SGT Joseph Gunderson 8919384 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-904073"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdo-you-believe-the-major-richard-star-act-needs-to-be-passed%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Do+you+believe+the+Major+Richard+Star+Act+needs+to+be+passed%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdo-you-believe-the-major-richard-star-act-needs-to-be-passed&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADo you believe the Major Richard Star Act needs to be passed?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-believe-the-major-richard-star-act-needs-to-be-passed" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="5c82700149f18c4e02fdbcc54edd02c3" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/904/073/for_gallery_v2/31534746.PNG"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/904/073/large_v3/31534746.PNG" alt="31534746" /></a></div></div>If you have not heard of the Major Richard Star Act, the legislation would eliminate the offset for disabled veterans who were medically retired before completing twenty years of service. For some, this would result in a large bump in their monthly benefits. Do you believe this legislation needs to be passed? Can you elaborate on your opinion of the legislation? Do you believe the Major Richard Star Act needs to be passed? 2024-12-18T16:48:38-05:00 SGT Joseph Gunderson 8919384 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-904073"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdo-you-believe-the-major-richard-star-act-needs-to-be-passed%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Do+you+believe+the+Major+Richard+Star+Act+needs+to+be+passed%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdo-you-believe-the-major-richard-star-act-needs-to-be-passed&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADo you believe the Major Richard Star Act needs to be passed?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-believe-the-major-richard-star-act-needs-to-be-passed" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="36c0f7f14de91323cb3d14e12f9c9c5f" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/904/073/for_gallery_v2/31534746.PNG"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/904/073/large_v3/31534746.PNG" alt="31534746" /></a></div></div>If you have not heard of the Major Richard Star Act, the legislation would eliminate the offset for disabled veterans who were medically retired before completing twenty years of service. For some, this would result in a large bump in their monthly benefits. Do you believe this legislation needs to be passed? Can you elaborate on your opinion of the legislation? Do you believe the Major Richard Star Act needs to be passed? 2024-12-18T16:48:38-05:00 2024-12-18T16:48:38-05:00 Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth 8919390 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not real sure what I think of it to be honest. Most folks I know that were medically discharged are now 100% disabled anyway post discharge so there is no offset. 50% and above there is no offset. Response by Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth made Dec 18 at 2024 4:52 PM 2024-12-18T16:52:50-05:00 2024-12-18T16:52:50-05:00 MSG Stan Hutchison 8919400 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The only change I might make is &quot; combat-disabled&quot; perhaps should be &quot;service connected-disabled&quot; Response by MSG Stan Hutchison made Dec 18 at 2024 5:08 PM 2024-12-18T17:08:57-05:00 2024-12-18T17:08:57-05:00 2024-12-18T16:48:38-05:00