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Prior to 2004, existing laws and regulations dictated that a military retiree could not receive two payments from federal agencies for the same purpose; military retired pay and VA disability compensation were considered to fall under that restriction. As a result, military retirees with physical disabilities recognized by the VA had their (taxable) military retired pay offset, or reduced dollar-for-dollar, by the amount of their (nontaxable) VA compensation. Legislative activity on the issue of concurrent receipt began in the late 1980s and culminated in the provision for Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) in the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-314). Since then, Congress has added Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP) for those retirees with a disability rated at 50% or greater, extended concurrent receipt to additional eligible populations, and further refined and clarified the program. \nConcurrent receipt is applicable only to persons who are both (1) military retirees and (2) eligible for VA disability compensation. An eligible retiree cannot receive both CRDP and CRSC. The retiree may choose whichever is most financially advantageous to him or her and may make benefit changes during an annual open season.\nIn FY2018, approximately 36% of the retired military population was receiving either CRSC or CRDP at a cost of $14 billion. Nevertheless, there are also military retirees who receive VA disability compensation but are not eligible for concurrent receipt. Determining whether to make some or all of this population eligible for concurrent receipt has been a point of contention in Congress. \nFigure 1.Annual Concurrent Receipt Payments\nFY2013-FY2018\n/\nSource: Department of Defense (DOD) Office of the Actuary, Statistical Reports on the Military Retirement System.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/R40589", "sha1": "dd9da9c49eaa07a2f627d78b665287630e9c5f29", "filename": "files/20200325_R40589_dd9da9c49eaa07a2f627d78b665287630e9c5f29.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/1.png": "files/20200325_R40589_images_30554a49c741fb90525ce4fff05d597ef1e448a7.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/2.png": "files/20200325_R40589_images_c02004d45e164b1fff4085abcbb850d6d9ff5243.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/0.png": "files/20200325_R40589_images_a6f0822882bf4ca526a2ae71c0aa96cc7d823794.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/4.png": "files/20200325_R40589_images_54ec5fe9bbcc026863ddb79d0bd3a0deb4111c5d.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/3.png": "files/20200325_R40589_images_d244d2b4f34ca61da2792339ed9558820dde1217.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R40589", "sha1": "2b7d9ae469efe793e80bacea637f2aa4319f118c", "filename": "files/20200325_R40589_2b7d9ae469efe793e80bacea637f2aa4319f118c.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4778, "name": "Defense Budgets & Appropriations" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4837, "name": "Defense Authorization" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4872, "name": "Military Personnel, Compensation, & Health Care" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 590007, "date": "2019-01-17", "retrieved": "2019-12-20T20:08:59.017462", "title": "Concurrent Receipt: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "Concurrent receipt refers to the simultaneous receipt of two types of federal monetary benefits: military retired pay and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation. Prior to 2004, existing laws and regulations dictated that a military retiree could not receive two payments from federal agencies for the same purpose. As a result, military retirees with physical disabilities recognized by the VA would have their military retired pay offset or reduced dollar-for-dollar by the amount of their nontaxable VA compensation. Legislative activity on the issue of concurrent receipt began in the late 1980s and culminated in the provision for Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) in the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-314). Since then, Congress has added Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP) for those retirees with a disability rated at 50% or greater, extended concurrent receipt to additional eligible populations, and further refined and clarified the program. \nThere are two common criteria that define eligibility for concurrent receipt: (1) all recipients must be military retirees and (2) they must also be eligible for VA disability compensation. An eligible retiree cannot receive both CRDP and CRSC. The retiree must choose whichever is most financially advantageous to him or her and may change the type of benefit to be received during an annual open season.\nIn FY2017, approximately one-third of the retired military population was receiving either CRSC or CRDP at a cost of $12.4 billion. Nevertheless, there are also military retirees who receive VA disability compensation but are not eligible for concurrent receipt. Determining whether to make some or all of this population eligible for concurrent receipt remains a point of contention in Congress. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that to extend benefits to all veterans who would be eligible for both disability benefits and military retired pay would cost $30 billion from 2015 to 2024. In 2016, CBO estimated that eliminating concurrent receipt would save the government $139 billion between 2018 and 2026.\nAnnual Concurrent Receipt Payments\nFY2013-FY2017\n/\nSource: Department of Defense (DOD) Office of the Actuary, Statistical Reports on the Military Retirement System.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/R40589", "sha1": "ef95b82ddc2c8831b28eda1ffc872dd0a760d59f", "filename": "files/20190117_R40589_ef95b82ddc2c8831b28eda1ffc872dd0a760d59f.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/1.png": "files/20190117_R40589_images_f1057651b0a634b4487a0e3ad0a718fa0b3417d6.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/2.png": "files/20190117_R40589_images_c02004d45e164b1fff4085abcbb850d6d9ff5243.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/0.png": "files/20190117_R40589_images_bf749e9cdf60414186e670ac45a45fc2352a99fa.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/4.png": "files/20190117_R40589_images_54ec5fe9bbcc026863ddb79d0bd3a0deb4111c5d.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/3.png": "files/20190117_R40589_images_209c21f180952202097f76fffc0537578b4c1cb8.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R40589", "sha1": "9c545f03006c17558196b7aace2460790c5693b4", "filename": "files/20190117_R40589_9c545f03006c17558196b7aace2460790c5693b4.