Congress unlikely to wait for Bush disability plan
Congress unlikely to wait for Bush disability planLink Commission calls VA rating system 'out of date' By Rick Maze - Staff writer Posted : October 15, 2007 With yet another commission recommending an...
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Of course the Administration disagrees with the Commission. Did anyone actually believe they wouldn't once the report came out and didn't say a thing about cutting Vet's benefits or discriminating...
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This stuff about the commission recommending complete revision starting immediately with changes in ratings for PTSD .... and veterans who are IU sounds really bad for 100% IU P&Ters with PTSD....
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OK....Bush has already clearly shown his position....he had seven years to address and complete full CR, as recommended by 94% of the jopint congress, yet he initiated the VDBC as a chip to drop CR to...
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It appears Congress is handling all these Veterans commission reports via The The Wounded Warrior Assistance Act However, after reading information on The Wounded Warrior Act, it mentions allot about...
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A 25% increase may be possible after January 09,...before out comes the(VETO) pen. Some Veterans are having a difficult time living off less than 2500 a Month, in California; you would be lucky to pay...
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usaf vet 7 wrote: Some Veterans are having a difficult time living off less than 2500 a Month, in California; you would be lucky to pay your rent. it's not easy in NJ either !!!
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As defined by the Office of Management and Budget and updated for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, the weighted average poverty threshold for a family of four in 2006 was $20,614... There it...
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With yet another commission recommending an overhaul of the military and veterans' disability benefits system This sentence emphasizes something I have been saying here for at least a couple of years....
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Cruiser, Is it possible they would set up a two tier system of benefits? One stays with whatever VA granted up until now-the other would only apply to new claims and decisions? I saw this happen in my...
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I've been working with VA claims for almost 35 years and every change I've ever seen included grandfather clauses. Most changes were liberalizations of laws in effect so there were very few who really...
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I must be doing something wrong then if tinnitus is so easy for combat vets to get. I have filed two claims for tinnitus over the years, and although I am TDIU P&T, I am not even service connected...
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I was sc for hearing loss (Artillery in Vietnam) for 10%. They also included tinnitus 10%, but the kicker is they are not paying me for the tinnitus. 101st Airborne Vietnam 65/66
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SACH56 THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO ANYWAY AND IT WILL TAKE FOREVER TO GET DONE WE CAN TALK ALL WE WANT UNTIL WE OUR BLUE IN THE FACE AN IT WILL MAKE NO DIFFENT SACH56 OUT
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Sach,...i respect your option,...but i disagree with your assessment. Veterans and the VSO'S that represent them, are a much stronger lobby, than one might think.
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VBNer I HAVE SEEN THEM DO SOME PRETTY WEIRD THINGS IN THE LAST 43 YEARS WITH THE V.A. SACH56 OUT CALL ME SOME TIME 217-245-6459 AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT
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