Recent content by trip5896

This seems to be the attitude that I’ve noticed on this forum, with an almost slight undertone of hostility, if any vets on here question the validity of DFAS suddenly “finding” a debt. Based on what? The “Comptroller’s” regulations? Congress granted the Comptroller the power to grant debt...

But, again: 1. Why repeatedly call it retired pay and not CRSC in all their correspondence? 2. Why include a precedential case to justify my debt waiver denial that, likewise, has nothing to do with CRSC, Ch. 61, medical discharge upgrade to retirement, or DSP (Guard member, regular...

Thanks, but I feel like trying to explain my entire situation has muddied the waters a bit and that my original question is still unanswered… Why is DFAS justifying their denial of my DSP debt waiver, despite the payment being made due to an error/injustice that was no fault of my own, by...

Right, but again, CRSC is not retired pay…I’ve waived over $100k in retired pay for my VA disability already. So now I’m double waiving all my retired pay and part of my CRSC, in effect. If you want me to go even deeper, my CRSC injuries are totally different from those from my severance...

I understand that. I wasn’t rated correctly in 2004, a problem that enough service members had with the various branches lowballing them in order to avoid 30%+medical retirements that Congress had to step in and create the PDBR. That’s who upgraded me from a Medical Discharge in 2004, with...

Right! And even with all the errors, delays, and general incompetence, DFAS calling CRSC “retired pay” was universal among the individual pay techs AND the board who decide debt waiver cases… Now, maybe I’m reading too much into this, and maybe Jason Perry or RonG can set me straight, but it...

This is where the plot thickens! After being retroactively medically retired in 2018 (effective date: 2004), I received my DFAS backpay statement for my DoD disability retirement, all of which was waived due to being rated 100% by the VA from my date of discharge. No mention of my Disability...

The statute itself says directly that it “is not retired pay” and something to the effect that “no monthly payment under this blah, blah shall be considered to be retired pay”. Seems pretty clear… So if that’s the case, and Soto seemed to further reinforce it by the SC shooting down the...

Anybody know if we will be awarded any additional interest/damages on the Soto backpay in the final order?

I know I’m necro posting on this thread, but I felt it was appropriate thanks to the history contained herein for those reading about the Soto case for the first time… Unfortunately, on 2/12/24 a 3 judge panel overturned the District Court decision by a 2-1 margin. If you want some laughs...

Attorney Perry, Have there been any further legal developments around Disability Severance Pay, subsequent medical retirement by PDBR, and recoupment of DSP by DFAS after approval of CRSC when VA cannot recoup it? Thank you!

Thanks for the quick reply Ron, I realized after reading it I’d left out that I was retro-retired back to 2008 by PDBR decision in 2018. I’m not sure if that makes any difference regarding your answer, but I’ll reach out to HRC, then Jason, if necessary. Appreciate it!

Hi RonG and others! Sorry to necro this thread, but I’ve been following it for a month or so and I just happened to submit my CRSC packet via email on the same day as the last post, Dec. 3rd. Grats to everybody who also got approved on here! I received my approval on HRC retiree page (thanks...