Retired service members with a service-connected disability cannot always receive their full retirement pay and disability benefits because of rules against "double-dipping" from federal funding sources. Veterans' advocates have long argued that the current law is unfair and that it denies disabled veterans the full compensation that they have earned from their military service. New legislation would drop the offset that reduces retirement pay for some disabled veterans. If the Major Richard Star Act is signed into law, what would change for disabled veterans, and how many would actually see an increase in their compensation?

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