This bill allows a veteran with a combat-related disability and fewer than 20 years of creditable service to receive retirement pay, without reduction, concurrent with disability compensation.

4 天之前 · Major Richard Star deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait with the U.S. Army Reserves. When he contracted stage 4 lung cancer as a result of burn pits and other damaging environmental conditions overseas, his wife Tonya quit her job to care for him full time.

2025年2月28日 · S. 344 (117th). A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retirement pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes.

1st session s. 344 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans’ disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees

The bill removes the requirement for a minimum 20 years of creditable service for certain individuals who are retired with a combat-related disability, allowing them to receive both their retired pay and disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

In order to establish initial and continued entitlement to disability benefits under the Social Security Act (Act), a worker must demonstrate that, inter alia, he is unable "to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment. . …

2024年3月1日 · LOUISIANA — Louisiana’s military community is fighting for more disability benefits through the Major Richard Star Act (S.344/H.R.1282). The bill, which is currently pending legislation in Congress, calls for restoring military pay.

2023年2月9日 · s. 344 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans’ disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes.

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2023年2月9日 · S. 344 (118th). A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes.