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Article: Returning to active duty? You must let VA know: every veteran receiving disability compensation from the VA is required by law to notify the VA if they are returning to active duty.(Department of Veterans Affairs )
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- DAV Magazine
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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Did you get out of the military only to find you miss it too much? Are you in the Individual Ready Reserve and being called back to active duty? Are you receiving compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for a service-connected disability?
If so, there are some things you need to know before you put those boots back on.
Every veteran receiving disability compensation from the VA is required by law to notify the VA if they are returning to active duty, voluntarily or by order, even if just for training.
Those monthly compensation payments have to stop while you're on active duty. Failure to do so ...