If you are DOD TDRL/PDRL retired with less than 20 years of service please read.
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Veterans’ groups hoping Congress passes combat pay bill
The bill would allow more veterans with a combat-related disability to receive full retirement and full disability pay regardless of how many years they served.
Contact Senator Mitch McConnell, Senator Hawley, and Senator Tom Cotton.
Mitch McConnell Phone: (202) 224-2541
Josh Hawley: Office: {202}-224-6154
Tom Cotton : (202) 224-2353
I think we are getting played. Unless the House and Senate Leadership move this forward it's DOA and it doesn't matter how many co-sponsors it has....
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WKYT Investigates: Major Richard Star Act
A retired Army Master Sergeant is working against the clock, trying to get enough votes to pass a bill in Washington from his hometown of Paris.
Keep Pushing!
Thank you for what you’re doing brother.MSN
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WKYT Investigates: Major Richard Star Act
A retired Army Master Sergeant is working against the clock, trying to get enough votes to pass a bill in Washington from his hometown of Paris.www.wkyt.com
Keep Pushing!
My intent is to help push it across the finish line!
Crapo: Honoring the service of Idaho veterans through just compensation
All active duty and retired military personnel deserve to receive the full care and benefits they have earned.
These lawmakers haven’t cosponsored the Major Richard Star Act, yet*
View the NYC Daily Post's previous article about the Major Richard Star Act here. Read on to learn which lawmakers
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I almost can see the glowing light at the end of the tunnel. Keep it up y’all.Crapo: Honoring the service of Idaho veterans through just compensation
All active duty and retired military personnel deserve to receive the full care and benefits they have earned.magicvalley.com
These lawmakers haven’t cosponsored the Major Richard Star Act, yet*
View the NYC Daily Post's previous article about the Major Richard Star Act here. Read on to learn which lawmakers
As far as a template for emails/letters, just send something - anything!! Don’t worry about a template. Law makers and staff don’t care to read a “template” as much as they like to read something personal.
I suggest writing something that is personal to you and how sponsoring/passing this bill would help you and your family. Talk about your loved ones. Write about how you obtained your combat related injuries and how it effects you and your family. Write how you can’t obtain certain jobs due to those injuries. Bla bla. Bottom line, be personal and not just the same copy-paste.
Also, reach out to your buddy vets. They need you.
Not feeling good about our chances on this bill....
How can I find out if I’m eligible for CRSC. I was medically retired at 13 1/2 years and it shows combat related on my DD214. I have my CMB and multiple combat deployments. I am 100% on the VA side and 70% on the Army side. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Hello @Ageeze1030
A new thread was started for you at CRSC —Am I Eligible? (Ageeze1030) <—-LINK
The current thread pertains to The Richard Starr Act.
Eligibility
To qualify for CRSC you must:
--be entitled to and/or receiving military retired pay
--be rated at least 10 percent by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA)
--waive the amount of VA compensation from your retired pay (i.e., your retired pay is reduced by amount of VA compensation)
--file a CRSC application with your Branch of Service
Disabilities that may be considered combat related include injuries incurred as a direct result of:
--Armed Conflict
--Hazardous Duty
--An Instrumentality of War
--Simulated War
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See this link for additional info: Contemporary CRSC Information--Also See Update at Bottom of this Resource Page <—-LINK
Ron
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So since I only did 13 1/2 years does that mean I’m not eligible for retirement pay I would assume?
If you were medically retired, you are a chapter 61 retiree. Your potential dfas retired pay is currently waived (off set), but you get the 100% VA pay instead. Your only current recourse, in my opinion is CRSC, if eligible, to restore some of that pay that is waived. How much it restore, i dont know in your case. Everyone's calculations are not the same. CRSC, you must apply to branch and is not automatic. This is merely my take and I hope I am not giving misleading information.
edited by moderator: This thread pertains to the Richard Starr Act. I told @Ageeze1030 CRSC —Am I Eligible? (Ageeze1030) is his new thread . RonG
edited by moderator: This thread pertains to the Richard Starr Act. I told @Ageeze1030 CRSC —Am I Eligible? (Ageeze1030) is his new thread . RonG
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