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Richard Blumenthal: “Right now, combat injured veterans are getting a dollar for…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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'Numbers Are Meaningless To Veterans Who Are Deprived Of Benefits': Blumenthal, Ron Johnson Spar

Published | Video Starts at 02:12

… majority of them have less than 20 years of service, they will be reduced in their retirement pay dollar for dollar from their VA disability benefits. Let me just repeat. Right now, combat injured veterans are getting a dollar for dollar reduction of their military retirement pay from their VA disability benefits. So if they have to retire because they've been injured in combat, they sacrifice dollar for dollar their retirement pay because of the disability benefits that they receive. (02:12–02:26)

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Asserts that combat-injured veterans have their military retirement pay reduced dollar for dollar by their VA disability benefits.

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