A military retiree who is also receiving VA disability, faces a dollar-for-dollar VA waiver, unless he qualifies for concurrent receipt, or CRDP.
Disability
Unfortunately, injury in the line of duty is a fact of life in the military. And the military knows how to take care of its members and families who face such adversity. The most well-known program, VA disability, is not limited to war wounds, but is available to any member or retiree who has a service-connected medical condition. By contrast, combat-related special compensation, or CRSC is a compensation program solely for "purple heart" injuries, those injured in combat. And TDRL/PDRL is often the glidepath to such programs.
These programs have important consequences for family law cases, from trying to figure out how to calculate income, to determining whether such benefits are divisible as property. Read the articles below for more information.
A military member who is medically unfit for service, but does not qualify for a disability retirement, may instead receive disability severance pay.
A military member with a permanent disability may receive PDRL payments, or a Chapter 61 Disability Retirement, which reduces what a former spouse can receive at divorce.
Explains VA disability, the VA waiver, and the impact of disability on maintenance, child support & a court’s division of military retirement in a divorce.
Explains criteria for, and treatment of military disability payments in a divorce, from the TDRL, PDRL, disability severance & medical retirement.
Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) is a means of restoring waived military retirement to retirees with a qualifying Purple-Heart disability