Hello i am sure this question has been posted somewhere before but i cant seem to find the answer. A little background. I was active duty USMC for 9 years. After i was medically seperated for rheumatoid arthritis and several other things i got a mil rating of 20%. I also managed 70% with the VA. Shortly after getting medically seperated i was able to get a civil service job as a gs and was told i can buy back those 9 years i did active duty. Which i did. Now here comes the issue. I have now submitted for my case to be reviewed for possible medical retirement. How is my buying back that active duty time going to affect me if i do get my rating overturned and i get medically retired? I am really interested in knowing since i am new to all of this and was never informed from the get go. Plz help....
Service time buyback and medical retirement. ..
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It's not going to affect your buy back in any way. I am medically retired with 9 years also and am presently paying back my military buy back.
Not true, you can only buyback and receive the FERS service credit if the injury occurred during combat/instrument of war OR if retired from the reserves.
However, they probably won't catch it and it would be up to you to notify them of the situation.
It's in the first paragraph on the OPM webpage at:
https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/military-retired-pay/
However, they probably won't catch it and it would be up to you to notify them of the situation.
It's in the first paragraph on the OPM webpage at:
https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/military-retired-pay/
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Well, you are right. My injury was as a result of combat.
Ok so basically cause i was unaware and i didnt know anything about this, if i were to get medically retired next year due to the pdbr, then i would be "retired" and get the benefits but not the retirement pay since i bought that time back? Is that correct? By the way thank you for the responses.
I'm not sure how well the FERS program people talk with the DoD retirement office people. I would not assume they will catch the situation since it's pretty unique.
If you have already bought back your Military Service time in FERS, you can always reverse it and they will give you the money back. All you need to be eligible for a FERS Disability retirement is 1.5 years of actual federal civilian service (military time won't count). A FERS disability retirement will NOT offset a DoD retirement.
If you have already bought back your Military Service time in FERS, you can always reverse it and they will give you the money back. All you need to be eligible for a FERS Disability retirement is 1.5 years of actual federal civilian service (military time won't count). A FERS disability retirement will NOT offset a DoD retirement.