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Allow combat-wounded medical retirees to receive full retirement and disability pay
Terri Sewell signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Major Richard Star Act. The bill would allow veterans medically retired because of combat-related injuries to receive both their full retirement pay and disability compensation.
Context: The page reports her past action on the petition; it does not state whether the bill became law or describe a future commitment.
In their own words
allow veterans who were forced to medically retire because of combat-related injuries to receive their full retirement pay and disability compensation
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Retrieved: 11/11/2026