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In a slightly different side-bar to the topic at hand, kindly note that I finally was approved for CRSC at the disability level that had been ascribed earlier. So a bit later this year, I'll get a retroactive settlement amount, plus will have a couple more hundred dollars automatically deposited into my checking account, all thanks to the CRSC being signed into law several years ago.

All the above is written not to gloat or brag, but to post a living, breathing and grateful testimony of long-over due equal treatment - having a part of my retirement pay deducted by an equal amount of disability was purely discriminatory. The issue of concurrent receipt, or the lack thereof, has been plaguing the veteran community for generations, with sufficient blame to be spread on all parties, from coast to coast. The fact that something beneficial, something positive, and something permanent has been enacted, should not go unrecognized. While there is more to do, better results will be had by adopting a positive attitude and working within the system. What frequently happens in committee and even on the floor of the US House is that amendments are offered to a bill that is totally irrelevant to the basic proposal, and the basic proposal or bill is so repugnant or partisan that party-line votes are cast. The proposed amendment may be one that fully funds CR, cures cancer, restores sight to the blind, but if the basic bill is bad, all amendments get voted down.

And in closing, as I've stated before, the Democrat control that existed for so long before the current control by the Republicans provided them ample opportunity to fully fund and pass concurrent receipt when they wanted, had it been a priority for them then. Blaming the current situation solely on the Republican party is simplistic, childish, and lacking in historical perspective.