The Veterans Benefit Act of 2010 was passed last week. Notice that there is no new money to pay for these things, they are reducing other Veterans benefits to pay for it, and the Va will actually save money. Of course, this will probably get lost in the fine print, just before election time. Read beyond the headline: Story here:
More important than what is IN this bill, is what is NOT in the bill.
Of course, there is nothing about our 25% Quality of Life increase. There is also nothing about a Cola, which will be zero, while the VA has raised the copayments for many Veterans. On one side of politicians mouth is "inflation went up and we are increasing your copays" and the other side says, "there is no inflation, so you dont get a raise".
If you are waiting for benefits, you are going to be waiting a long time, in a million man waiting list, that was also not addressed.
If your VA hospital was one of the majority of VA hospitals that failed inspection, often due to dirty equipment, this was not addressed either.
It is what the courts call a "deemed denial" of benefits, which works like this. The Veteran applies for benefits for 3 conditions. The RO sends a decision and awards (or denies) 2 of them. The other condition, which the VA has not addressed, has been automatically denied, or "deemed denied", and the Veteran is required to be savvy enough to figure this out, and appeal. If he does not appeal a deemed denial within a year, then the "deemed denial" becomes final and cant be appealed in the absence of a CUE.
Vawatchdog explains it here and the "new" Veterans benefit act does nothing to address this injustice to Vets.
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The Veterans Benefit Act of 2010 was passed last week. Notice that there is no new money to pay for these things, they are reducing other Veterans benefits to pay for it, and the Va will actually save money. Of course, this will probably get lost in the fine print, just before election time. Read beyond the headline: Story here:
http://progress-inde...s-act-1.1045788
More important than what is IN this bill, is what is NOT in the bill.
Of course, there is nothing about our 25% Quality of Life increase. There is also nothing about a Cola, which will be zero, while the VA has raised the copayments for many Veterans. On one side of politicians mouth is "inflation went up and we are increasing your copays" and the other side says, "there is no inflation, so you dont get a raise".
If you are waiting for benefits, you are going to be waiting a long time, in a million man waiting list, that was also not addressed.
If your VA hospital was one of the majority of VA hospitals that failed inspection, often due to dirty equipment, this was not addressed either.
It is what the courts call a "deemed denial" of benefits, which works like this. The Veteran applies for benefits for 3 conditions. The RO sends a decision and awards (or denies) 2 of them. The other condition, which the VA has not addressed, has been automatically denied, or "deemed denied", and the Veteran is required to be savvy enough to figure this out, and appeal. If he does not appeal a deemed denial within a year, then the "deemed denial" becomes final and cant be appealed in the absence of a CUE.
Vawatchdog explains it here and the "new" Veterans benefit act does nothing to address this injustice to Vets.
http://www.vawatchdo...8-01-2006-1.htm
VNVets has a suggestion about what to do with "Vet Killers"...politicians who vote against Vets:
http://vnvets.blogsp...llers-list.html
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