Legislation
Update - National Defense Authorization Act Public Law 110-181
Those items of special
interest to Retirees and their Annuitants are outlined below:
Section
641: Expansion of Combat-Related Special Compensation
(CRSC) eligibility effective January 1, 2008. This eliminates
the requirement for 20 years of service to qualify for CRSC.
Those members that are Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA)
and disability retirees with less than 20 years of service are
now eligible for CRSC. However, disability retirees with less
than 20 years of service are subject to reduction by the amount
that the disability base pay exceeds the service base pay. See
additional information below, but Reserve members retired as
unfit for duty pursuant to 10 USC 12731b with more than 15 years
of service but less than 20 years are excluded.
Section
642: Inclusion of Veterans with Service connected
disabilities rated as total by reason of unemployability by
termination of phase-in of concurrent receipt of retired pay and
VA disability compensation. This provides for full concurrent
receipt for those members rated as totally disabled by reason of
unemployability retroactive to January 1, 2005. Any amount due
for a period prior to October 1, 2008, by reason of this
amendment shall not be paid until after October 1, 2008.
Section 644:
Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance for person affected by
required SBP annuity offset for Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation (DIC). The service secretary concerned shall pay a
special survivor indemnity allowance to the surviving
spouse/former spouse if the surviving spouse/former spouse is
entitled to DIC and is eligible to receive an annuity by reason
of an election of SBP who, except for the DIC offset, would be
eligible to receive the annuity, shall be paid the monthly
amount equal to:
For months during fiscal year
2009, $50.00;
For months during fiscal year 2010, $60.00;
For months during fiscal year 2011, $70.00;
For months during fiscal year 2012, $80.00;
For months during fiscal year 2013, $90.00; and
For months after fiscal year 2013, $100.00.
The amount of the
allowance paid for any month may not exceed the amount of the
annuity for that month that is subject to DIC offset. The survivor
indemnity allowance is not subject to adjustment under any other
provision of law. The funds shall be paid from the retirement trust
fund, and shall only apply with respect to months beginning on
October 1, 2008, through February 28, 2016.
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Source:
http://www.dfas.mil/rna-news/apr2008/updatesonrecentlegislation.html
