Archive: Veterans’ Affairs Disability Benefits

You may have recently come across news stating that President Trump is looking to dismantle the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). While on the surface this may seem like an apocalyptic scenario for federal employees, the history surrounding the agency may shed some light on the reason for the Trump Administration’s policy proposition.   Since…

Legislation recently introduced would protect veterans from overpayment debt from errors made by the Veterans Affairs Department regarding monthly benefits. Congressman John Delaney (D-Md.) introduced the bill, known as the Veteran Debt Fairness Act (H.R. 7144). Jon Tester (D-Mt.) introduced a similar legislation in the Senate earlier this year (S. 2341). Veterans are currently subject…

The Veterans Affairs Department announced it has amended its regulations governing entitlements to VA pension and Parents’ Dependency and Indemnity Compensation. These changes are to ensure that only veterans with a legitimate need for benefits would receive them. The VA’s pension program provides monthly benefit payments to eligible wartime veterans and their survivors with financial…

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED!!! WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE!!! History of the Holiday Major hostilities of World War I formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. On the first Armistice day one year…

The Trump administration announced that the homeless veteran population decreased by more than 5% in the last year and has dropped nearly in half since 2010. Before a slight uptick in 2017, the number of homeless veterans had fallen for 6 consecutive years. The Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs have worked…

President Trump recently signed a bill into law that will provide additional paid leave to certain federal employees working at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act (S. 899), introduced by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), ensures that veterans with a disability rating of 30% or higher who are hired by…

The VA provides compensation to eligible veterans who were disabled during or because of their military service. Compensation is also available to eligible dependents of veterans. Compensation Available Disability—a monthly, monetary benefit paid to veterans who are disabled by injury or disease that was incurred in or aggravated by active military service. Automobile Allowance—financial assistance…

The Veterans Affairs Department signed a 10 year/$10 billion contract with Cerner Corporation for the same commercial electronic health records system as the Pentagon. Acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said this contract is “one of the largest IT contracts in the federal government”. Under this contract, VA will abandon its own, existing Veterans Information Systems…

A major overhaul of veteran’s health care was passed by the House. This measure will expand their access to private care sector care on the government’s dime and bring the Veterans’ Affair Department through a process that will close some of its federally run facilities. The bill passed with overwhelming support, with a vote of…

The Veterans Affairs Department says it has cut positions at its central office in Washington DC by 10% while also consolidating mental health, primary care and geriatrics policy, and operations functions. This comes as part of the departments’ efforts to eliminate bureaucracy and streamline decision making and remove itself from the Government of Accountability Offices’…