If you are DOD TDRL/PDRL retired with less than 20 years of service please read.

LeoS said:
When talking to Senators and Congressmen, I have encountered they have stated a linkage does exist. ( Reference the attached document) As it stands in the Senate with 55, it has a strong chance of passing. Our current administration and the well-known names that have signed on in support of this favors the speaker allowing it to be voted on.

I have been shocked to see some of the names that support this.
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So I have not seen a definitive statement of support from the Biden administration on this particular set of bills. Can you tell me where to find that?
 
PurpleHeartTanker said:
So I have not seen a definitive statement of support from the Biden administration on this particular set of bills. Can you tell me where to find that?
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I have not seen a definitive statement from the current administration. But from an analyst perspective and the current tide, the Democrats that support the bill have a strong voice and influence over the speaker. The Republican Senators and Congressmen I have met with agree with that assessment.


I hope it comes to fruition.
 
oddpedestrian said:
Right now there is a push to get bill H.R. 333 through Congress it would give Chapter 61 Retirees, that's most of us with a 30% rating from the DOD, with less than 20 years of service concurrent receipt. That is we would get our VA Compensation pay AND our TDRL/PDRL retirement pay. As of now most of us only get the VA portion as it almost always is higher than what the DOD pays, this is called an offset and if for some reason your VA pay ends up being lower than the DOD portion, the DOD pay would kick in making up the difference.

For example, let's say you get VA comp at 80% which is about 1800 a month and your DOD is 50% at 1400 you would only receive one deposit from the VA at 1800 dollars. Now let's say if your VA Comp was 60% at 1200 dollars and your DOD was still 50% then you would receive two deposits one from the VA at 1200 and then one from DFAS for 200 bringing to a total of 1400 because your DOD percentage pay ended up being higher....following? This bill if passed would allow you to collect both the 1800 and 1400 or the 1200 and 1400 see how much money is up in the air? That's 168,000 in retired pay for just ten years!!!

During my time lurking the group, I saw WAY too many people accept an unacceptable reduction in DOD percentages, especially when going from TDRL to PDRL some even opting to take severance. These were and are huge mistakes in my opinion just because you don't want to "fight" anymore or you just want to be finally "done" with the Navy, Army, Air Force is never an excuse to make poor elections that could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay. Even you forum members going through this the first time make sure that your DOD percentage is accurate especially if you are getting PDRL from the jump. I provided two links below so you can follow the bill and read up on it some more.

Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act (2017 - H.R. 333)

http://cqrcengage.com/amra/ConcurrentReceiptPlusChap61?0
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Pretty sad that Warriors get shelved when it comes to $..and we leave billions in Trashghanistan…that should be argument enough…
 
roughrider71 said:
Pretty sad that Warriors get shelved when it comes to $..and we leave billions in Trashghanistan…that should be argument enough…
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This needs to be shouted from the rooftops over and over until changes are made. The men and women that voluntarily go and fight the wars of our government come home to resistance and a "fight" to be compensated for the damages their bodies and minds endured. While I whole heartedly believe that we, as veterans, are fully capable of overcoming and surviving, I also believe that there is a large number of veterans out there that will never fully recover from these wars.
 
I found this on Facebook. There are quite a few people working to get this written into law. If we keep contacting our elected congressmen and women the likelihood of it passing increases exponentially.

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LeoS said:
I found this on Facebook. There are quite a few people working to get this written into law. If we keep contacting our elected congressmen and women the likelihood of it passing increases exponentially.

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Your recommendation is solid.

I too, hope it is passed.

Ron
 
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LeoS said:
I found this on Facebook. There are quite a few people working to get this written into law. If we keep contacting our elected congressmen and women the likelihood of it passing increases exponentially.

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My wife found this FB Group last night. It's a great resource to pool our efforts.
 
I am 19+ years of service in the Air Force Reserve. I am in the MED board process. If i make it to 20 years before being medically discharged will i be eligible for regular retirement and thus be CRDP? I am getting no help what so ever from my unit.
 
If you do 20 full years, you'll be eligible for CRDP once you meet retirement age for a non-regular retirement assuming you don't have 20 years of active duty service. So it's worth getting your 20-year letter as you will be eligible for CRDP at age 60 or a little less if you qualify for a reduction due to qualifying deployments.
 
Provis said:
If you do 20 full years, you'll be eligible for CRDP once you meet retirement age for a non-regular retirement assuming you don't have 20 years of active duty service. So it's worth getting your 20-year letter as you will be eligible for CRDP at age 60 or a little less if you qualify for a reduction due to qualifying deployments.
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One note about that is it's not automatic. 6 months before you reach your qualifying retirement age that's outside of your medical retirement. You have to apply for your non-regular retirement and that will kick in which will get you CRDP.
 
Hello @ENDISHERE

@Provis is correct.

CRDP: Also requires a VA rating of 50% or more.

Ron
 
Gaining some traction here. I like it. We've got to keep up the work here. For us and for the future.
 
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