Standfast Veterans Group

CRSC packet prep for military retirees — every branch. Veteran-owned · SBA-certified SDVOSB · Flat fee, never a % of back pay. Free 15-min case review.

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Standfast Veterans Group is on X. We prepare Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) packets for military retirees — every branch. Veteran-owned, SBA-certified SDVOSB. Flat fee, never a percentage of your back pay. Free 15-min case review: https://t.co/byjS6b80jN

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Same gross retirement check. A very different number after taxes.

CRDP is taxable. CRSC is not. For some retirees that gap runs into the thousands a year.

Run your numbers: https://t.co/0IoG4N8zdG

Your branch decides. #CRSC #CRDP

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One decision letter may carry years of CRSC back pay.

The effective date on your branch's award sets how far back the money reaches. After Soto, six years is no longer the cutoff.

See what yours may be worth: https://t.co/a1pC7rjfi3

Your branch decides. #CRSC #Soto

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Approved for CRSC years ago and never looked at it again?

Soto removed the six year ceiling on back pay. A file closed under the old rule may reach further back than that letter said.

Run it: https://t.co/0sAHAWb2fo

Your branch decides. #CRSC #BackPay

[Standfast Veterans Group @StandfastVG]

Medically retired under 20 years? CRDP generally isn't available to you. CRSC may be.

For Chapter 61 retirees it isn't a swap. It may be new money, and it's tax-free. Your branch decides.

Run your number: https://t.co/WT9Gnt6wwo

#CRSC #MedicalRetirement

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One retirement check. Two programs. You can only draw one of them.

CRDP is taxable. CRSC is not. The same gross can leave very different money in the household.

Run both: https://t.co/oMP52zDi89

Your branch decides. #CRSC #CRDP

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Medically retired under 20 years? CRDP is not available to you. CRSC may be.

It is the one route that can bring back retired pay the VA waiver took, and it is tax-free. Your branch decides.

Run your number: https://t.co/gQ8HfJ3cF1

#CRSC #Chapter61

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Your CRSC check is built from three numbers most retirees have never seen together: the rating on combat-related conditions only, years of service, and gross retired pay before the VA waiver.

Run yours: https://t.co/l0wQyANwbc

Your branch decides. #CRSC

[Standfast Veterans Group @StandfastVG]

For years CRSC back pay stopped at 6 years no matter how long you had been owed. The Supreme Court ended that cap in 2025.

If your CRSC started years after you retired, the retro you got may not be all of it. Run your numbers:
https://t.co/F75w4oWPFu

#CRSC #VABackPay

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Your CRSC number is really two numbers: what lands every month, and what may be owed retroactively. Most retirees only ever hear about the first one.

Run both in 30 seconds: https://t.co/7TTfGUNArk

#CRSC #MilitaryRetirement

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Medically retired before 20 years?

Chapter 61 retirees are the group most often told CRSC won't help them. Often that's wrong — CRSC may give back what the VA waiver took.

Run your number: https://t.co/SrgGlm1iEl

#CRSC #MilitaryRetirement

[Standfast Veterans Group @StandfastVG]

CRSC retro isn't a bonus. It's retired pay the VA waiver took, going back to when you first qualified.

Since Soto (2025) that look-back isn't capped at 6 years. Your branch decides.

Run both numbers: https://t.co/fBvZisjSfx

#CRSC #VABackPay

[Standfast Veterans Group @StandfastVG]

The 6-year cap on CRSC back pay is gone. Soto v. United States (2025) means retro may reach your original entitlement date, not just six years. Every file is different and your branch decides. See what the math looks like: https://t.co/rUMmS0UMuo #CRSC #Veterans

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Stop looking for a CRSC pay chart. There isn't one.

Your award is the lesser of two numbers — the VA value of your combat-related conditions, or your longevity retired pay.

Don't guess: https://t.co/vXWmlHr9iA

Your branch decides. #CRSC

[Standfast Veterans Group @StandfastVG]

Ch61 retirees: the CRSC "cap" decides how big the check can be. It never subtracts from pay you already get. That one misread keeps too many from checking a tax-free monthly benefit they may qualify for. Run your numbers: https://t.co/5jvDO83HwY

#CRSC #Chapter61

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Standfast rates increase Oct 1.

Through Sep 30: $600 records review · $3,000 full CRSC packet · $1,800 reconsideration. Flat fee, never a percentage of your award. Affirm and Klarna at checkout.

Book a free consult by Sep 30 and your rate is locked: https://t.co/Tc7pr5uxjU

#CRSC

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The six-year cap on CRSC back pay is gone after Soto.

A claim someone "already handled" years ago may reach further back than they were told.

Worth a second look: https://t.co/WvtnmpBQLo

#CRSC #VABackPay

[Standfast Veterans Group @StandfastVG]

An old CRSC approval isn't always a finished matter.

If yours was figured before 2025, the retro may have been cut off at six years. Soto ended that cap.

Worth a second look: https://t.co/GKXRY8vAj4

Your branch decides. #CRSC #VABackPay

[Standfast Veterans Group @StandfastVG]

Same check. Up to $15,000/yr less to the IRS.

CRDP is taxable. CRSC isn't. For a 20-year retiree drawing either one, that difference is the whole decision — and most never run it.

Run both: https://t.co/0rVPODaw1B

#CRSC #CRDP

[Standfast Veterans Group @StandfastVG]

The Army is re-reviewing thousands of CRSC claims after Soto and mailing corrected letters. No action required — for effective dates.

It won't fix denied conditions, ones you never claimed, or if you never applied.

Check yours: https://t.co/TjXndBDWd7

#CRSC #Soto

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CRDP or CRSC? You can only draw one.

Same check on paper — but only CRSC is tax-free. Over a retirement that gap is not small.

Run it both ways: https://t.co/oMP52zDi89

Your branch decides. #CRSC #CRDP