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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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Almost 75,000 military retirees who were underpaid either Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) or Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) have received "retro pay" totaling nearly $150 million. This leaves some 33,000 files of the initial group remaining for review with a targeted completion date of November. Then the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) will turn to a group of 12,000 to 16,000 retirees who fell into the queue between the time the retro-pay program began last summer and April 2007, when DFAS launched computer programs to handle the pays automatically. Only military retirees who were underpaid are receiving notifications. About one in three pay records reviewed showed no underpayment, and those retirees will not be notified. Retirees with questions can call the DFAS Retro Award hotline toll free at 1-877-327-4457. Retirees can get updates on retro pay from the DFAS web site at http://www.dfas.mil. |
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