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OK, I feel really stupid. I went through our bank account yesterday and saw that on November 3rd, DFAS did, indeed, deposit retirement pay for October 17 through November 1. I don't know how I didn't see that--I seriously check our bank account every day. Anyways, the full amount should go in...

Hi all, Hopefully someone sees this. Just an update. We did NOT receive PRDL pay on November 1. ETS was October 16. So this has been a "dry month" and I don't think we are going to get any pay for November from them because a statement has not come indicating November at all. I have a part...

Hopefully someone will see this - For the DFAS MyPay web site, my husband doesn't have a CAC card anymore (we traded it in for a retired ID card today). Is there a way for him to get on there without it? I have always hated the MyPay site because of the draconian password...

His backpay will be VA pay minus whatever DOD pays out between his retirement date and when VA kicks in. Ugh. I'll be glad when all this is over!

My husband was in for 5 years but if the MEB finds PDRL, then you get retirement pay from DOD at your DOD rating level until VA kicks in. Back pay from VA will be the 80% amount minus whatever DOD already paid during however many months it takes for them to get started. In our case 30% of base...

Thanks everyone. So basically, the VA will just wait until October 16 to do anything else (look at the DD-214, finalize rating, etc) and we should plan on his upcoming October 1 check as being his last predictable pay for possibly a couple months? I hope the VA doesn't take 5 months to review...

Hi, I read this thread but I am starting a new one so that my question doesn't get buried. My husband went through the Army MEB starting October 2013. He received PDRL (30%) and 80% VA rating. He is on terminal leave now, with an upcoming ETS date of October 16, 2014 (so about 12 months start...