Nice interview from Fox and Friends on VA payment delay. Veterans benefits lag behind welfare payments? | Fox News Video.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller and Rep. Jackie Walorski introduced H.R. 4102, legislation that would make an award of VA benefits issued on or after the date of a veteran’s death payable to the veteran’s estate. Under current law, only a veteran’s spouse, children under the age of …
The VA has accumulated a massive backlog of claims waiting to be processed, which it managed to trim from 600,000 to 400,000 – a still startling number – from March to November 2013. Obama announced that “slashing that backlog” was a White House priority in his 2014 State of the Union address, and his proposed …
GAO Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging US Senate focused on how Veterans who should not be qualified for pension used financial advisers and attorneys to obtain the pension. The report focused on gifting of assets, use of special trusts and annuities. The GAO was recommending a transfer period of three years for such …
The Human Side to the VA, interesting blog from the VA. The Claims Process: Inside a VA Regional Office | VAntage Point.