Monday, August 1, 2011

my husband is getting a medical retirement from the army..i have questions?

my husband has combat related injuries from his afghanistan deployment and is now starting his medical discharge. His ETS date or (date he was already getting out) is july 16th, basically we have not yet been enrolled in dental insurance through his tricare and now that we need to be they say he doesnt have a year left so they wont accept us! he was going to re enlist but cant because they are medboarding him and i dont think that it is his fault for getting blown up while deployed!!! then i went on the website and tried to enroll as not being in the military and they said they dont accept aplications from TN yet.....i mean we need a really good dental insurance thats why i wanted to stick with the military one but looks like getting injured and kicked out because of it gets you crap out of luck! anyway, does anyone know if we keep our same medical insurance after this med bored is over? he is going to get 80% if that helps for thoes of you who know about this if anyone could at least give me some names of really good dental insurance companies that would be helpful. thank you very much for taking the time to read all this.
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Is he being discharged or retired? There is a big difference between them in what will be offered to you by the military and VA. If he is being retired then you have hte option of Delta Dental program that is around $125 or so a month for the whole family. It might also be an option for him if he is getting medically discharged but not necessarily you. Tricare Dental Program is what is offered to those families of AD personnel. But as he is being med boarded it will not be an option right now. He can get some coverage through the VA as well. What you might want to do is go to Family Service Center and ask for some information on programs that they have and what you are eligible for with him being discharged above 80%. If he is retired then you can keep Tricare, base privledges/access as well. They can also offer what is called a TAPS class where it will give you a lot of information as well.
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