It's been a while since I dealt with this, but here's the way it worked then...


From a Reserve perspective, you can claim and be awarded significant disability from AD and still drill as a SELRES. The only catch is that you are not allowed to receieve disability pay while drilling...you must voluntarily forgo it. Once you are done drilling, you can then collect your monthly disability.

However, I would not want to have a registered VA disability and then try to claim perfect health to the FAA and/or airlines...like someone said, there is federal prison time at stake here.

Someone who is serious about the airlines might want to consider not claiming a disability immediately. I think you can wait a year after release from AD to file without getting resistance to your claim. Technically, there is no time limit, but years down the road the VA will resist the claim I think.

Also, just because the FAA is OK with your disability does not mean that all airlines will be.