We have the power to change the injustice imposed upon us; Title 38 U.S.
and pass H.R. 303 for Full Concurrent Receipt-Bilirakis (R-FL).  Present
law, enacted in the nineteenth century, forbids veterans who are both
retired and disabled from receiving concurrent receipt of full
retirement pay and disability compensation pay. This law rules that the
veteran may receive one or the other or must waive an amount of
retirement pay equal to the amount of any disability pay the veteran
might receive.  We should note that no such deduction applies to the
Federal civil service so that a disabled veteran who has held a
nonmilitary Federal job for the requisite period receives full longevity
retirement pay undiminished by the subtraction of disability pay.

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Respectfully,
 

Stephen G. Antonelli, III
Chief Warrant Officer, Special Forces
United States Army, Retired
 

The Honorable ____________________________
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
 
 

Dear Senator ____________________________
 

Please vote yes for H.R. 303 Full Concurrent Receipt-Bilirakis (R-FL) to
amend Title 38, U.S. Code. This is a bipartisan issue to provide our
disabled veterans fairness in the way our government treats them.  The
bill proposes to amend Title 38, U.S. Code and allow our retired service
members to receive the disability compensation they earned, without
having to pay for it out of their own retirement checks.  Our country
made a commitment to them.  Please help keep this promise.

Present law, enacted in the nineteenth century, forbids veterans who are
both retired and disabled from receiving concurrent receipt of full
retirement pay and disability compensation pay. This law rules that the
veteran may receive one or the other or must waive an amount of
retirement pay equal to the amount of any disability pay the veteran
might receive.  We should note that no such deduction applies to the
Federal civil service so that a disabled veteran who has held a
nonmilitary Federal job for the requisite period receives full longevity
retirement pay undiminished by the subtraction of disability pay.

The retired disabled veteran must pay for their own disability!
Example, the retiree receives  $1200 per month taxable retirement and
the disability compensation is $500 per month exempt from taxation:
$1,200 - $500 = $700 (taxable retirement) + $500 (disability
compensation exempt from taxation) for a total of $1,200: not $1,700 per
month.

Even though the Cold War has ended, the world continues to be a
dangerous place, requiring American Service Men and Women to go in
harm's way to defend America's national interest.  Past, present and
future service members deserve a disability system commensurate with the
dangers and injuries they have and will undergo while serving America.

H.R. 303 urges Congress to make the necessary, statutory change to
correct this injustice and discrimination so that America's occasional
commitment to war in pursuit of national and international goals may be
matched by an allegiance to those who made sacrifices for those goals
 

Respectfully,

The Honorable ____________________________
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Representative ___________________________
 

Please vote yes for H.R. 303 Full Concurrent Receipt-Bilirakis (R-FL) to
amend Title 38, U.S. Code. This is a bipartisan issue to provide our
disabled veterans fairness in the way our government treats them.  The
bill proposes to amend Title 38, U.S. Code and allow our retired service
members to receive the disability compensation they earned, without
having to pay for it out of their own retirement checks.  Our country
made a commitment to them.  Please help keep this promise.

Present law, enacted in the nineteenth century, forbids veterans who are
both retired and disabled from receiving concurrent receipt of full
retirement pay and disability compensation pay. This law rules that the
veteran may receive one or the other or must waive an amount of
retirement pay equal to the amount of any disability pay the veteran
might receive.  We should note that no such deduction applies to the
Federal civil service so that a disabled veteran who has held a
nonmilitary Federal job for the requisite period receives full longevity
retirement pay undiminished by the subtraction of disability pay.

The retired disabled veteran must pay for their own disability!
Example, the retiree receives  $1200 per month taxable retirement and
the disability compensation is $500 per month exempt from taxation:
$1,200 - $500 = $700 (taxable retirement) + $500 (disability
compensation exempt from taxation) for a total of $1,200: not $1,700 per
month.

Even though the Cold War has ended, the world continues to be a
dangerous place, requiring American Service Men and Women to go in
harm's way to defend America's national interest.  Past, present and
future service members deserve a disability system commensurate with the
dangers and injuries they have and will undergo while serving America.

H.R. 303 urges Congress to make the necessary, statutory change to
correct this injustice and discrimination so that America's occasional
commitment to war in pursuit of national and international goals may be
matched by an allegiance to those who made sacrifices for those goals
 

Respectfully,