House maneuver clears path for vote on Major Richard Star Act

Antonio Gordon estimates that a federal policy has withheld nearly $100,000 in military retired pay from him since his medical retirement from the Army in December 2019. Under the concurrent receipt policy, some combat-injured retirees have their military retired pay reduced when they receive Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation. “All of my retirement pay gets wiped out,” Gordon said. Gordon is among the veterans seeking passage of the Major Richard Star Act, legislation that would allow eligible combat-injured retirees to receive their full military retired pay and VA disability compensation. The measure has attracted broad bipartisan support but has repeatedly stalled before reaching a final vote At a Capitol Hill news conference Monday, Rep. Mark Takano of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, joined lawmakers, veterans organizations and combat-injured veterans in urging Congress to advance the standalone bill.

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