Please contact your Congressman and Senators!

There are currently two bills, H.R.186.IH and H.R.1979.IH  that have been sent to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committees on the Budget and Veterans' Affairs.  These bills would rightfully amend Title 10 so that service members were able to receive both their military retired pay and their VA compensation. This is an issue that affects retired and disabled veterans across the nation.  Please contact your Congressman and Senators today!  I have been doing hand-written letters as I believe they carry more weight than an email.  The title information on each bill can be found below, or you can read the entire text of each by clicking the links above.


H.R.186.IH:  "To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include all members of the uniformed services who are retired under chapter 61 of such title for disability, regardless of the members' disability rating percentage."


And H.R.1979.IH: "To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include additional chapter 61 disability retirees, to coordinate eligibility for combat-related special compensation and concurrent receipt , to eliminate the reduction of SBP survivor annuities by dependency and indemnity compensation, and to enhance the ability of members of the reserve components who serve on active duty or perform active service to receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay."