Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to strengthen benefits for Georgia veterans wounded in combat.
Today, Sen. Ossoff launched a push to pass the bipartisan Major Richard Star Act, legislation he co-sponsored that would allow servicemembers who medically retired before 20 years of service to collect retirement pay from the Department of Defense (DoD) and disability payments from the VA at the same time.
“Combat-disabled veterans in Georgia and across the country are not receiving the full benefits to which they should be entitled,” Sen. Ossoff said. “I’m co-sponsoring this bill to ensure that combat-disabled veterans get the benefits they’ve earned.”
Sen. Ossoff continues working across the aisle to support Georgia’s veterans.
Last month, Sens. Ossoff and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act to help disabled veterans’ small businesses thrive.
This February, Sens. Ossoff and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act to help more veterans in rural areas get transportation to VA health facilities and access the health care benefits they’ve earned.
In January, Sen. Ossoff announced more Georgia veterans are now eligible for VA health care under the PACT Act, which expanded VA health care for thousands of veterans, including those battling bladder cancer, ureter cancer, other genitourinary cancers, acute and chronic leukemias, and multiple myeloma.
Last year, Sen. Ossoff passed into law his bipartisan Investing in VETS Act to help service-disabled veteran business owners compete for Federal government contracts, helping expand their business opportunities to new markets.
Click here to read the Major Richard Star Act.
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