Veterans benefits have been around for ages, and their track record is none too edifying.
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When the Veterans Benefits Administration introduces a COLA, it does so based on the Social Security calculation.
The Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery Administration homepages have also been revamped.
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Kerry's plans include expanding health care and increasing funding for education and veterans benefits, as well as cutting taxes for the middle class.
But there is other combined military and social spending included in other parts of taxpayer receipt, such as an entry for "Veterans Benefits" and a separate one for military retirement and disability.
Just enter a few pieces of information below, and the Taxpayer Receipt will give you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent on priorities like education, veterans benefits, or health care.
He proposes a one-year freeze on all federal discretionary spending outside of defense and veterans benefits, and he wants to limit overall federal spending growth to 2.4%, about one-third the annual increases since 2000.
The bills include funds to administer unemployment benefits, for foster care and adoption help, to keep national parks and museums open, for many veterans benefits, and for Meals on Wheels, which provides dinners for needy senior citizens.
As a leader at the VA, he fought to give our veterans the benefits they deserved.
The authors of one book argued that of Vietnam veterans getting benefits for PTSD, 75 percent were fakers.
Please continue to give veterans the benefits they deserve and give them more help for transitioning out of the military back into civilian life.
And it won't affect national security spending, including veterans' benefits.
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America has soldiers in Nevada piloting drones remotely that can strike a target thousands of miles and two continents away, but 97% of our veterans' benefits claims are still on paper.
The Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, sponsored by Representative Bob Stump (R-Ariz.), would introduce, among other provisions, a cost-of-living increase for service-connected disability compensation and would expand eligiblity for compensation and survivors' benefits.
The Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, sponsored by Representative Bob Stump (Republican-Arizona), would introduce, among other provisions, a cost-of-living increase for service-connected disability compensation and would expand eligiblity for compensation and survivors' benefits.
That's why we've invested so much in making sure that the VA is doing its job, making sure that our veterans get the benefits that they have earned.
Many veterans may not realize that they are eligible to receive nursing home benefits from the Veterans Administration.
It remains to be seen, says Hughes, whether the veterans will reap the benefits of this change right away.
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Some 230, 000 veterans have applied for benefits under the new GI Bill, yet the agency has only processed 169, 000 of those claims.
More than 230, 000 veterans have applied for benefits under the new G.
And he wants us to invest in better technology to deliver services and benefits to veterans with the quality and efficiency they deserve.
And it will not affect national security, including benefits for veterans.
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During this year's campaign, Bowles called for increased benefits for veterans, as well as for members of the National Guard and Reserves, and has also urged healthcare reform.
I'm a librarian at Suffolk Community College, and I would like to hear specifically tonight what sort of ways we can improve benefits for veterans like post traumatic stress disorder.
The campaign veterans did not see the benefits of their candidate chatting about American slavery.
Ferris, 81, says he never tried to use the medals to get benefits such as Veterans Administration health care that he didn't deserve.
And that means providing the support to our troops and families when they need it, and the health care and benefits that our veterans deserve.
Like many other underground movements in South Africa, members of the BMW group have gone without the benefits promised to veterans, such as healthcare and a pension fund.
It would also add money for some of the Democrats' domestic priorities, including unemployment assistance, a new GI bill to fund education benefits for military veterans and a package of tax credits for renewable energy sources.
The groups also say that the cost of treating service-connected injuries could lead to veterans quickly maxing out their benefits in third-party insurance, risking coverage for not just them but their families, who are also covered under the plans.
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