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Linville Land Harbor North Carolina Mountain Getaway Linville Land Harbor Offers a Wide Range of Housing OpportunitiesSignature Homes, Cottages, Park Models, RV Sites, and Undeveloped Lots. WELCOME? [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 49] • 704-Acre Private Community • 48-Acre Lake • Trout -Stocked River • Par 69 Mountain Golf Course • Tennis • Scenic Blue Ridge Parkway • Clubhouse With Scheduled Activities • Heated Outdoor Swimming Pool • Nearby Ski Slopes • Canoeing, Kayaking For details, call toll free 1-888-909-8333 or visit us at www.linvillelandharbor.com Tired Of Low Returns On Your Savings? A Charitable Gift Annuity with the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) is one of the most rewarding investments you can make. # Now is an ideal time to consider the unique tax beneﬁts and security of guaranteed payments offered by a PVA Charitable Gift Annuity. # Your gift annuity of at least $25,000 ensures that PVA can continue its work. In the meantime, you or your chosen beneﬁciary can rely on ﬁxed quarterly or semiannual payments for life. There are various options you can choose to best meet your family’s needs. The table at left shows you the payment rates you can expect. Give us the opportunity to show you the return you’ll get from helping others. # PVA is the only congressionally chartered veterans organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of individuals with spinal cord injury or disease. Call for more information on the Paralyzed Veterans of America Charitable Gift Annuity AGE* RATE** 75 7.3% 77 7.6 80 8.3 82 8.8 86 10.1 90-over 11.5 * PVA’s minimum age requirement is 75. ** One life rates (subject to change) exposure to combat injuries. The disability retirement rate for the Navy was nearly three times higher than the Army’s (see “Disability Retirement Disparity,” page 49), feeding perceptions that disability ratings for soldiers seriously wounded in combat are being lowballed to save the government money. MOAA strongly believes servicemembers with signiﬁcant, lifelong, service-caused disabilities should be retired rather than separated with no military beneﬁts. There must be a common rating standard that accounts for all service-connected disabilities and provides a fair compensation and beneﬁt package commensurate with the level of disability. DoD should retain wounded servicemembers on active duty until their disabling condition is stabilized, rather than expediting separation and shifting the responsibility for care to the VA. The process of assigning disability ratings is too important to be left to ﬁve independent agencies (the four services and the VA). The services need to be the arbiters of what conditions render a soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine unﬁt for continued service, but the percentage disability rating should be determined by the VA, and the VA system must be made as uniform as possible across all agencies. MOAA is encouraged DoD and VA leaders appear to be leaning toward that same conclusion and already are engaged in building a process for expedited VA disability determinations while wounded servicemembers are still in service. 1 (800) 424-8200 ext. 600 • www.pva.org Family caregiver assistance The unprecedented quality and rapid delivery of battleﬁeld health care, along with the widespread use of body armor and other protective equipment, means unprecedented Please remember the Paralyzed Veterans of America in your will. 70 MILITARY OFFICER OCTOBER 2007 http://www.linvillelandharbor.com http://www.linvillelandharbor.com http://www.pva.org http://www.pva.org

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Military Officer - October 2007 Contents From the Editor From the President Your Views MOAA Directory Rapid Fire Washington Scene Financial Forum Ask the Doctor Chapter Activities Cover Story: A Hero's Welcome? Partners in Patriotism Tales from Beyond the Battlefield Financial Results of MOAA Pages of History Information Exchange Faces of MOAA Member Books MOAA Scholarship Donors Advertising Index MOAA Member Services MOAA Calendar Sounding Taps Encore

Military Officer - October 2007

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