2024 CRSC Pay Amounts —VA Comp Tables and longevity amounts are used

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TerryH1950

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Hello all. Can anybody provide a 2024 CRSC pay chart? Or at least post what the dollar amount is for 40% CRSC? Thanks.

Edited by RonG, moderator, 3 October 2024.

Chapter 61 Disability Retirees usually receive CRSC that is the lesser/lower of
—hypothetical longevity amount
OR
—the amount in the VA compensation tables for the approved CRSC percentage with applicable dependents. It is not a separate chart.

Ron
 
It mirrors VA compensation. So look up with a VA calculator VA % with 40% with correct dependants and that is the highest you can get. If you are single the amount is $755.28

There are many caps with CRSC so that is the max you will get. CRSC just recoups pension offset by VA disability. So if you have 20 years and CRDP this doesn't help you. You can only get CRDP or CRSC and not both. CRDP would be more. If you were low ranking and medically retired with only a few years in then the chances are your longevity pension is low and you may not get all of the $755 because your pension isn't worth that much.
 
TerryH1950 said:
I looked up a prior year's pay chart, and CRSC did not mirror standard VA rates.
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You must be looking at military pay chart. That has nothing to do with CRSC. CRSC mirrors VA disability pay. See link to calculate VA% which will be same as CRSC pay max amount of compensation you can get...

www.hillandponton.com

2026 VA Disability Ratings Calculator | Hill & Ponton, P.A.

Questioning how the VA determined your combined rating? Use our 2026 VA Disability Calculator to calculate your monthly compensation rate.
www.hillandponton.com www.hillandponton.com
 
No. It WAS a CRSC pay chart. Not DOD, but I believe from a law firm or veteran advocate group.
 
TerryH1950 said:
No. It WAS a CRSC pay chart. Not DOD, but I believe from a law firm or veteran advocate group.
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if you're capped for length of service at below your 40%, then charts will not matter. You get the LOWER of your CRSC rating which equates to the VA compensation charts to include dependents OR your length of service cap if you're less than 20 years AFS and a Ch 61 retiree, which basically is high 36 x 0.025 x years of AFS (or equivalent if reserve component, i.e., total points / 360)
 
This is still very confusing. The following chart, dated 06 Oct 23, is from disabilityhelp.org:

VA Disability RatingMonthly CRSC Payment
10%$252.30
20%$504.60
30%$756.90
40%$1,009.20
50%$1,261.50
60%$1,513.80
70%$1,766.10
80%$2,018.40
90%$2,270.70
100%$2,523.00
 
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TerryH1950 said:
This is still very confusing. The following chart, dated 06 Oct 23, is from disabilityhelp.org:

VA Disability RatingMonthly CRSC Payment
10%$252.30
20%$504.60
30%$756.90
40%$1,009.20
50%$1,261.50
60%$1,513.80
70%$1,766.10
80%$2,018.40
90%$2,270.70
100%$2,523.00
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This is not an official document.
 
I realize it is not an official document. I'm just new to CRSC, and am trying to cull the wheat from the chaff. Online resources do not answer the question. Hopefully DFAS will answer it. I submitted a help ticket for the answer.
 
As stated above

“CRSC mirrors VA disability pay.”
 
That's what I thought, and that's what makes sense, but that pay chart I posted above really confused me.
 
TerryH1950 said:
That's what I thought, and that's what makes sense, but that pay chart I posted above really confused me.
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Ignore that chart and all the confusion goes away. The VA compensation changes yearly due to COLA increases. Also, the amount changes with each individual depending on how many dependents they have. Someone that has 4 kids and is married will get paid more than someone who is single.
 
That website is the biggest piece of shite I've ever seen. As for the CRSC "pay chart," all they did was take a number and multiply it by 2, 3, 4, etc.
 
Thanks. I looked into them more, and they're just some law firm in CA shilling for business, IMHO. Sounds like nobody vetted the numbers.
 
TerryH1950 said:
This is still very confusing. The following chart, dated 06 Oct 23, is from disabilityhelp.org:

VA Disability RatingMonthly CRSC Payment
10%$252.30
20%$504.60
30%$756.90
40%$1,009.20
50%$1,261.50
60%$1,513.80
70%$1,766.10
80%$2,018.40
90%$2,270.70
100%$2,523.00
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Terry, the CRSC rates mirrors the current VA rate sheet. The chart you posted is the 2004 VA rates used for the congressional calculation guidance given to DFAS in 2004.

Key note: Only combat related injuries are calculated into CRSC. Ex. I have 3 injuries that are combat related, they rate by the VA as 50%, 50%, 10%. Subtract the %'s from 1. Then multiple those answers to get a total %. Subtract the total % from 1 and round up or down. My math looks like this:

.50x.50x.90=.225

1-.225=.775 rounded up to 80%.

I'm only 80% with CRSC and at the 2024 rate I get back $2,447.

When I hit CRDP at 60, DFAS will switch me from CRSC to CRDP since it is the better benefit.
 
Hello @TerryH1950 ,

Additionally, there are CRSC ceilings.

Many disability retirees receive the hypothetical longevity portion of their retirement pay as CRSC.

Active duty equivalent x 2.5% (or 2% for blended retirement) = longevity multiplier
Average high three base pay x longevity multiplier = hypothetical longevity amount (and CRSC ceiling)

Chapter 61 Disability Retirees:
Each CH 61 case involves these ceilings and other factors:

—Must be entitled to retired pay
—Agrees to waive retired pay in the amount of VA compensation received.
—CRSC cannot exceed the amount of the waived retired pay.
—CRSC cannot exceed the amount of the approved CRSC percentage (amt in VA Comp tables).
—CRSC cannot exceed the dollar amount of the longevity portion of retired pay.
—CRSC when combined with residual retired pay cannot exceed the longevity amount.

As one can see, more than one of the ceilings shown above could apply to the retiree. In those cases, the lesser amount is the CRSC amount.

Those who have a regular or reserve retirement receive the amount in the VA compensation tables using the CRSC approved percentage, but not to exceed the longevity portion of retirement pay.

My own example with regular retirement :
VA comp $4000 +, due to 100% VA Rating and two SMCs
CRSC approved percentage = 100%
Amount of CRSC paid = ~$3450 which is my the same as my retired pay after 33 years of COLA increases @E9

Ron
 
Davisae said:
Terry, the CRSC rates mirrors the current VA rate sheet. The chart you posted is the 2004 VA rates used for the congressional calculation guidance given to DFAS in 2004.

Key note: Only combat related injuries are calculated into CRSC. Ex. I have 3 injuries that are combat related, they rate by the VA as 50%, 50%, 10%. Subtract the %'s from 1. Then multiple those answers to get a total %. Subtract the total % from 1 and round up or down. My math looks like this:

.50x.50x.90=.225

1-.225=.775 rounded up to 80%.

I'm only 80% with CRSC and at the 2024 rate I get back $2,447.

When I hit CRDP at 60, DFAS will switch me from CRSC to CRDP since it is the better benefit.
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As long as you apply for your reserve retirement, as it is not automatic at age 60. You need to get your retirement packet in at least 6-9 months prior. I'm actually putting together mine this coming weekend. My best friend's took 8-9 months so I'm prepping early.
 
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