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Military and Veterans' Benefits: Observations on the Concurrent Receipt of Military Retirement and VA Disability Compensation

GAO-03-575T Published: Mar 27, 2003. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2003.
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Because pending legislation would modify current law, which requires that military retirement pay be reduced by the amount of VA disability compensation benefit received, the Subcommittee on Personnel, Senate Committee on Armed Services asked GAO to discuss the treatment of concurrent benefit receipt in other programs. GAO was also asked to discuss its broader work on federal disability programs.

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Dual compensationOffsets (accounting)Retired military personnelRetirement benefitsVeterans disability compensationVeterans benefitsMilitary retirementVeteransDisability benefitsDisabilities