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VA Fix Provides Overdue Payments to Eligible Surviving Spouses

VA gets on fix for long overdue payments to surviving spouses who did not receive the veteran’s compensation or pension payment for the month of death.

VA Compensation, Pension, And Appealing Claims

Two new VetsFirst Knowledge Books go online. VA Compensation and Pension and Appealing A VA Claims Decision. These guides can help you to understand the process, find forms, give you insights and tips, as well as helping to separate fact from fiction.

New VA Regulation Eases Burden of Proving Service Connection for PTSD

New U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulation makes it easier for certain veterans to receive disability compensation and health care for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

VA Eases Claims Process For Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

New VA regulations will ease the process for Veterans seeking VA compensation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

VA Compensation For Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Made Easier To Get

Veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) should now find it easier to obtain VA disability compensation.

Blue Water Veterans Sunk By Federal Appeals Court

Blue Water Veterans sunk by Federal Appeals Court. Did Congress make it easier or tougher for Blue Water Vets to establish service connection for an Agent Orange-related disease?

VA Issues Updated Veterans Benefits Handbook

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently published an updated edition of the Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents handbook.
The handbook is revised every year to reflect the most current VA benefits and health care programs and services, as well as the rates for certain benefits payments. The 2008 version of the handbook [...]

VA Should Change Outdated Compensation System For Former Service Members With Disabilities, IOM Report States

Type of Action: Heads up on veterans’ compensation.

June 12, 2007
The Department of Veterans Affairs should revise the system for compensation of veterans who become disabled as a result of injuries experienced during their military service, according to a report released on Thursday by the Institute of Medicine, the Washington Post reports. The Veterans’ [...]

Changes urged for veterans’ benefits system

Heads up from: ABC News

The U.S. government’s system for rating the severity of military veterans’ disabilities to set payment levels is "out of sync with modern medicine" and should be overhauled, an expert panel said on Thursday. By Will DunhamJun 7, 2007
Read the entire article at ABC News

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