CIP is payable up to $430 a month. Eligible members already receiving HFP are paid $205 a month. Service Members who were medically evacuated out of a combat zone and considered “hospitalized” are entitled to CIP. For the purposes of CIP entitlement, a Wounded Warrior is considered hospitalized if he/she is admitted as an inpatient or is receiving extensive rehabilitation as an outpatient while living in quarters affiliated with the military health care system. An example of these government quarters is the Fisher house at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. CIP is a non-taxable entitlement, and there are no forms to fill out. Contact your local finance office if you believe you should be earning CIP, but currently are not.
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The hospitalized Wounded Warrior is eligible for CIP starting the month after the month of medical evacuation. For example, a member arriving on March 28 to April 2 is eligible, but a member arriving April 1 to April 29 is not eligible until May when a month has been crossed.
CIP payments for an eligible month will be made on the next month. For example, a CIP payment for February would actually be paid in March. CIP will not be prorated for the last month of payment. CIP will terminate at the end of the first month during which any of the following apply:
1. The Wounded Warrior is paid a benefit under Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI), or 30 days have passed since the member received notification of the eligibility for a TSGLI benefit.
2. Wounded Warrior is no longer “hospitalized”. For example, as no longer an inpatient in a MTF, or receiving extensive outpatient rehabilitation or “other medical care”, while living in quarters affiliated with the military health care system.
Example 1:
SGT Fox is medically evacuated from a combat zone on March 10 and transferred to Walter Reed as an outpatient living in the Mologne house. SGT Fox has not received any TSGLI notifications and is not receiving HFP. If medical treatment stops April 15, SGT Fox will be eligible for a monthly CIP payment of $430 for April.
Example 2:
SGT Fox is medically evacuated from a combat zone on March 10 and transferred to Walter Reed as an outpatient living in the Mologne house. SGT Fox has not received any TSGLI notifications and is not receiving HFP. If medical treatment stops March 29, SGT Fox will not be eligible for a monthly CIP payment because SGT Fox was not hospitalized across calendar months.
Example 3:
SGT Fox is medically evacuated from a combat zone on March 10, and transferred to Walter Reed as an inpatient. SGT Fox has not received a TSGLI notification, but receives HFP. If medical treatment stops July 15, SGT Fox will be eligible for monthly CIP payments for April through July. During the months receiving HFP, the payment will be $205 and the full $430 payment will not start until SGT Fox is no longer receiving HFP.
Example 4:
SGT Fox is medically evacuated from a combat zone on March 10 and transferred to Walter Reed as an outpatient living in the Mologne house. SGT Fox receives a TSGLI notification of eligibility on March 25 and a period of 30 days expires after the date of such notification. In this case, SGT Fox will no longer be eligible for CIP following the 30 days after notification of TSGLI. Since CIP is a monthly payment and is not pro-rated, SGT Fox will be eligible for a full CIP payment during the month of April.
