By MOAA Staff

A long-sought floor vote in the House on legislation designed to end the “wounded veteran tax” faced by combat-injured military retirees edged closer Sept. 15 with the 218th signature on a discharge petition – enough to move a revamped version of the bill out of the House Rules Committee.

MOAA has supported all legislative avenues to move this long-sought fix forward, one that would allow these wounded warriors to receive both their earned military retirement pay and VA disability compensation without an unfair offset. This progress comes amid our ongoing fight on behalf of the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act, which not only offers relief to combat-injured retirees, but would provide long-sought benefits to other veterans, their caregivers, and their survivors.