Review of Concurrent Receipt of Department of Defense Retirement, Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation, and Social Security Disability Insurance

In this report released September 30, 2014, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented findings of its review of the number of military retirees recieving concurrent benefits from the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation. In 2013, about 59,251 individuals (three percent of the 1.9 million DOD retirees) received concurrent payments totaling over $3.5 billion from DOD retirement ($1.41 billion), VA disability ($1.17 billion), and SSDI ($937 million . . .