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Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC)
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has two programs designed to reduce the retired pay reduction due to receipt of Veterans Administration (VA) compensation for certain disabled retirees.
Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP) provides a 10-year phase-out of the offset to military retired pay due to receipt of VA disability compensation for Veterans with 20 years of creditable military service and VA service-connected disability rating of 50% or greater. CRDP is taxable and not retroactive. It does not provide immediate full monthly payments and has 3-year phase in (2009) for Individual Unemployment (IU) if applicable. CRDP is automatically awarded to eligible retired Veterans, and no application is required.
Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) pays added benefits to retired Veterans with 20 years of creditable military service and VA combat-related disability rating of 10% or greater. CRSC is retroactive and tax free. It provides immediate full monthly payments, including Individual Unemployment (IU) if applicable. Veterans must contact their respective military service branch for additional information and to apply for CRSC.
DOD General Information Paper on Retired Benefit Programs ( , 149 KB)
Who is eligible for CRSC?
Retired veterans must meet all four of the following criteria, including having at least one VA rated injury determined as combat-related:
- Active, Reserve, or medically retired with 20 years of creditable service
- Have VA combat-related disability rating of 10% or greater
- Receiving military retired pay
- Military retired pay is reduced by VA disability payments (VA Waiver)
AND
Your injury is a result of:
– Training that simulates war (e.g., exercises, field training)
– Hazardous duty (e.g., flight, diving, parachute duty)
– Instrumentality of war (e.g., combat vehicles, weapons, Agent Orange), or
– Armed conflict (e.g., gun shot wounds, punji stick injuries, etc. – Purple Heart)
Additional CRSC Information
Press Release: New Claim Form Makes It Easier for Combat-Injured Veterans to Claim Compensation, 01/31/2007 (, 69 KB)
Fillable DD Form 2860, Application for Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC), 01/2007 (, 183 KB)
U.S. Air Force
Tel: 1-800-616-3775
http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/crsc/default.asp
U.S. Army
Tel: 1-866-281-3254
www.crsc.army.mil
U.S. Coast Guard
Tel: 1-866-307-1336
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cgpc/adm/adm1.htm
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
Tel: 1-877-366-2772
http://www.hq.navy.mil/ncpb/crscb/combatrelated.htm
U.S. NOAA Corps
Director, Commissioned Personnel Center
SSMC3/Room 12100
1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
www.noaacorps.noaa.gov
U.S. Public Health Service
Division of Commissioned Personnel
Office of the Director, Room 4A-15
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857-0001
www.usphs.gov
Official CRSC Ambassador Program
Are you a Veteran, Veterans Advocate, or a person interested in helping Veterans? The CRSC Ambassador Program may be for you. Visit the official program website and join CRSC Ambassadors helping potentially eligible U.S. Veterans worldwide receive compensation they have earned.
Since March 2005, our Unit has been assisting the U.S. Army Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) Division reach out to local communities and share information about this important veterans benefit. We have distributed CRSC information kits to over 2,000 potentially eligible Veterans throughout Virginia, greater Washington, DC area, and in transit.
Our Unit Secretary and Treasurer Tatyana (Tanya) Cobb became an Official CRSC Ambassador in May 2006. She will be glad to provide additional CRSC information, assist with preparation of CRSC claims, and make a presentation about the CRSC at a meeting or other event. Please do not hesitate to contact her.
Tatyana (Tanya) Cobb
Official CRSC Ambassador
Alexandria, VA
Tel/fax: (703) 998-8744
Mobile: (571) 332-5310
E-mail: tcobb144 'at' aol.com
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