 1966 to about 1973 when they reclassifed me 4-F. I was available for military for all those years. I was not hiding somewhere. Can I get some benefits? A couple of vets I workout in the gym with told me to go for it.

So, you've never served in any branch active, reserve, or national guard? That right? Whether or not you're joking, you get no benefits. Sorry, Charlie . . .

 

[whitehall]

I'm still waiting for my enlistment bonus.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

The operative word here is "Vet"... (veteran)
If a person was never sworn into the military, they are Not a veteran.
Case closed. ...

I guess the statement "They put me in the system" just flummoxed me. Oh, well.

 

[Ray9]

First of all, I am very grateful to those who went to Vietnam which is exctly where I would have gone. But my argument is one of semantics. They did not reject me outright and let me off the hook. They put me on the bench like a second stringer. The coach never put me in the game even though I was available to play unlike a 4-F reject. I think I could make a good legal argument to get some benefits because I showed up for that physical.

I remember talking to a Major who was doctor at the end of the very long day I took my Army physical. He me told I could enlist in a non-combat unit but he recommended I not do that. He said I would likely end up with a gun in my hand anyway. And he told to never go for a medic because they were just targets. He said go home, you will always be at the bottom of the lottery.

By the way, I am in a rotating program that drives vets to appointments-a seventy-mile drive to the VA hospital. I get mileage and meals for doing it.

 

[Mushroom]

In 1966 I went and took my Army physical and they said I cannot see out of my left eye. I said ok, I am 4-F right? They said no, we are classifying you 1-Y.

Essentially, they put me in the system and told me to wait until I was called.

Wow, what a load of crap.

Guess what, bubba? Even if you were "4-F", you were still in the system.

And for those that are not aware of what "1-Y" is, it means only qualified in time of war or national emergency. And even if called in for that purpose, such an individual would not serve in a combat capacity, but somewhere stateside to free up somebody that can serve in combat.

Of course, those in 1-Y status were never called up, so the entire point is moot.

But if you wanted to enlist, there are ways around that. I separated from the Marines with an RE-3P (physical disability). Yet was still later to join the Army.

But to get benefits, you have to have at least served in uniform for at least 90 days. Unless you were injured during training to a degree that you were separated.