[USNA74]

The really sick thing about this inequity is if a military guy spends 5 years in the Service and suffered service-connected disability, then goes to work elsewhere in the Federal Government for their 20 years earning retirement, then they get their full retirement pay and their full disability compensation. If you spend all 20 years in the military, then you have to give up your retirement pay dollar for dollar for any disability compensation. That's just ridiculous.

[Vermont Lt]

Just so us simple folks can get this clear...

If I am injured in the service, say at 50% disability ( I lose an arm), I will get the 50% disability. However if I lose the arm, and go to work at the Department of State for 20 years I get my pension, plus the 50%--thus getting 150%.

If I stay with the Army, working at a deskjob, and I retire, I get 100%--because you take the disabilty out of the pension?

And if I go into the public sector, I work for 20 years--I get disability, Social Security, my pension, and my worthless enron stock....?

Is that a correct assessment. I'm not trying to make an opinion, just to understand the situation.