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VETERANS/RETIREESMilitary members make freedom possible. AFSA works hard to ensure that those who have served are given the benefits they have earned. The issue of disabled veterans paying for their own retirement has long been an embarrassment for this nation. We will continue to work for improved veterans health care and benefits programs. We will push Congress to improve the veterans’ claims process. We will stay in the forefront of the effort to attain full concurrent receipt of military retirement pay and VA disability compensation. Finally, we will maintain the fight toward Combat-related Special Compensation eligibility for all of those who have been wounded in combat or in preparing for it.
H.R. 303, the "Retired Pay Restoration
Act," by Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-FL, This
bill would amend title 10, United States Code, to permit additional
retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected
disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department
of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by
reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special
Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with
respect to such concurrent receipt. H.R. 333, the "Disabled Veterans Tax Termination
Act," by Rep. Jim Marshall, D-GA, This bill
would amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of
the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than
50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and
veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for
concurrent receipt, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to
chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service. S.1939, "Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009," Sen.
Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, A bill to amend title 38, United States
Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain
veterans who served in the vicinity of the
H.R.5120: by Rep. Adam Smith, D-WA, to improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
S.3118 the “Veterans Pensions Protection Act,” by Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, to provide that monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities shall be excluded from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
S.3234: the “Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010,” by Sen. Patty Murray, D-WA, to improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Current as of: 5/13/2010 |
