| Compton: Applications available for California school fee waivers By George Compton This office has been receiving a lot of questions about California Fee Waiver applications. For those students who are currently using the fee waiver, letters with a new application and instructions are being mailed at this time. New students should contact this office at 385-6366, and we will forward an application. Q. I am rated 10 percent service-connected disabled by the VA. I recently received a bill from the VA for a visit to a doctor at the VA hospital in West Los Angeles. Should I be charged for medical treatment? A. With your disability rating you should not be charged for inpatient or outpatient visits to the VA. You can be charged for prescriptions for non-service-connected conditions. Anytime you are treated, remind the doctor that you are service-connected so they can check that block on your computer medical record. Also contact the clinic in Oxnard to make sure you are being carried as service-connected in the VA Medical System. If the clinic cannot resolve the problem, this office will contact the VA. Q. I was incarcerated for nine months, and before I was incarcerated I was granted a non-service-connected pension. While I was incarcerated my pension was stopped. Can I apply for back payment? A. Pension stops on the 61st day of imprisonment for conviction of a felony or misdemeanor. Upon release, your pension can start again from that date and you will get back pay from that date until you start receiving your pay, but there is no back pay for the time you were imprisoned. Q. In one of your recent columns you answered a question about a foreign medal. Can you explain how to receive replacement U.S. medals? A. Veterans can have a one-time replacement of their medals by the service in which he or she served. This office will assist you in providing required information and getting your request to the proper location. A copy of your discharge document will usually provide most of the data. This process can take up to one year so it is a good time to get started. — George Compton, retired Army colonel, is the veterans service officer for the County of Ventura, Human Services Agency. Send your questions to Veterans Service Office, 1701 Pacific Ave., Suite 110, Oxnard, CA 93033; phone number: 385-6366; fax: 385-6371; or e-mail: George.Compton@ventura.org. —— MilitaryConnection.com is a portal of all things military. We have thousands of pages and hundreds of databases of valuable information and resources. There is something for everyone. All of this is provided free to users. Additionally, we feature all types of Press Releases like this one to keep you informed. We will post your press releases, special events, newsletters, professional conferences and seminars, reunions, job fairs, and videos to help organizations get out the word. One of the areas of our focus is connecting candidates from the military community with outstanding government and civilian employers. We are well aware that candidates from the military community across the board have a work ethic second to none. They make highly valued employees. MilitaryConnection.com has a multitude of employment resources including a Directory of over 30,000 employers, Job Tips, Columns, our Job Board, Virtual Job Fair and much more. We understand the importance of education. Please check out our new Scholarship Directory featuring thousands of scholarships. When the next tour is back home, it’s on MilitaryConnection.com. |