Jim,
Good PM--James------saw yu got married-----so congrats!!!!----James just "heard" that since I am 70% SC and 30% IU----if I cash in---my wife gets ZERO---can yu shed any light on this for me @ yur convenience---THANX a lot loyal Veteran!!!!, for what yu do.
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My wife (over 15 years now) would be interested to hear I’ve gotten married. It may be best if we don’t tell her.
You're 100%, don't think about the IU part.
Any 100% veteran who dies of the service connected disability leaves the spouse with DIC...a $1000.00 + per month benefit. Any veteran rated at 100% who dies of any other cause leaves her nothing.
That all changes when you hold your 100% for 10 uninterrupted years. After 10 years and one day of 100% you may proceed to be run over by a dump truck and she gets paid.
You may or may not want to let her in on that at 10 years.