Marines who are wounded while serving in a combat zone may continue to receive the same pay and entitlements they had overseas when transported stateside for treatment. Reserve Marines who are injured or fall ill while on active duty also have options to remain on active duty for treatment. Other benefits depend on the severity of the need and ability to care for one’s self once released from hospital care. Not all recovering Marines will need the same degree of assistance, and therefore, not all Marines will receive the same benefits. The qualifications for these benefits can be complicated. It’s best to gather as much information as possible from your Recovery Care Coordinator and use the Wounded Warrior Regiment fact sheet library to help you decipher the different benefits. The regiment also has experts on hand to help answer your questions.
Benefits and Services
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Pay or Entitlement
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Description
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Contact
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Concurrent Retirement DisabilityPayments (CRDP)
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CRDPallows militaryretirees to receive both military retiredpay and Veterans Affairs(VA)compensation.?
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800-321-1080
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Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC)
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CRSCis a monthlycompensation that replaces a portion of the Department ofVeteran Affairs (VA)disability offset for those retirees with acombat-related disability.
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877-366-2772
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Individual Travel Orders (ITOs)
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ITOscan authorize up to three individuals
to travel to the bedside of very seriously ill (VSI) or seriouslyill (SI) inpatients. The Marine CorpsCasualty Branch is the ITOissuing authority; Nonmedical Attendant orders are authorizedwhen aMarine is in an inpatient or outpatient status and adoctordetermines it is necessary to have someoneassist with the activitiesof daily living. The Marine’sparent command or WWR is theorder issuing authority.
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703-784-3694
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Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily
Living (SCAADL)
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SCAADLis a taxable special monthly compensationforservicemembers who incur a permanentcatastrophic injury orillness, paid directly to theservicemember to offset the loss ofincome by aprimary caregiver.
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703-784-3694
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Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI) &Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI)
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SGLIis available to servicemembers on active duty and ready reservists; VGLIis available to those insured under SGLI who are being released from active duty or drilling assignment, or those insured under the SGLI Disability extension.
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1-800-419-1473
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TRICARE Medical / Dental
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TRICARE is a family of health plans for the militaryhealth systemthat are designed to meet the needsof service members andtheir families based onlocation and status (active duty, reserves,or retired).
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1-800-874-2273
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Traumatic Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (TSGLI)
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TSGLI providestraumatically injuredservicemembers funds to meet immediate,postinjury financial needs.
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TSGLI Office
1-877-216-0825
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