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.
However, one small thing -- a 50% disability rating does not mean you'll receive disability compensation in an amount equal to 50% of your retirement pay (retirement pay being 50% of base pay at 20 yrs, increasing by 2.5% per year up to 30 yrs) base pay at retirement. For example, I have a 20% disability rating and for that I get an amount that is substantially less than 20% of my retirement pay.