Changing Legislation?

Hi again,

I heard at work that they were thinking about introducing legislation that would let a Soldier that had less than 20 years and was medically retired would be possibly able (in the future) to be able to draw Army medical retirement, CRSC (if qualified) as well as VA Disability without having to give the VA one's Army Medical Retirement.
I was wondering if anyone had heard of this or knows anything about it? Thanks guys.

Nick

 

[maparker]

The changes you speak about were made by the Dole/Shalala Commission. There were two bills recenty drafted in Congress that basically implemented the Dole/Shalala DES recommendations. One was by Senator Burr of North Carolina and the other was by Rep. Buyer from Indiana. I will try and find the bill numbers and post them.

I am hoping they will begin serious actions on these billls in January.

Mike

 

[mxracer13]

I would also be very interested in this so please post it if you find it.

 

[015671731]

You may want to check the CRSC website. There is already new legislation in effect through the 2008 NDAA effective January 1, 08. The site is the current information.
https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/crsc/index.html.
check it to see if it answer your concerns. 015671731

 

[maparker]

United States Senator - Richard Burr

This link will take you to S.2674 which Senator Burr proposed for implementing the Dole/Shalala recommendations. It also has a link to HR 5509which is Rep. Buyer proposed legislation.

Mike