Nearly 400 members of Congress have signed on to co-sponsor the Major Richard Star Act, which would end the dollar-for-dollar offset of DoD retirement pay and VA disability pay faced by more than 42,000+ combat-injured military retirees.

But unlike other popular defense-related measures, it has yet to be included in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) or voted on as a stand-alone bill despite it being on the House Consensus Calendar.

The Star Act would provide concurrent receipt of retired pay and VA disability for those injured in combat and forced to retire before reaching 20 years of service. These combat-injured veterans retire early at no fault of their own. 

Currently, those injured in combat and forced to retire early (under the authority of Chapter 61) have their retired pay reduced, like a tax, for every dollar of VA disability they receive.

Mr. Jon Stewart and Mr. Gary Sinise, please advocate for the Combat Wounded US Military Chapter 61 retirees and bring mainstream attention to the horrible atrocity called Concurrent Receipt.