Start Date of VA Pay

RTBS1

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I was medically retired from the Army on 6 May 2015. I have a question about when my VA pay should have started. Is it correct to assume that because I retired on 6 May 2015, my VA pay should have started on 7 May 2015? When I called the VA to question why I did not get paid from 7 May 2015 to 31 May 2015, I was told that the start date of my VA pay was 1 June 2015 and not 7 May 2015.
 
VA pays for the first full month that you are out, so you wouldn't be eligible for that partial month. That's why most people try to schedule their retirement dates towards the end of the month.
 
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