Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2944. First, know what you are filling: Claim for Retroactive Stop Loss Payment. The document is titled DD Form 2944, Claim for Retroactive Stop Loss Payment, March 2010.
Next, check the edition. You want not stated, currently carried as not stated by the publisher. Then confirm the form applies to you — this is a Department of Defense form, so you use it whether you serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force or Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction.
Then settle the schedule. You are working under not stated, with not stated responsible for the document, and your organization layers its own deadlines on that. Ask before you assume a date.
Finally, decide how you will complete it. You can type into a fillable file or print a blank and write by hand, and the rest of this page walks you through both paths in order.
Now fill it in. Work from the top of the page downward, and do not jump ahead — the identifying block comes first, the substance of your entry second, the certification last. Later boxes often depend on what you put at the top.
Check the edition before you type a word. The date appears on the face of the form; it should read not stated. When it does not, discard the file and take a fresh copy from this page. Department-level revisions replace the blank across all services simultaneously, which means an old printout can be out of step everywhere.
For questions about a specific entry, check the form's own instructions, and if that does not settle it, open not stated. The directive controls where they differ.
Download the form
Begin by choosing a file. Available here: PDF. Plan for 2 pages and about 28 entries.
Choose pdf as your default. Next, click inside a box. A fillable pdf responds by outlining the field and letting you type; the text stays in the document when you save it. A printable pdf does not respond, which tells you to print the page and complete it by hand.
Go with the typed route whenever the choice is yours. Consider what happens after you submit: the copy gets scanned, forwarded and filed, and each pass costs handwriting some legibility. Block letters help if you are stuck with a pen.
What the form asks for
- Attachments included: Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 1. Military member. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Social security number (last 4 digits).
- 2. Claimant (if other than member). a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Social security number (last 4 digits).
- 3. Service at time of active duty. X first box if Army, second if Navy, third if Air Force, fourth if Marine Corps.
- 4. Service status at start of stop loss. X first box if active duty, second if ANG, third if IRR, fourth if reserve, or fifth if other service.
- If other, specify.
- 5. Applicant current status. X first box if living, second if deceased, third if incapacitated.
- 6. Applicant service status. X first box if retired, second box if separated, third if active duty..
- 7. Claimed stop loss period. a. From (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- b. To (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 8. Claimant's mailing address/contact information. a. Street/apartment number.
- b. City.
- c. State.
- d. 9-digit zip code.
- e. Country code (if overseas).
- f. Telephone number (include area code).
- g. Email address.
- h. State of legal residence.
- 9. Payment disbursement. X first box if direct deposit/electronic funds transfer, second if check.
- If direct deposit/electronic transfer: X first box if savings account, second if checking.
- 10. Financial information. a. Bank name.
- b. Account number.
Now that it is complete, send it where not stated or your local procedure says it goes. Before you do, make yourself a copy — scan it or save the file elsewhere. It costs you nothing and saves you the whole exercise if the original goes missing.
Should you need a related form, look it up by its number. The DD sequence is Department-wide, which makes your search simple: no service qualifier, no branch-specific variant to track down.
Be careful when a procedure pairs this form with a service form. Read the prefix, not just the digits. Service forms answer to a service proponent, while DD forms answer to not stated or an equivalent Department office, and the two sequences were never aligned. Grabbing the wrong prefix gets you a form that has nothing to do with your task.
Do not archive this file and reuse it in a year. Forms are reissued as directives are revised, as data requirements shift, and as statutory notice text is amended. Your protection is simple: download fresh each time and confirm the edition date.
One thing this page does not do: tell you whether your submission will be accepted. We publish the document and explain how to complete it, and that is where our role ends. Nothing here is legal advice. Take questions about eligibility, applicability or procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2944?
- DD Form 2944, Claim for Retroactive Stop Loss Payment, March 2010
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?