Size of a 20/20 letter on the eye chart. Using this strategy a letter on a vision chart is made to measure the smallest space the subject can distinguish. For a 20/20 letter there are three bars and two spaces making the total letter height 5 min with 1 min between the lines.
The amount of the pension depends on the veteran's income and can be as much as $930 per month for a single veteran or $1,220 for a couple, but it's usually much less.
Members who participated in the congressional pension system are vested after five (5) years of service. A full pension is available to Members 62 years of age with 5 years of service; 50 years or older with 20 years of service; or 25 years of service at any age.A reduced pension is available depending upon which of several different age/service options is chosen. member elected after 1984 would have been enrolled under the FERS plan, and their pension payment under similar conditions ($154,267 top three-year average salary, but with only 20 years of service, rather than the 22 in the CSRS example) would be $52,451.