Senate poised to pass wounded warrior bill
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jun 14, 2007 9:59:05 EDT
A bipartisan wounded warrior assistance bill proposes providing a minimum of one year of basic pay as severance for anyone whose military service is cut short by combat injuries, and six months of pay for those who are retired on disability for noncombat reasons.
In another major change, the bill proposes allowing disabled veterans who are medically retired from the military to receive both their full military retired pay and veterans’ disability compensation, with no offsets in either payment, if their disability is the result of combat.
The bill, called the Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act, is expected to be approved Thursday afternoon by the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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