|
|
|
ARMED FORCES NEWS |
|
| Last week teams representing The Military Coalition and other veteran-oriented organizations converged on members of Congress who sit on the conference committee for the fiscal 2003 National Defense Authorization Act. Their goal was to convince conferees to adopt the Senate version of the NDAA, which would authorize full concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation by military retirees who have been awarded compensation by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such action would overturn a century-old law that forces such retirees to forfeit one dollar of retired pay for each dollar of disability compensation received. Military retirees are the only retirees who must forfeit earned retirement to receive disability compensation, and some can lose their entire retirement, according to the organizations. The Office of Management and Budget has recommended that the President veto the NDAA if it includes any concurrent receipt provisions. |
|
