Thread: Veterans Are You Due this money??

Veteran Benefits Program Ending

Military members whose service was involuntarily extended, or whose retirement was suspended between September 11, 2001 and September 30, 2009, due to stop loss are entitled to retroactive payments of $500 for each month they were extended, according to Department of Defense officials. But the deadline to receive those benefits is rapidly drawing to a close. The deadline to apply for the benefits is October 21, 2010.
Only about 58,000 of the 145,000 eligible claims have been paid, leaving more than $300 million available to eligible veterans. The average payout for each veteran is close to $4,000.

The 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act established the Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay and throughout the past year the services have been reaching out to eligible veterans, service members and their families through direct mail, veteran service organizations and the media. But by law there is no authorization to make payments on claims submitted after October 21, 2010.

Eligible members should print, complete and sign Department of Defense Form 2944, Claim for Retroactive Stop Loss Payment. They must then select the appropriate method for submitting their claim form based upon their service requirements. The information can be found on their services stop loss web site, accessible from http://www.defense.gov/home/features...0710_stoploss/, or call: Army: (877) 736-5554; Navy: (901) 874-4427; Marine Corps: (877) 242-2830 and Air Force: (800) 525-0102.

I think it's sad there are so many benefits available but how we are supposed to find out about them I don't kinow except word of mouth. The best way to find out things is to go to the VA as a patient and talk to people. You can find out all kinds of benefits. These benefits should be printed up and mailed to every person qualified.

Originally Posted by azwup05

Thanks for that info! Apparently my son and daughter in-law were not made aware of this one. My daughter in law was on stop-loss and deploeyed for an extra 14 months. My son was 7 months. They had no idea about this one.

I hope they get the funds due to them...Would be a nice bit of change...

Glad I able to help someone out...