WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped introduce a bipartisan bill to provide combat-disabled veterans their full benefits. The bipartisan Major Richard Star Act would repeal unfair offsets, allowing these disabled veterans to receive both their retirement pay and disability compensation. Currently, only veterans with disability ratings above 50 percent and more than 20 years of service are eligible to receive the full amount of their Department of Defense (DoD) retirement and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability payments—leaving behind more than 50,000 combat-injured military retirees.
“It’s unconscionable that so many brave men and women who served our nation in uniform and sustained injuries during their service still cannot access the full benefits they’ve earned,” dijo el Senador Rosen. “We need to right this wrong, which is why I’m helping introduce a bipartisan bill to make sure veterans who were injured in combat can receive their full disability and retirement pay.”
Senator Rosen has been working to deliver for Nevada’s veterans. She has sent letters demanding that the VA reverses harmful plans to reduce their workforce, calling on the VA to permanently reverse layoffs, and pushing for answers regarding mass employee terminations at the VA. Earlier this month, Senator Rosen helped introduce legislation to reinstate veterans wrongfully fired by President Trump and Elon Musk. She also took to the Senate floor to oppose the actions of the Trump Administration and Musk to mass fire employees working at the VA.
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