Recent content by tikritcav

Just to follow up, after medically retiring in November 2022 I was indeed given ZERO COLA for 2023. Turns out (as several on this board speculated would be the case) DFAS strictly follows the quarterly partial COLA formulas just like for regular retirees. DFAS's website linked above is clearly...

OK, so it won't make any difference when I retire, end of this month or end of next month. I guess that makes it easy for me trying to choose between retiring at the end of Nov vs Dec. That does suck since my pay the last couple years sure as heck didn't increase anywhere close to inflation...

I just spent a few hours, mostly on hold, with DFAS. They had a couple supervisors research it while I held. And the final answer from DFAS is (drumroll) ... They don't know! They understood the question but could not definitively answer one way or the other, whether a disability retiree...

My explanation was very confusing, sorry. The reason I used the 2021 example was that is the most recent example we have to look at. The new COLA memo should be out in the next two weeks. What the memo says, I think, is that retirement dates through December 31, 2021 get the 2022 COLA (if...

This is a great question. I’m facing the same dilemma. I just hit transproc and am in the process of picking my retirement date. I could use my accrued leave and retire the last few days of December. Or I could sell my leave and retire a few days before the end of November. Secdef issues a...

My VARR decision was released today exactly at the two week mark after the VA decided it. VARR was denied on the basis the new evidence was inconsistent with my QTC exam. I had a mountain of medical treatment records going back two years that were entirely consistent but those did not...

Thanks! Got it. The va guy told me 1-2 days to go to the PEB and that set my expectations too high. I have no problem waiting another 2-3 weeks, just wanted to make sure this was a normal timeline. Sounds like it is. Like everyone else I’m anxious to get this over with. And it seems the...

I submitted a VARR which was decided a week ago. va.gov website said a claim was opened and closed on the same day, so I called va. Sure enough, the va guy told me that a one time "recon" request was decided on that day and that it would be sent back to the PEB in 1-2 days. I called my Peblo...