Key Facts

• Under current law, combat-injured retirees with fewer than 20 years of service give up part of their military retirement pay when they receive VA disability compensation.
• The package aims to let those retirees receive their full military retirement pay and injury compensation.
• The Congressional Budget Office estimated the change would increase compensation by an average of about $1,450 per month.
• The bill would change how the VA rates tinnitus and sleep apnea, potentially reducing disability compensation for some future veterans.
• The proposed rating changes would not affect veterans already receiving compensation for tinnitus or sleep apnea.
• The House passed the bill by voice vote, without recording each member’s vote.
• Democratic Rep. Mark Takano said the minority had no opportunity to request a recorded vote; veterans group leader Cory Geisler criticized the voice vote.