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Veteran Benefits: An Overview
(2008-06-25)[Excerpt] The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a wide range of benefits and services to eligible veterans, members of their families, and survivors of deceased veterans. VA programs include disability compensation ... -
Veterans and Homelessness
(2015-11-06)[Excerpt] The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan brought renewed attention to the needs of veterans, including the needs of homeless veterans. Homeless veterans initially came to the country’s attention in the 1970s and 1980s, ... -
Veterans and Homelessness
(2013-11-29)[Excerpt] The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan brought renewed attention to the needs of veterans, including the needs of homeless veterans. Homeless veterans initially came to the country’s attention in the 1970s and 1980s, ... -
Veterans' Disability Benefits: Improvements Needed to Better Ensure VA Unemployability Decisions Are Well Supported
(2015-07-15)[Excerpt] In fiscal year 2013, over 330,000 of the approximately 3.7 million veterans VA compensated for disabilities incurred during active military service received TDIU benefits. The number of older veterans receiving ... -
Veterans' Employment: Need for Further Workshops Should Be Considered Before Making Decisions on Their Future
(2015-07-01)The federal government has long offered programs that assist veterans with finding employment. In 2013, the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 was enacted, which required DOL to provide ... -
Veterans’ Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries
(2016-03-11)[Excerpt] This report focuses on burial benefits provided by the VA. It does not discuss national cemeteries under the National Park Service, national cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the American Battle Monuments ... -
Veterans’ Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs
(2015-09-09)[Excerpt] The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers pension programs for certain low-income veterans and their surviving spouses and dependent children. This report discusses the Improved Disability Pension, which ... -
Veterans’ Benefits: The Impact of Military Discharges on Basic Eligibility
(2015-03-06)[Excerpt] This report discusses the discharge or separation requirement for veteran status or, more specifically, how the VA assesses character of service to determine whether a former service member’s separation from the ... -
Veterans’ Benefits: The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program
(2018-02-21)[Excerpt] Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment for veterans (VR&E) is an entitlement program that provides job training and related services “to enable veterans with service connected disabilities to achieve maximum ... -
Veterans’ Medical Care: FY2016 Appropriations
(2015-12-07)[Excerpt] The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides benefits to veterans who meet certain eligibility criteria. Benefits to veterans range from disability compensation and pensions to hospital and medical care. The ... -
Veterinarians with Disabilities: An International Issue
(2004-01-01)[Excerpt] The issue of people with disabilities entering and working in the veterinary profession is necessarily an international one rather than a localized concern restricted to a few of the so-called developed countries. ...
