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60,000 Veterans Get Triple Benefits Totaling $3.5 Billion Says GAO
Until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, military veterans were not allowed to receive both military retirement pay and Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) disability benefits. Under a Civil War-era statute, the Pentagon docked retirement pay dollar-for-dollar up to the amount of disability benefits from the VA. The requirements for receiving money from these three sources have changed over time since 2004…Read More
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