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4778, "name": "Defense Budgets & Appropriations" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4837, "name": "Defense Authorization" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4872, "name": "Military Personnel, Compensation, & Health Care" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 576061, "date": "2017-11-30", "retrieved": "2017-12-05T13:54:34.928934", "title": "Concurrent Receipt: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "\u201cConcurrent receipt\u201d refers to the simultaneous receipt of two types of monetary benefits: military retired pay and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation. Prior to 2004, existing laws and regulations dictated that a military retiree could not receive two payments from federal agencies for the same purpose. As a result, military retirees with physical disabilities recognized by the VA would have their retired pay \u201coffset\u201d or reduced dollar-for-dollar by the amount of their VA compensation.\nProponents for the concurrent receipt of both military retired pay and VA disability compensation have argued that these pays were for discrete and different purposes: military retired pay is post-service compensation for time in service, while VA compensation recognizes physical or mental disability incurred while in the service. Opponents have maintained that concurrent receipt is expensive, is not supported by precedent, and could result in the elimination of currently existing, similar offsets between other federal programs. \nThis report addresses the two primary components of the concurrent receipt program: Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) and Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP). It reviews the possible legislative expansion of the program to additional populations and provides several potential options for Congress to consider.\nLegislative activity on the issue of concurrent receipt began in the late 1980s and culminated in the provision for Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) in the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-314). Successive legislation since then has added CRDP, extended concurrent receipt to additional eligible populations, and further refined and clarified the program. \nLegislation enacted since 2003 has incrementally expanded the eligible population. As of September 2016 there were 529,117 retirees receiving CRDP, with an additional 91,305 receiving CRSC at a total annual cost of $11.3 billion. However, there are still approximately 450,000 military retirees who are receiving VA disability compensation but are not eligible for concurrent receipt. Determining whether to make some or all of this population eligible for concurrent receipt remains a key point of contention in Congress. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that to extend benefits to all veterans who would be eligible for both disability benefits and military retired pay would cost $30 billion from 2015 to 2024. In 2016, CBO estimated that eliminating concurrent receipt would save the government $139 billion between 2018 and 2026.\nThere are two common criteria that define eligibility for concurrent receipt: (1) all recipients must be military retirees and (2) they must also be eligible for VA disability compensation. With regard to the two separate and distinct components that are commonly referred to as the Concurrent Receipt program, an eligible retiree cannot receive both Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP) and Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC). The retiree must choose whichever is most financially advantageous to him or her and may move back and forth between either benefit during an annual \u201copen season.\u201d \nConcurrent receipt continues to be an often misunderstood and controversial military retirement issue and one that remains the object of intense public and congressional interest.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R40589", "sha1": "dfa7b1191245d090ebb6db7d8f7a6365bee0e1e6", "filename": "files/20171130_R40589_dfa7b1191245d090ebb6db7d8f7a6365bee0e1e6.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/1.png": "files/20171130_R40589_images_54ec5fe9bbcc026863ddb79d0bd3a0deb4111c5d.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/2.png": "files/20171130_R40589_images_b9b4e790638de65ea289e30d281d755bdb9e875e.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R40589_files&id=/0.png": "files/20171130_R40589_images_c02004d45e164b1fff4085abcbb850d6d9ff5243.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R40589", "sha1": "bf23c21b6eddb5857122799b7741206f8eb3d076", "filename": "files/20171130_R40589_bf23c21b6eddb5857122799b7741206f8eb3d076.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4778, "name": "Defense Budgets & Appropriations" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4837, "name": "Defense Authorization" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4872, "name": "Military Personnel, Compensation, & Health Care" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 458309, "date": "2017-01-18", "retrieved": "2017-01-24T16:58:11.758799", "title": "Concurrent Receipt: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "\u201cConcurrent receipt\u201d refers to the simultaneous receipt of two types of monetary benefits: military retired pay and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation. Prior to 2004, existing laws and regulations dictated that a military retiree could not receive two payments from federal agencies for the same purpose. As a result, military retirees with physical disabilities recognized by the VA would have their retired pay \u201coffset\u201d or reduced dollar-for-dollar by the amount of their VA compensation.\nProponents for the concurrent receipt of both military retired pay and VA disability compensation have argued that these pays were for discrete and different purposes: military retired pay is post-service compensation for time in service, while VA compensation recognizes physical or mental disability incurred while in the service. 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The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that to extend benefits to all veterans who would be eligible for both disability benefits and military retired pay would cost $30 billion from 2015-2024, while eliminating concurrent receipt would save the government $119 billion over the same time period.\nThere are two common criteria that define eligibility for concurrent receipt: (1) all recipients must be military retirees and (2) they must also be eligible for VA disability compensation. There are two separate and distinct components that are commonly referred to as the Concurrent Receipt program: (1) Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP) and (2) Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC). A retiree cannot receive both CRSC and CRDP benefits. 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