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B-176785 1 (1974-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkws0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RSTRCTle e MNWRNW LAhR B-1 76785 MR 717 The Honorable Les Aspin P, House of Representatives MNO Dear Mr. Aspin: In accordance with your request of September 17, 1973, and subsequent agreements with your office, we obtained information regarding disability compensation benefits paid by the Veterans Administration (VA) to general grade officers (pay grades 0-7 through 0-10) who retired from military service between January 1 and September 30, 1973. Entitlement to VA compensation benefits is dependent on many factors including a rating board's decision that disability was incurred in or aggravated by military service. If the veteran is determined eligible, the board then decides on the degree of the disability. To receive compensation benefits, the veteran, or his survivors if he is deceased, must waive an equivalent amount from pensions paid by the military. We have previously provided a member of your office with the detailed information we obtained pursuant to your request. The following is a summary of this information. Information furnished by the Department of Defense showed that 274 general grade officers retired between January 1 and September 30, 1973. VA records for 253 of these officers which were available to us at the time of our review showed that 142 or about 56 percent had completed applications for VA compensa- tion benefits. Our review of VA claim folders for these 142 officers showed that: --40 had waived the required amounts of their military pensions and were receiving VA compensation payments totaling $3,662 monthly, an average of about $92 per officer; --waivers of military pensions were in process for seven who were scheduled to receive monthly VA payments totaling $634, an average of about $91 per officer; ogO-3 ;1i

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