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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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In spite of a slew of last-minute arguments against concurrent receipt made by defense undersecretary David Chu, congressional sources say that is likely that the conference committee will approve the House plan to provide concurrent receipt incrementally to military retirees with VA disability ratings of 60 percent or higher. The House plan includes funding, whereas the Senate plan, which would allow full concurrent receipt immediately for all retirees with disability ratings, does not. Passing the House plan would keep lawmakers, who have vowed on the floor to support concurrent receipt, from letting down military retirees and veterans organizations. Under the present law, military retirees who have been awarded disability compensation by the VA must sacrifice one dollar of retired pay for each dollar of compensation received. No other retirees incur this reduction. |
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