Advocacy
A Wife's Request: Please Support the Maj. Richard Star Act
Tonya Star tells her story to MOAA. Help the Star family and others receive the benefits they deserve.
MOAA has long fought to end the unjust offset faced by medically retired servicemembers who lose a dollar of retirement pay for every dollar collected in VA disability pay.
This page offers resources and guidance for the 210,000 Chapter 61 retirees and their families, including 42,000 whose injuries are combat-related.
It also offers the latest updates on MOAA's efforts to secure concurrent receipt for all of these retirees, and how you can help support the cause.
Tell Congress to add language from the Major Richard Star Act, which will secure concurrent receipt for combat-injured veterans, in this year's National Defense Authorization Act. Click here to send a message to your lawmaker.
Learn more about concurrent receipt
Hear more from Maj. Richard Star, USAR, and Tonya Star
Tonya Star tells her story to MOAA. Help the Star family and others receive the benefits they deserve.
These programs aren't new, but they can be hard to understand. Know your options.
Use this publication to help you better understand CRDP and CRSC and answer commonly asked questions. Available to Premium and Life members.
Meet Maj. Thomas Throckmorton, USA (Ret), whose time in uniform ended prematurely.
'You work for this retirement for years only to find out that you’re not eligible to get what you have earned.'
How does this complex, and unfair, system work ... and what is MOAA doing to help fix it?
Tonya Star tells her story to MOAA. Help the Star family and others receive the benefits they deserve.
Letters from the group to key lawmakers back two critical bills. It’s time to add your support.
This legislation is the next step as MOAA continues to fight to fully eliminate concurrent receipt, and grant the full disability and retirement pay our veterans deserve.
MOAA helps you understand your concurrent receipt choices.
A crash course in CRSC, with links to more resources.
Who is eligible, what is available, and what else retirees need to know.