Why Fort Campbell retirees look hard at CRSC
Fort Campbell sits on the Kentucky and Tennessee line, and most of the post is on the Tennessee side next to Clarksville. It is home to the 101st Airborne Division, the 5th Special Forces Group and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. A lot of the retirees who stay in Montgomery and Christian Counties spent careers in air assault, rotary-wing aviation and special operations, with repeated deployments in between.
That history matters for CRSC because the program does not pay on a diagnosis. It pays on a VA-rated condition that your branch finds was caused in a combat-related way. For this community the fact patterns we most often look at are rappelling and fast-rope injuries, helicopter hard landings, parachute and air assault training injuries, blast exposure on deployment, and noise from aircraft and weapons. Some of those can fit hazardous duty, some fit instrumentality of war, and some fit training that simulates war. Others do not fit any category, and it is better to know that before you file.
What CRSC is, in one paragraph
Combat-Related Special Compensation is a tax-free monthly payment under 10 U.S.C. § 1413a for eligible military retirees whose retired pay is reduced by the VA waiver. Your VA rating is the starting point. Your branch then decides, condition by condition, whether each rated disability came from armed conflict, hazardous service, duty under conditions simulating war, an instrumentality of war, or a Purple Heart injury. The board decides from documents, so the packet has to show how and where the injury happened, not just that it exists. Read more on CRSC eligibility.
Which board decides your claim
Most Fort Campbell retirees are Army, so their CRSC claim goes to the Army's CRSC branch at Human Resources Command. Air Force retirees file with the Air Force Personnel Center. Navy and Marine Corps retirees who settled in Clarksville file with the Navy's CRSC board. We build the packet to the board that will read it. See our Army CRSC guide for how the Army reviews claims.
Local resources worth knowing
We are not the only help in the area, and we would rather you use every resource you have. The installation's Retirement Services Office is the place for retired pay and Survivor Benefit Plan questions. VA medical facilities and community clinics serve Clarksville and the surrounding counties for care and records. County veterans service officers and accredited Veterans Service Organizations can help with VA disability claims, which is work we do not do. DFAS handles the payment side once a CRSC decision is made. Our job is narrower: building the CRSC packet itself.
How it works from Clarksville
- Take the 30-second CRSC quiz or book a free 15-minute review.
- Send your DD-214, VA rating decisions and any existing CRSC paperwork through secure upload.
- We tell you, plainly, which conditions look combat-related and provable and which do not.
- If you hire us, we build the packet for a flat fee quoted up front. You sign and submit it to your branch.
No office visit is needed. Everything is done by phone, email and secure file sharing.
- Flat fee, quoted up front. Never a percentage of your back pay. Payment plans available through Affirm or Klarna at checkout, subject to approval.
- Founded by a combat-disabled Army Infantry retiree who filed his own 277-page CRSC packet. Meet Loy.
- Free 15-minute review before you spend anything.
We help retirees from every branch
Each branch decides CRSC through a different board. Start with yours:
What we do
- CRSC packet preparation: end-to-end build, intake to submission-ready.
- CRSC records review: what is combat-related, provable, and worth per month.
- CRSC reconsideration: rebuild a denied claim with a clearer link to a qualifying cause.
- DD Form 2860 help: completing the CRSC claim form, block by block.
- CRSC eligibility: see if you qualify.
- CRSC calculator: a working estimate of the monthly amount.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to live near Fort Campbell to work with Standfast?
No. Standfast is 100% remote and works with retirees nationwide. Clarksville and Fort Campbell retirees work with us the same way everyone else does, by phone, email and secure upload.
Can air assault or rappelling injuries qualify for CRSC?
They can, when the records document the event and tie it to a qualifying category such as hazardous service or training that simulates war. A VA rating alone is not enough. The board looks for time-of-service records showing how the injury happened. No one can promise a particular decision.
Is Standfast part of Fort Campbell, the VA or the Army?
No. Standfast Veterans Group is a private, veteran-owned company. We are not affiliated with the VA, the Department of Defense, DFAS, Human Resources Command or any branch of service, and we are not a law firm or a Veterans Service Organization.
How much does Standfast charge?
A flat fee quoted up front after your free review. We never take a percentage of your CRSC back pay or monthly payment. Payment plans available through Affirm or Klarna at checkout, subject to approval. See what packet preparation costs.
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Everything is done by phone, email and secure file sharing, so where you live never limits the help. Tell us your situation and we will give you a straight, vet-to-vet read on whether CRSC looks like a fit.
Standfast Veterans Group (Standfast Claims LLC) is a private, veteran-owned CRSC packet-preparation company. We are not a law firm, not a Veterans Service Organization and not VA-accredited agents, and we are not affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, DFAS, Army Human Resources Command or any branch of the Armed Forces. This page is general information, not legal, tax, financial or medical advice. Your branch's CRSC board decides every claim; we do not guarantee approval, a rating, a payment amount or back pay.