Effective May 15 2008, the Pay and Allowance Continuation (PAC) program has replaced CIP. CIP was an entitlement payable prior to May 15 2008 at up to $430 a month. Eligible Wounded Warriors already receiving HFP are paid $205 a month. Service Members who were medically evacuated out of a combat zone and considered "hospitalized" were entitled to CIP. For the purposes of CIP entitlement, a Wounded Warrior is considered hospitalized if he/she is admitted as an inpatient or is receiving extensive rehabilitation as an outpatient while living in quarters affiliated with the military health care system. An example of these government quarters is the Fisher house at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Wounded Warriors are still eligible to claim retroactive periods of CIP qualification. Contact your local finance office if you believe you should have earned CIP for a time period but did not receive the entitlement.