Retirement calculation IF approved

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darnlan

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IF my PDBR is approved, how will my retirement be calculated? Will I receive back pay from discharge date? Do I receive both retirement and VA checks?

-MEB gave me 10%...VA gave me 60% off the bat...medical discharge on Apr 2006.

-$35,000 severance recovered by VA last year.

-9 yrs active duty as an E-5.
 
We are almost in the same boat:
AFBCMR gave me 10% .... VA gave me 60% right off the bat... medical discharge in June 2007 (retroactive to Jan. 2001).
- $30,000 severance recovered by VA this year.
- 8 years, 4 months, 23 days active duty as an E-5.

You would think that the severance pay recovered from us would be restored in the event we are granted Disability Retirement. Good luck!
 
darnlan said:
IF my PDBR is approved, how will my retirement be calculated? Will I receive back pay from discharge date? Do I receive both retirement and VA checks?

-MEB gave me 10%...VA gave me 60% off the bat...medical discharge on Apr 2006.

-$35,000 severance recovered by VA last year.

-9 yrs active duty as an E-5.
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They should credit you with what you are due from your retirement and then subtract what they paid you (taking into account the effect of VA compensation).
 
Hopefully you'll be approved. I did 10.5 years as an E6. My VA compensation has always been 80% and it was dated back to the day of my discharge from AD when i was granted. The service gave me 30%. I am not getting anything back, my VA compensation is more than the retirement so it offsets it. Eventhough my "retirement" back pay is more than the severance by a good bit, they are considering i got my retirement pay all these years when i got my compensation check. So the only way to get any kind of back pay is if you get CRSC. Other than that you will get retired, the blue DD-2 I.D. card, Tricare, commissary, px and mwr privileges. You won't get your severance back either. It's a messed up deal in my book but it is what it is. I am kind of hosed. I cannot buy back my military time now without forfeiting my VA compensation. I finally got a job with the DoD as a civilian and now i'm hosed there. The only way i get my VA compensation and FERS retirement with buying back my 10 years is to waive my VA compensation. :mad:
 
Here is a question that may have been answered, although I have not found the answer. If the service member has been seperated with severance (combat related), meaning the severance has not been recouped, what happens to the severance? Currently receiving 60% from the VA and again not paying back severance. How would retirement be calculated versus receiving VA compensation? Would CRSC play a vital role, or would the service member just calculate the amount/ percentage if retired as an SFC/ E-7 with over 14 years of AFS? I hope this makes sense.

I am not sure how this will play out, but am very curious to see what the outcome will be. Good luck to all and I hope that you get what you fought so hard for and deserve.

VR,
Frank
 
Franky,

From my numerous conversations with them over this. I think they would take your discharge date to retirement date and calculate what they owe you then subtract the severance pay, if it is more they would just let it be probably. I am not 100% sure but you can write the VA regional office in your area and they would tell you. I'm not totally sure, that is a unique situation. I hope one day the Chapter 61's will see CRDP. If the mailman can get his retirement and VA compensation why can't a military retiree?
 
The question "Do I receive BOTH retirement and VA compensation checks?" has not been answered yet.

In addition, I've seen formulas to figure out the retirement, but there is no chart for those who served the minimum 8 yrs of active duty.
 
No, you are not getting both your VA compensation and retirement checks. The only way you would is if you retired at 20 years and rated 50% or greater by the VA.

Chapter 61 retirees do not get concurrent receipt, they could not find the money in the federal budget to pay for it. :rolleyes:
 
My understanding that if one is found to have 30% or more during a medical board and that you have at least 8 years of active duty, you are considered "medically retired" and that you will be receiving the exact same benefits as someone who did 20 yrs. I mean, isn't this whole topic that we're discussing is what we're fighting for? We're sorry that we got discharged and unable to do 20 yrs as I and others have planned but when the system have been 'modified" in order to save money, I think we deserve what should've been due to us in the first place.
 
FYI, A rating of TDRL or PDRL will have an impact on retirement pay. If rated at 30% TDRL, one is retired with 50% of base pay. If rated PDRL at 30%, one is retired with 30% of base pay.
 
darnlan,

I hear you. After all the wranglings i have had with them, it is my understanding that those retired with less than 20 years do not get concurrent receipt. The only people who get concurrent receipt right now are 20 year retirees. I have never heard of finishing 8 years active duty then retired as if it was 20 years. I finished 10.5 years active duty, received 30% from the PDBR and was placed on the PDRL. I do not get concurrent receipt and i am rated 80% by the VA. All i get is VA compensation because it is more than my retirement pay. You will only get VA compensation if it is more than retirement, this is called the offset. I had in mind to do 20 also. There have been bills submitted in Congress to allow those who are retired with less than 20 years active service to receive concurrent receipt but for some reason they do not pass because they can't find the money to pay for it. I mean, they can bailout the banks, unions and auto makers but not disabled retirees with less than 20 actual years of service. It's nuts, hopefully one day we will get it, the postman who delivers junk mail gets his but the retired servicemember does not. :rolleyes:
 
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