Download or read book Veterans benefits veterans have mixed views on a lump sum disability payment option report to the chairman Committee on Veterans Affairs House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VETERANS BENEFITS Veterans Have Mixed Views on a Lump Sum Disability Payment Option written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than two centuries, veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces have been compensated for disabilities sustained while serving their country. The current program is designed to compensate veterans for average reduction in earning capacity. Compensation is based on the severity of a veteran's disability and paid on a monthly basis. After an initial rating for compensation has been determined, veterans who believe their condition has worsened may file a claim with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reevaluate their disability rating and potentially increase their monthly payments. In fiscal year 1999, these repeat claims outnumbered initial disability applications by nearly three to one, dominating VA s workload. VA s claims processing performance has caused concern for a number of years because of growing backlogs of pending initial and repeat claims, which have delayed disability decisions and veterans receipt of compensation. To help reduce the volume of repeat claims, the Veterans Claims Adjudication Commission, in its 1996 report, asked Congress to consider paying less severely disabled veterans compensation in a lump sum. According to the Commission, this change could have a number of benefits for VA as well as veterans. Specifically, the lump sum option could reduce the number of claims submitted and allow VA to process claims more quickly especially those of more seriously disabled veterans. Moreover, a lump sum option could be more useful to some veterans as they make the transition from military to civilian life.
Download or read book Veterans Benefits written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-01-172 Veterans' Benefits: Veterans Have Mixed Views on a Lump Sum Disability Payment Option
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Download or read book Veterans Benefits written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DOD DISABILITY Overview of Compensation Program for Service Members Unfit for Duty written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report responds to your request for information about the Department of Defense s (DOD) disability severance program that provides a lump-sum payment for certain service members with a disability. You requested this work as a follow-up to our previous report on disabled veterans interest in lump sum versus monthly disability payments. 1 We agreed to examine (1) how DOD administers its disability severance pay for service members with less severe disabilities and the associated administrative costs and coordination issues and (2) the extent to which the military services provide financial counseling to service members receiving disability severance (lump-sum) payments. As agreed with your office, we interviewed DOD and service-level officials and examined pertinent DOD and service-level documents. We conducted our work from January through April 2001 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. On April 19, 2001, we briefed your office on the results of our work. (See app. I.) We requested oral comments from DOD on a draft of this report. DOD provided technical comments, which we have incorporated as appropriate. In summary, we found that the administration of disability severance, like medical retirement pay, follows service-specific procedures using DOD guidance. The services assess members fitness for duty along a scale ranging from 0 to 100 percent in gradations of 10. Members unfit for duty who have 20 or more years of military service with any disability rating or who are assigned a disability rating of 30 percent or higher receive medical 1 Veterans Benefits: Veterans Have Mixed Views on a Lump Sum Disability Payment Option (GAO-01-172).
Download or read book Federal Benefits for Veterans Dependents and Survivors written by The US Department of Veterans Affairs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An official, up-to-date government manual that covers everything from VA life insurance to survivor benefits. Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). If you’re looking for information on these benefits and services, look no further than the newest edition of Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors. The VA operates the nation’s largest health-care system, with more than 1,700 care sites available across the country. These sites include hospitals, community clinics, readjustment counseling centers, and more. In this book, those who have honorably served in the active military, naval, or air service will learn about the services offered at these sites, basic eligibility for health care, and more. Helpful topics described in depth throughout these pages for veterans, their dependents, and their survivors include: Vocational rehabilitation and employment VA pensions Home loan guaranty Burial and memorial benefits Transition assistance Dependents and survivors health care and benefits Military medals and records And more
Download or read book Nomination of Anthony J Principi to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Homelessness Among U S Veterans written by Jack Tsai and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenges facing military veterans who return to civilian life in the United States are persistent and well documented. But for all the political outcry and attempts to improve military members' readjustments, veterans of all service eras face formidable obstacles related to mental health, substance abuse, employment, and — most damningly — homelessness. Homelessness Among U.S. Veterans synthesizes the new glut of research on veteran homelessness — geographic trends, root causes, effective and ineffective interventions to mitigate it — in a format that provides a needed reference as this public health fight continues to be fought. Codifying the data and research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) campaign to end veteran homelessness, psychologist Jack Tsai links disparate lines of research to produce an advanced and elegant resource on a defining social issue of our time.
Download or read book Month in Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The health and economic costs of tobacco use in military and veteran populations are high. In 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) make recommendations on how to reduce tobacco initiation and encourage cessation in both military and veteran populations. In its 2009 report, Combating Tobacco in Military and Veteran Populations, the authoring committee concludes that to prevent tobacco initiation and encourage cessation, both DoD and VA should implement comprehensive tobacco-control programs.
Download or read book Reports and testimony written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. military has been continuously engaged in foreign conflicts for over two decades. The strains that these deployments, the associated increases in operational tempo, and the general challenges of military life affect not only service members but also the people who depend on them and who support them as they support the nation â€" their families. Family members provide support to service members while they serve or when they have difficulties; family problems can interfere with the ability of service members to deploy or remain in theater; and family members are central influences on whether members continue to serve. In addition, rising family diversity and complexity will likely increase the difficulty of creating military policies, programs and practices that adequately support families in the performance of military duties. Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society examines the challenges and opportunities facing military families and what is known about effective strategies for supporting and protecting military children and families, as well as lessons to be learned from these experiences. This report offers recommendations regarding what is needed to strengthen the support system for military families.
Download or read book Housing Choice written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
