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HRD-84-13 1 (1983-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnel0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ( ('A ~UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE \,', ' WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-212974 NOVEMBER 18, 1983 The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger The Secretary of Defense Attention: DOD Office of the Inspector General Deputy Assistant Inspector General for GAO Report Analysis The Honorable Harry N. Walters Administrator of Veterans Affairs Subject: Dual Compensation Is Paid When Military Reservists Do Not Waive VA Disability Benefits (GAO/HRD-84-13) We have reviewed Department of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Administration (VA) efforts to prevent dual compensation from being paid to reservists who receive VA disability benefits. Although the agencies have taken actions within the past few years to better identify reservists who should be waiving VA benefits, about 65 percent of these reservists continue to re- ceive dual compensation. We estimate that in fiscal year 1982 VA paid about $2.2 million in benefits that shQuld have been waived. Increased coordination between DOD and VA is needed to pre- vent dual compensation payments. We are recommending that the agencies take a number of specific actions to correct the-prob- lems we identified. The recommendations (see p. 10) and the findings that support them are discussed in enclosure I. In commenting on a draft of this report, DOD and VA agreed with our findings and recommendations and described actions underway or planned to darry out our recommendations. (See encs. II and III.) (400492) IJ 122866

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