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Advice on situation

I am [29m] disabled veteran from the US Army. I just graduated (Dec 2017) with a BS in Applied Math. My overall GPA is shit, like 2.1 I think. The reason for being so low is because of my disabilities. I have been dealing with chronic pain for almost 10 years. And during my undergrad I was listening to my doctors thinking the medications were working. Well they were only making me worse mentally. I got off them and now I fell a lot better for the most part. 

The problems/concerns I am running into:

1.) I am 80% disabled probably going to be 100%. I cannot guarantee an employer that I can show up every day on time because sometimes I wake up in pain. How can I attempt a grad degree then? This happened the last semester of undergrad and I had to work with professors technically after graduation to make up work. I am thinking that most PhD's want people to work there ass off (which I would love to do, especially if it's my passion.) but I have to consider my limitations. At what point do I disclose my concerns? D

2.) Is it even possible with my grades? I am only interested in Applied Math: Dynamical Systems. I am not 100% sure but I do believe my math GPA is 3.0 range. I had a computer science focus that destroyed my GPA. I have yet to take the GRE. and I do have a few professors that are very willing to right glowing recommendations. I believe because I was honest with them and worked my ass off in spite of the struggles and poor grade I got.  I failed a lot of stuff, but I never gave up and some classes I literally failed every assignment and exam and still passed with a 'D', this was abstract algebra if your curious.
I am willing to retake if absolutely necessary, but the VA paid for it and since I technically passed I would have to pay out of pocket.  

3.) I truly believe I can move past my limitations and become a more capable of being productive to society. And I have time. Is there an issue with just waiting a few years to work on issues and then applying? I assume most people going to grad school after years from undergrad have employment experiences. I won't have that. Is that an issue?


Appreciate all opinions. I know that I have something to offer. Thanks ! And if this is not the best sub please let me know.
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The disability is much less of an issue than your grades. At this point, they have no evidence that your could thrive in a graduate curriculum, and only very poor MS schools wouldn't weed your application out instantly.

Did you do undergraduate research? Are you published? If so, those will weigh in your favor, but only if you can find schools that won't immediately toss out all applications that fall below a certain GPA threshold.