United States service personnel stand between the nation and chaos. These brave men and women face danger, hardship and, in many cases, poverty. One thing that goes some way in making up for a challenging military existence are the benefits offered by the Veterans'...
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Veterans Affairs in turmoil in wake of Shulkin departure
The Department of Veterans' Affairs is the second largest agency in the United States government. The VA administers the programs that deliver veterans' benefits, like health care, companion benefits and financial assistance to those who offered their service to the...
Increasing fraud threatens VA benefits pool
Veterans in Georgia and across the country are becoming increasingly concerned about benefits fraud, which has the dual effect of depleting the limited pool of benefits that all vets have to share and besmirching the reputation that service personnel have earned in...
New VA plans seek to give mental health benefits to all vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a plan that would implement a White House executive order focusing on improved mental health resources for United States military veterans. Under the plan, service personnel would become eligible for mental health veterans'...
We help Georgia veterans get the benefits they deserve
The Department of Veterans Affairs offers benefits and services to military personnel who have served the United States in uniform. Benefits range from health care to education, depending on the branch and terms of your enlistment. Personnel who have served on active...
Expansion of caregiver veterans’ benefits may come with a price
Since 2011, those who care for certain combat-injured veterans have been eligible to receive a caregiver training, a monthly stipend, stress counseling and access for health insurance. The program currently limits these veterans benefits to those who have been injured...
DOD illegally took taxes from VA benefits for a quarter century
When veterans who were injured in combat leave the military, they are given a lump-sum disability payment upon their separation. Between 1991 and 2016 - nearly a quarter of a century - the Department of Defense (DOD) has withheld federal taxes from payments to as many...
Get the benefits you deserve for your service-related injury
Although the process for initiating a claim for veteran's disability benefits has become quicker and more streamlined over the past decade, recent changes to the program now prevent veterans from applying for benefits before leaving their branch of service. Under the...
Time for processing veterans’ injury claims improves
In 2007, before the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense rolled out their Integrated Disability Evaluation System, the average amount of time it took for a veteran's benefit application to be processed was well over a year -- 540 days. Thanks...
Are veterans entitled to Social Security disability benefits?
Just recently this Georgia disability benefits and veterans' issues blog discussed the prevalence of American veterans who receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Disability benefits are available to those men and women who suffer from...