Comments on: Obama Budget 2010: Responding to the Needs of Our Veterans http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/02/27/obama-budget-2010-responding-to-the-needs-of-our-veterans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=obama-budget-2010-responding-to-the-needs-of-our-veterans Military Veterans and Foreign Affairs Journal - VA - Veterans Administration Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:25:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam Ramsey SSgt USMC Ret http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/02/27/obama-budget-2010-responding-to-the-needs-of-our-veterans/comment-page-1/#comment-11280 Sam Ramsey SSgt USMC Ret Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:07:15 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/?p=5020#comment-11280 I'm optimistic with the proposed FY-10 budget. Among other points of interest in the bill is that finally people such as myself who have been medically retired are eligible for concurrent receipt so we aren't penalized. I'm hoping that this does in fact get approved and that they do the right thing with retroactive payments to people who have been monetarilly penalized through the time they have been in the TDRL/PDRL. I always thought it wasn't fair...we didnt' have the choice to continue on Active Duty which I am blindly assuming most of us would have indeed completed at least 20 years of service to be eligible for "normal" retirement. I’m optimistic with the proposed FY-10 budget. Among other points of interest in the bill is that finally people such as myself who have been medically retired are eligible for concurrent receipt so we aren’t penalized.

I’m hoping that this does in fact get approved and that they do the right thing with retroactive payments to people who have been monetarilly penalized through the time they have been in the TDRL/PDRL.

I always thought it wasn’t fair…we didnt’ have the choice to continue on Active Duty which I am blindly assuming most of us would have indeed completed at least 20 years of service to be eligible for “normal” retirement.

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