Veterans' benefits and care / Mathew H. Bradley, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradley, Mathew H.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, security and strategy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.

United States.

Veterans--Services for--United States.

Veterans.

Veterans--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Veterans--Medical care--United States.

Disabled veterans--Medical care--United States.

Disabled veterans.

Military pensions--United States.

Military pensions.

Veterans--Education--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides services and benefits to veterans who meet certain eligibility criteria. Benefits to veterans range from disability compensation and pensions to hospital and medical care. Furthermore, veterans' education benefits have evolved substantially over the last 60-plus years. This book reviews the two disability programs administered by the VA, one of which is called the Disability Compensation, and the other which is known as a Disability pension. The authors of this book discuss the eligibility criteria and the fundamentals of these VA-administered disability benefit programs and related issues. The evolution of veterans' education benefit programs are also examined and the types of education benefits made available under these programs are described. Furthermore, the VA administers several pension benefit programs for the surviving spouses and dependent children of veterans. This book describes these programs, including the eligibility criteria and current benefit levels. Other chapters in this book examine the provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act, reflecting the congressional concern about the quality and availability of medical, mental health and dental care services for service members returning from active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is well-known that veterans have a number of risk factors that increase their chance of attempting suicide. This book discusses suicide prevention efforts by the VA. This book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.

Contents:

Veterans medical care : FY2009 appropriations / Sidath Viranga Panangala

Veterans Affairs : the appeal process for veterans' claims / Douglas Reid Weimer

A brief history of veterans' education benefits and their value / David P. Smole and Shannon S. Loane

The military survivor benefit plan : a description of its provisions / David F. Burrelli

Veterans Affairs : benefits for service-connected disabilities / Douglas Reid Weimer

Disability evaluation of military servicemembers / Christine Scott, Sidath Viranga Panangala, and Charles A. Henning

Veterans affairs : basic eligibility for disability benefit programs / Douglas Reid Weimer

Veterans' benefits : pension benefit programs / Carol D. Davis and Christine Scott

Health care for dependents and survivors of veterans / Sidath Viranga Panangala and Susan Janeczko

"Wounded warrier" and veterans provisions in the FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act / Sarah A. Lister, Sidath Viranga Panangala, and Christine Scott

Suicide prevention among veterans / Ramya Sundaraman, Sidath Viranga Panangala, and Sarah A. Lister

Veterans Affairs : historical budget authority, fiscal years 1940 through 2007 / Christine Scott

VA health care : facilities have taken action to provide language access services and culturally appropriate care to a diverse veteran population / GAO.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61324-235-2

OCLC:

709879656