Is the amount of money on your disability check subtracted from your retirement check?

Currently, anyone that is retired with 20 years or more and has 40% disability or less has their retirement reduced by the amount of their disability payment. A retiree with 20 years or more and 50% or more disability has "Concurrent Receipt" come into play. This allows for the receipt of their full retirement as well as their full amount of disability monies.

That retired Vet should have his VA benefits reevaluated. Some Vets retire and never go back to the VA to get an update on the changes in pay. To my understanding if you're 50% or more retirement and VA disability are separate entity and concurrent receipt (CRDP)/(CRSC) takes affect. Those rules took effect several years ago and he should have gotten a letter explaining which catagory he should've qualified for. Just pay a visit to your nearest VA Regional Office or DAV office to have it explained to him by someone that does this for a living not just a discussion.

Cpl Jeff Ruffing I am a Chapter 61 Retiree (Medical). My VA Disability is 100% and my US Army Disability rating is 70%. I have 14 years of active duty and 9 years of Reserve time. Because my Disability pay is greater than my retired pay, I receive no retired pay. I do receive Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC) but do not receive Concurrent Retirement Disability Pay (CRDP) . There have been several bills proposed to provide CRDP for medical retirees, but each bill has recommended this benefit based on your Length of Service (LOS) retirement rate as opposed to the Disability percentage retirement rate. This is typically a significant difference and in most cases would result in a pay reduction.

In my opinion the system is not quite fair.