AT THE TIME THE RETIRED PAY WAS PAID IT WAS PROPERLY REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF VETERANS ADMINISTRATION (VA) COMPENSATION THEN BEING PAID UNDER THE VA COMPENSATION RATES IN EFFECT. THE RETROACTIVE INCREASE IN THE VA COMPENSATION RATES PURSUANT TO LAW DID NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE RETIRED PAY PAYMENTS IN QUESTION WERE PROPER WHEN MADE. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO A PAYMENT THAT IS LEGAL AND PROPER WHEN M...