Posted on Jan 20, 2023
Fixing disability and retirement pay is Congress’ next big vets issue
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When I was awarded 100% for Agent Orange Prostate cancer, I filed and was awarded CRSC. It stayed in effect when I was downgraded to 40%.
Here are the current requirements for CRSC.
You’re retired (and entitled to or receiving military retirement pay), and
You have a VA disability rating of at least 10%, and
You currently have your DoD retirement payments reduced by the amount of your VA disability payments
https://www.va.gov/resources/combat-related-special-compensation-crsc/
Here are the current requirements for CRSC.
You’re retired (and entitled to or receiving military retirement pay), and
You have a VA disability rating of at least 10%, and
You currently have your DoD retirement payments reduced by the amount of your VA disability payments
https://www.va.gov/resources/combat-related-special-compensation-crsc/
Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) | Veterans Affairs
Combat-Related Special Compensation provides tax-free payments to retired Veterans with combat-related disabilities. You mustapply for CRSC through your uniformed service. Keep reading to learn about eligibility, evidence you’ll need to provide, and how to apply.
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MSG (Join to see)
Thanks for the post! The expected change is related to drawing disability and retirement pay concurrently. As-is, the rule is 50% and higher will receive both va disability and retirement. Anything under is offset. https://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/disability/crdp/
Defense Finance and Accounting Service > RetiredMilitary > disability > crdp
The official website of the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS)
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MSG Stan Hutchison
MSG (Join to see) - Yep. The proposed bill would give me an increase of $940 a month.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
MSG (Join to see) - I'll support it 100%. I did not see any Congressional folks taking the lead here, did you. I can write to my Congressman and Senators, but since I am registered as a Democrat and they are Republican, I never get anything but a form letter back. I am moving down to AZ, so maybe there will be more help here.
We all need to follow up on this,
We all need to follow up on this,
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I look at this more as a penalty for retiring. No matter what, you get to keep your full disability. But retirees lose a portion of their retirement for being "not broken enough" which is BS. Folks who got out early and went to earn a civilian retirement (or invested and have independent retirement funding) are not similarly penalized.
The whole point of the disability pay is that it is harder to find a job that can fit your needs due to what the military broke. And you will also likely have to turn down / not apply for some higher paying jobs due to your limitations (I get debiliatitng stress-induced migraines. Find me a 6-figure job with low stress; I'll wait.). That job difficulty doesn't go away because you get a retainer check from the military (because we also have to remember that SCOTUS has ruled that retirement pay isn't ACTUALLY retirement pay, it is a retainer for potential future service).
The ONLY exceptions I could see to this is if you get a medical retirement disability payment from the military. Getting two disability payments *may* make sense to offset. But I admit I am not smart enough on the intricacies involved here to make a good judgment on that.
The whole point of the disability pay is that it is harder to find a job that can fit your needs due to what the military broke. And you will also likely have to turn down / not apply for some higher paying jobs due to your limitations (I get debiliatitng stress-induced migraines. Find me a 6-figure job with low stress; I'll wait.). That job difficulty doesn't go away because you get a retainer check from the military (because we also have to remember that SCOTUS has ruled that retirement pay isn't ACTUALLY retirement pay, it is a retainer for potential future service).
The ONLY exceptions I could see to this is if you get a medical retirement disability payment from the military. Getting two disability payments *may* make sense to offset. But I admit I am not smart enough on the intricacies involved here to make a good judgment on that.
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