Disabled Veterans News and Articles

News items and articles that will be of interest to veterans with disabilities and/or health problems.

Some of our articles that will be of interest to veterans include benefits and compensation provided, pension information, education, qualifying for home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, applying for business loans, survivors' benefits, medical benefits and burial benefits.

Veteran Affairs categorizes veterans into eight priority groups and several subgroups based on factors such as service related disabilities, and one's income and assets.

Veterans with a 50% or higher service related disability as determined by a VA regional office "rating board" (e.g., losing a limb in battle, PTSD, etc) are provided comprehensive care and medication at no charge.

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Articles and News for Disabled Veterans

VA Stalling Disability Payments
From what I have seen, I can't be the only one the VA is illegally stalling. Yes, I said illegal, but don't hold your breath waiting for anybody to enforce it. If you want the problem to stop, then there must be a reason to stop.

VA Changes to the Disability Rating Schedule
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced changes in the way VA will evaluate traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and burn scars for purposes of determining the appropriate level of compensation veterans receive for these injuries.

VA Compensation Schedule for Rating Disabilities
How the VA disability rating system works and a list of 2008 VA compensation rates for veterans with a disability rating of 10 percent or higher.

Iowa Veterans for Biden Announces Regional Chairs
Des Moines, IA (November 30, 2007) – The Biden for President campaign today announced the Regional Chairs of its Iowa Veterans for Biden committee, which will host a series of community forums on veterans issues across Iowa throughout the month of December. The Regional Chairs, which will advise Sen. Biden on areas of concern to veterans, has planned the statewide forums in order to give Iowa veterans, their families, and their communities the opportunity to influence the national dialogue on veterans issues.

The Veterans Disability Benefits Commission
Much that is negative and unfortunately ad hominem has been said on the Internet and elsewhere regarding the Commission and the Commissioners in recent months, particularly in the last few weeks regarding this issue of whether you are to examine SSDI.

Department of Veterans Affairs Providing Veterans with Prescription Health Care
The "Transitional Pharmacy Benefit" would never have been necessary if the veterans health care system were fully and properly funded to take care of the veterans who are statutorily eligible to use the VHA system.

Vietnam Veterans Organization Accomplishments
Vietnam Veterans of America, the nation's largest and most successful Vietnam veterans organization, and the only Vietnam veterans organization chartered by Congress, is proud of what it has accomplished over the last twenty years. Those accomplishments are many and varied.

Toyota Donates Modified Vehicles to Veterans
The modified Toyota vehicles are part of Toyota's Mobility Assistance Program. The program, aside from providing modified vehicles, also provides information to their disabled consumers. Their website gives out information where consumers can find rehabilitation specialists, driving instructors for person with disabilities, and other mobility equipment dealers.

Vietnam Vet Encourages Disabled Athletes
Ryan Kules, a first lieutenant stationed at Ft. Riley in Kansas, was deployed to Iraq in February 2005. He was injured in November and later suffered a double amputation - right arm above the elbow and left leg above the knee.

The Hepatitis Epidemic
Today, an estimated 5 million Americans are infected with Hepatitis C - and most of them don't know it. That is 1 out of every 50 people and some will be people you know. One out of every 10 Veterans is infected, 62% of Vietnam Vets have it. Three people with Hep C die every day, two of them are Veterans.

Veteran Entrepreneurs Are Growing In Ranks
Out of everything I do I get the most enjoyment from speaking and teaching. Maybe it's the old stand up comedian in me, but nothing feeds my addiction like standing in front of a room of entrepreneurs talking about the ups and downs, the ins and outs, the do's and don'ts of business.

Veterans Disability Compensation Payments
It started in December 2004 when the Chicago Sun-Times ran a series of articles highlighting variations among states' veterans disability compensation payments. The report showed that New Mexico had the highest compensation payments and Illinois the lowest.

Benefits for Survivors of Deceased Veterans
Several programs exist to aid the survivors of deceased veterans. In certain situations, these programs may interact with each other, preventing a full and appropriate financial recovery by the survivors. An example of this type of interaction is the application and administration of the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC).

VA Disability Claims Process
On February 13, VVA presented testimony before the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine Gulf War and Health Subcommittee. This is the subcommittee that is looking at the PTSD clinical and diagnostic procedures used in the VA disability claims process.

Schedule of Disability Rating for Vietnam Veterans
Once a veteran has achieved service connection for his or her disability, the next question to be addressed is somehow evaluating (or rating) the severity of the symptoms to determine the appropriate level of compensation. The VA uses what has evolved from a 1945 Schedule for Rating Disabilities, which is codified at 38 C.F.R. Part 4 (known as the "rating schedule").

Veterans Suffering from Asbestos Diseases
According to statistics, more than 30% of Americans suffering from mesothelioma, a deadly asbestos-induced lung cancer, were exposed to asbestos while serving their country.

Are Iraq Veterans Losing the Healthcare Fight?
The recent conflicts in Iraq have produced many injured and disabled vets. 22,600 and counting vets have been wounded in the conflicts in Iraq or surrounding areas such as Afghanistan.

Help our Veterans make a Purple Heart Car Donation
The American public mistakenly believes that the federal government takes care of the men and women who have served their country in the armed forces. The federal government does do something, but not much, and often veterans of wars need extra help.

The Balboa Project
The Transition Training Academy (TTA) pilot project prepares disabled veterans returning from Afghanistan or Iraq for job opportunities by honing their IT skills and providing them with a marketable credential in the employment arena and CISCO certification.