Concurrent Military Retirement Pay and Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation, referred to as Concurrent Receipt (CR), allows military retirees to receive both military retired pay and Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation. This was prohibited until the enactment of public law 107-107 on 28 December 2001. The phase-in of full CR, which gradually restored a retiree’s VA disability offset, was complete effective January 2014. If qualified, you do not need to apply for CR, you will be enrolled automatically.

Air National Guard Service members on state active duty are not eligible for CR. CR is only applicable to retirees.

For more information, please visit the Concurrent Military Retirement Pay and VA Disability Compensation webpage maintained by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS):
https://www.dfas.mil/RetiredMilitary/disability/crdp/

DoD FMR Volume 7B: “Chapter 4, Recoupment of Separation Pay”:
https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/documents/fmr/current/07b/07b_04.pdf

DoD FMR Volume 7B: “Chapter 64, Concurrent Military Retirement Pay and Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Disability Compensation”:
https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/documents/fmr/current/07b/07b_64.pdf