Analysis Shows Huge Spending Disparities on Veterans Benefits Across Country, and Confusion on Veterans Benefits Access A new investigative report conducted by NPR shows that the US Department of Veterans Affairs has huge variations in veterans benefits spending across the country, and even within … [Read more...]
Number of Vets with Individual Unemployability Triples
December 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Rates of Veterans Considered “Unemployable” Triples The Veterans Administration offers an individual disability compensation program called Individual Unemployability. The program uses a scale to determine whether a veteran is eligible to receive both veterans benefits and social security … [Read more...]
Service-Related Disability Ratings Complicate Veterans Benefits
December 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Changes to Service-Related Disability Ratings and Definitions Can Complicate Veterans Benefits Applications As Congressional representatives search for ways to improve and streamline veterans benefits applications and the Veterans Administration in the wake of the VA hospital scandal, some are … [Read more...]
Dorn VA Improves Veterans Wait Times
November 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Dorn VA Shows Improvement in Veterans Wait Times, While Nationally Little Has Changed After the Veterans Administration secret wait list and long wait times scandal broke this summer, many VA hospitals, including Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia, SC, came under heavy scrutiny for failing to help … [Read more...]
Some Vets Get Both Veterans Benefits and Social Security Disability
November 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Congressional Auditors Issue Report Showing “Double Dipping” for Veterans Benefits and Social Security Disability A new report issued by Congressional auditors shows numerous cases of “double dipping” involving veterans who receive both veterans benefits and social security disability money. The … [Read more...]
VA Sued for Veterans Benefits for Same Sex Couples
August 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Veterans Affairs Faces Lawsuits from Same Sex Couples Who Were Denied Veterans Benefits Although the Social Security Administration announced this past June that same sex couples could not be denied Social Security benefits, even in states that have not passed marriage equality legislation, … [Read more...]
Columbia SC VA Failed Veterans Disability Claims
August 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Report Shows Columbia VA Did Poor Job Reviewing Veterans Disability Claims As President Barack Obama signs a bill overhauling veterans benefits and healthcare into law, a new report shows that the Columbia Veterans Affairs regional office has done a poor job of reviewing veterans disability claims … [Read more...]
Emergency Funding for Veterans Benefits Passes Congress
August 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Senate Votes for Emergency Funding for Veterans Benefits, Bill Moves to President On July 31st, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill with emergency funding for veterans benefits, including $10 billion to pay private doctors to treat veterans who could not get an appointment with a local … [Read more...]
VA Struggled with Veterans Benefits, Per Report
July 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
New Report Shows that Veterans Affairs Struggled to Pay Veterans Benefits The Veterans Administration and VA hospitals all over the country have been mired in controversy for months because of fake waiting lists and long wait times for treatments that, in many cases, led to the deaths of veterans. … [Read more...]
