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I have a question regarding this situation. I have been on active duty for two years and when I outprocessed yesterday for my medical discharge, I was told that DFAS does not have it in their system this way and I will not be getting paid for the third year. She said when or if they get it in their system, then I "might" get paid. So, at this point, my severance pay is only for two years, not the three it should be. Does anyone know anything about this or have this same experience?

I hate hearing things like that.

It is very possible that DFAS has not updated whatever system they are using to calculate severance pay. I would call DFAS direct and see what they say. I would hope that they have some method to manually override.

However, if they do not process your pay correctly, you have the old standby Board for Correction of Military Records to appeal for relief. The thing that disturbs me about this is that the relief granted would be to direct DFAS to pay you. This should be the same outcome that comes out of someone at DFAS doing the input right the first time (though, there is a code that DFAS uses for paying out corrected amounts through the BCMRs- I really hope that someone has enough sense to figure out how to process this without making you get a finding from the BCMR).

If it turns out that you cannot get this straightened out with DFAS, please let me know ASAP. If you are agreeable, I will push this issue. This is not acceptable.

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Jason

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Hello Jason,

Out of curiosity, would you or anyone know a phone number for someone at DFAS because when I asked the woman at the finance office for a phone number she told me that she couldn't give me that information because DFAS doesn't want to be getting a million phone calls about this. She read me an email that had a phone number on it, but when I asked her for it, she said no. Thanks....Becky

Try this link for a listing of Pay Support Teams at various locations:
Pay Support Team Locations (Army Only)

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Jason

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Thanks Jason, I will try and give them a call tomorrow and I will let you know what kind of information I receive back.

Jason,
I don't understand your original post about the additional severance pay. If I am offered severance, I will have 14 years. Are you saying there is a way I can get extra money for those additional 2 years beyond the 12 year max? If so, that would be great.
Thanks,
Tim