Career service members earn their retired pay by service alone and those unfortunate enough to suffer a service-caused disability in the process should have any VA disability compensation from the VA added to, not subtracted from, their service-earned military retired pay.
The proposition made by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to remove the Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) provision would strip previously earned retirement benefits from hundreds of thousands of retired service members.
Veterans are widely regarded as disadvantaged when looking for post-service employment opportunities, due largely to the military culture and combat related training. Wounded Warriors are further disadvantaged due to their injuries incurred in support of the nation's foreign policies
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