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A service-connected disability rating routes you toward VR&E. Active-duty service alone routes you toward the GI Bill. Here’s how the two actually compare, and combine.
A veteran buying his first home was quoted a funding fee that would have added over $6,000 to his loan – a disability compensation claim he hadn’t finished filing could have erased it completely.
A veteran with a 50% rating and a 30% rating assumed his combined disability rating would be 80% – the VA’s own math puts it at 70%, and it isn’t an error.
A wartime veteran who needs regular help with daily activities may qualify for up to $34,488 a year in VA pension money that most eligible veterans never apply for.