"...Military retirees could keep both their retirement pay and VA disability compensation if a renewed bipartisan push becomes law.
Introduced by Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), the Retired Pay Restoration Act would allow veterans receiving 40 percent or lower rates of a service-connected disability to keep all of their income streams. ..."
"...Concurrent Receipt means to receive both military retirement benefits and VA disability compensation, and up until 2004 this was forbidden by law. To receive a VA disability compensation, disabled military retirees had to waive all or part of their military pay. The following is a summary of Concurrent Receipt..."
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"...Under certain circumstances a military retiree may choose to waive part or all of their military retirement pay. A waiver is the relinquishment of all or a portion of one benefit to qualify for another benefit. Veterans frequently waive only so much of their retired pay as is equal to the amount of VA disability compensation to which they are entitled..."
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