A JOINT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to pass the Major Richard Star Act to ensure veterans with disabilities receive their full United States Department of Defense retirement pay and United States Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation without offset.

This resolution asks Kentucky's state government to formally encourage the U.S. Congress to pass a specific federal law known as the Major Richard Star Act. That federal law would allow certain veterans with disabilities to receive their full military retirement pay and their full VA disability compensation at the same time, without one payment being reduced because of the other. Currently, some veterans must choose between the two benefits or have one offset by the other. Who it may affect: veterans with disabilities who receive both military retirement pay and VA disability compensation.

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