Another Waiting Game

We have asked the VA for what DFAS is calling a 'VA Waiver'. The first person Michael asked about it had no clue what he was talking about, so he had to get online and find the actual form name for the VA Waiver. In case you didn't know, the VA Waiver is when the Army reduces your Army Retired Pay by the amount you receive from the VA every month. Lets do an example:

Say Pete received $1, 205 from the VA every month and $1,425 from the Army every month. Unless Pete had been approved for Combat-Related Special Compensation or Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay, the Army would, upon realizing he was receiving both payments, start deducting his Army Retirement or Disability pay by the amount of his VA pay (they call this the 'VA Waiver' at DFAS, apparently they are the only ones who know what that means). So instead of Pete receiving $2, 630 a month from both agencies, he would only receive $1,205 from the VA and $220 from the Army.

Back to real life...Michael has requested the form that DFAS calls the 'VA Waiver' from the VA in order to re-process his claim for Combat-Related Special Compensation. If you recall from an earlier blog, that is all that was needed for him to have been approved the first time.

The VA sent a letter stating that they were 'processing' his request for said form. No telling if they will ever figure it out and send us a copy. So once again, we are waiting on someone to do their job.

--Brie'Anne