Retirees May Never See the Back Pay They're Due. Last November an independent audit of the Military Retirement Fund uncovered a significant deficiency in the way the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) has been calculating retired pay for about 15 percent of 370,000 retirees who are under a High-3 retired pay formula.
Are stress and heart disease related? Does stress increase the risk of heart disease? Stress is a normal part of life. But if left unmanaged, stress can lead to emotional, psychological, and even physical problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, chest pains, or irregular heart beats.
Anxiety is very common, but so is heart disease. Chest pain due to anxiety is most likely caused by muscle contractions in the chest wall, where the pain tends to be localized, and is often a sharp pain that is either fleeting or interrupts a breath. The anxiety causing the chest pain will often exacerbate the condition.