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Military Retired Pay

Crediting Military Service for FERS When You Are Receiving Military Retired Pay

You cannot receive credit for any military service in your FERS retirement computation, if you are receiving military retired pay, unless you were awarded the retired pay:

  • Due to a service-connected disability either incurred in combat with an enemy of the United States or caused by an instrumentality of war and incurred in the line of duty during a period of war, or
  • Under the provisions of Chapter 1223, Title 10, U.S.C. (pertaining to retirement from a reserve component of the Armed Forces).

However, you can elect to waive the retired pay and have the military service added to your civilian service in computing your FERS annuity. In addition to waiving your military retired pay you MUST pay a deposit for your post 1956 military deposit prior to separating from your agency in order for it to be creditable in your FERS retirement case.

How to Waive Your Military Retired Pay

If you paid the applicable military service deposit and want to waive your military retired pay to receive credit for military service in the computation of your annuity, you should write the Retired Pay Operations Center approximately 60 days before your planned retirement. DFAS offers multiple ways to submit your request, but the online submission is the preferred method.

Mailing address:

U.S. Military Retired and Annuitant Pay
8899 E 56th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46249-1200

Fax number: 800-469-6559

Online: The most convenient way to submit your documents is uploading them to DFAS online 24/7 via the askDFAS online upload tools. More information is available and options are available on askDFAS.

Suggested wording for your military retired pay waiver request is as follows:

"I (full name and DoD identification number) hereby waive my military retired pay for (Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) or Civil Service Retirement Service (CSRS)) purposes effective (the day before your annuity is set to begin).

I hereby authorize the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to withhold from my (FERS or CSRS) annuity any amount of military retired pay granted beyond the effective date of this waiver due to any delay in receiving or processing this request."

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