Source: Defense Accounting and Finance Service —
If you are considering medically retiring and have questions about your combined post military income after medical retirement, you should check out the DFAS Medical Retired Disability Income Estimator.
This personalized estimator allows you to enter your own information to approximate your total monthly compensation from Veterans Affairs (VA), Retired Pay, and Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC). There is also a PowerPoint presentation available to learn how your total monthly compensation is computed, along with helpful links to other sites for information. The helpful calculator has up to date VA compensation benefits rates.
It seems out dated as it deducts your VA disability even if you are above 50% which has changed for many retirees.
Where did you get your info? I checked with my service and I am told that CRSC has nothing to do with the VA except you need to get the VA rating. I would like to know the right answer.
I beleive it deducts it and adds back as CRSC.
is it illegal to claim spouse and dependent if you are getting a divorce and he is not paying his child support?
you can claim either married or single. with dependents or without dependents. proof of these will need to be provided. but if its untrue, he/she will be foreced to repay.
No it is NOT illegal to claim a spouse or dependent as long as still legally married. "Are" getting a divorce means you are still legally married. The total amount of medical retirement pay DOES NOT change if you have a spouse or dependent…. the only thing that changes if you do have them is who pays you, with dependents, the military branch pays you more, but then the VA payment drops exactly the difference. But you make less in the end with dependents because you have to pay more tax because you get more money from branch vs VA(which is not taxable)
is this computation your VA rating included? I am 80% disabled and was just given an increase from The Physical Disability Review Board from my discharge in 2003 and I was curious to calculate my back pay. This is making me think that I will get a smaller amount than I already receive. If someone has been through this process could you please give me some guidance!
Don't quote me on this..Im still waiting for my findings. My brother was med seped from the Navy, he is 100% and receives 2800$ a month after all taxes..80% shouldn't be too much lower but that's about all I know so far. Hope this puts at least some ease to your mind.
http://benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/resources_com…
that will tell you your pay. $1500 with out children and what not. say you were making 1000 a month and it increases to 2000 take your new monthly amount and subtract what you have been getting.. example 2000 – 1000 = 1000 x 10 because it goes back to 2003 (10 years) and you would be getting back paid $10,000.00 but if it decreases than your pay just goes down monthly. hoped that helped its tough figuring this crap out
I can’t see the calculator and I would like to know what I am entitled to. I have already received 60 percent from the va. Any ideas?
Once the PEB finds you unfit. the VA whill start a "new" claims process that overrides and claim to disability that you may currently be drawing, once they decide on a rating for you, the Army side will match it, ex. 60%disability, 60% Army retirment. thet percentage will be based off you "high-3" meaning the average of your 3 highest yearly saleries.
VA Comp and Army dis. retirement are seperate. though you can not draw the full entitled of both, you should recieve the CRSC to make up for the difference. Army dis retirement will match the VA rating at the time of discharge but will not change with you va rating.