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AGE* RATE** 75 77 80 82 86
90-over
5.8% 6.2% 6.8% 7.2% 8.0% 9.0%
* PVA’s minimum age requirement is 75 for all paticipants.
**One life rates (subject to change)
ACharitable Gift Annuity with the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) is one of the most rewarding invest- ments 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 benefi ciary can rely on fixed monthly,
or quarterly 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 represen tation of individuals with spinal cord injury or disease.
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1-800-424-8200, ext. 600 •
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Atomic Veterans There was one group [of Air Force personnel omitted from “Welcome to the Atomic Age” September 2012]. … We were called nuclear insertion officers. And some of us, very few, were assigned to “bomb- on-site” locations on B-52 or B-48 bases. Our job was to place, wear- ing a very heavy rubber glove, the cobalt ball in the center of atomic weapons that were to be fully armed. We had to do this either in a bomb-on-site shack next to a run- way with a bomber ready to leave on a mission or in flight in the bomb bay of the aircraft. In either situ- ation, we were … exposed to high radiation levels. I was assigned to the 8th Air Force
at Westover AFB, Mass. I did this for the first three years of my Air Force career, [from] 1954-57. … Now I am suffering from an extremely rare bone marrow cancer. … And I have the onset of the early stages of Par- kinson’s disease. I originally filed my claim with
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the VA in August 2010. I have just been awarded 100-percent disabil- ity and have already received two months’ compensation. My advice to my fellow vets is to
be persistent [and] patient and seek out an advocate (e.g., the VA, the American Legion, etcetera). —Col. Peter N. Micale III, USAF-Ret. San Angelo, Texas
TRICARE Fee Confusion The September 2012 Military Of- ficer magazine, page 34 [Washington Scene], says “The new law limited the Prime fee hike for next year to 3.6 percent — the same rate as the 2012 COLA.” While I appreciate MOAA’s ef- forts to limit TRICARE hikes, my
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