Baffled by CRSC CRDC position.

Reading the senseless rationalization on Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payment (CRDC) and Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC), I find myself somewhat confused. I'm baffled as to the logic and reasoning behind the 20-year rule that favors career officers and senior enlisted personnel exclusively. Why are combat-wounded veterans with less than 20 years of service excluded from CRDC/CRSC legislation but otherwise meet the Purple Heart and 60% disability requirements? If a General, a Sgt. major and a Pfc. were all wounded by the same enemy explosion and each suffered a debilitating and permanent disability rated 60% or higher, why shouldn't they all be entitled to CRDC or CRSC? Under the current legislation, guess who gets "the short end of the stick?" This is not a fair and equitable policy for the junior ranks whose officers and enlisted men are severely wounded in combat, and for some, seeing an abrupt end to a promising military career. Rank may have its privileges but not when subordinates are left to suffer. Arthur B. Diabo, Kahnaake, Quebec, Canada