Is it true if you have a 30% service connected disability that you are authorized to have an id card?

I've heard from other veterans with service connected disability that they dropped the percentage of 100% to 30% for those veterans to get an id card. If it is true what paperwork do I need to take with me to receive my id card.

Is it true if you have a 30% service connected disability that you are authorized to have an id card?
talk to your VA rep.
Reply:If by ID card you mean an Armed Forces ID card, then Yes. If you are an active duty servicemember and receive a service connected diability you are eligible to placed on the Temporary Duty Retired List (TDRL). Once placed on TDRL you are entitled to all the benefits of a retiree including an ID card (and 75% of base pay). You can only stay on TDRL for 5 years and are evaluated every 18 months. If you're condition improves you can be taken off the retired list or if it stays the same you can be transferred to the Permanent Disability Retired List (PDRL). Once on PDRL you're on it for life and are like any other military retiree (now pay is 50%).





Now this is all if you are currently active duty. If you've already left the service and the rating is coming from the VA, then you're 30% rating simply places you on a higher priority list at the VA as far as medical care goes. It also entitles you to some compensation...but you don;t get any ID card as you've already been separated from the military. The Department of VEteran's Affairs is completely separate from DoD and it is not uncommon for people to leave the military and then go the the VA to get "rated." If you've spent any time in the military, you have probably incurred som injury that the VA will give you credit for and even compensate you. But to maintain a Armed Forces ID card, you actually have to beseparated from the military based on your disability and the diability rating must come from the service itself and not the VA m(although after being discharged you can certainly go to the VA and se f they rate you higher - often the case).