... iii Contents Introduction Chapter 1: VA Health Care Chapter 2: Veterans with Serviceconnected Disabilities Chapter 3: VA Pensions Chapter 4: Education and Training Chapter 5: Home Loan Guaranty Chapter 6: VA Life Insurance Chapter ... 101 137 Acronyms v Acronyms ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis CHAMPVA Civilian Health and Medical Program of VA C Compensation and Pension COE Certificate of Eligibility CRDP Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments CRSC Combat-Related Special Compensation CWT Compensated Work ... housebound benefits and/or veterans determined by VA to be catastrophically disabled. Group 5: Veterans receiving VA pension benefits or eligible for Medicaid programs, and nonservice-connected veterans and noncompensable, zero percent service-... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/fedben 2008.pdf
... Printer-Friendly Version VA'S PENSION PROGRAM NEEDS IMPROVED MANAGEMENT, GAO SAYS ...- Despite millions of dollars in improper pension payments made each year, VA lacks ... Improved Management Would Enhance VA's Pension Program GAO-08-112 In ... information provided by claimants to support initial pension program eligibility. In addition, the guidance used by staff to make pension eligibility decisions is not always current or ... does not select a sufficient number of pension cases to ensure the accuracy of pension claims decisions. Finally, VA does not adequately evaluate training for pension staff. VA procedures for assessing whether... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfFEB08/nf021508-7.htm
... Headstones and Markers Health Care Homeless veterans Home Loans Life Insurance National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Pension Management Center Special Health Issues Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD) VA ...: VA Health Care Chapter 2: Veterans with Serviceconnected Disabilities Chapter 3: VA Pensions Chapter 4: Education and Training Chapter 5: Home Loan Guaranty Chapter 6 ... CHAMPVA Civilian Health and Medical Program of VA CLC Community Living Center C Compensation and Pension COE Certificate of Eligibility CRDP Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments CRSC Combat-Related ... veterans determined by VA to be catastrophically disabled. Group 5: Veterans receiving VA pension benefits or eligible for Medicaid programs, and non service-connected veterans and... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/fedben2009.pdf
... wartime veterans are eligible for a service pension at age 65, without the need to demonstrate any disability. This service pension, which is similar to one provided ... War, is found in the service pension section of the statute, not in the section of the law where pension for disabled veterans is found. The ... disabled, but who receive a service pension based on age, could also receive ... understanding of the difference between a service pension and a pension based on disability. In passing the service pension law in 2001, Congress clearly created... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/scva08/scva060408-1.htm
... benefits handbook here... Printer-Friendly Version DISABLED AND PENSION VETS STAND TO GET $250 FROM STIMULUS PACKAGE -- ... poor people on Supplemental Security Income, and veterans receiving disability and pensions. Below is the latest on the stimulus package and how ... poor people on Supplemental Security Income, and veterans receiving disability and pensions. INFRASTRUCTURE _ $46 billion for transportation projects, including ..., you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. DISABLED AND PENSION VETS STAND TO GET $250 FROM STIMULUS PACKAGE -- ...poor people on Supplemental Security Income,and veterans receiving disability and pensions.--VA Watchdog dot Org -VA NEWS FLASH... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nffeb09/nf021309-4.htm
6. VA Watchdog dot Org - House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Press Release - 08-03-2007 #1hcva080307-1.htm
... regarding legislation that would eliminate special monthly pensions for severely disabled veterans over 65 who are also receiving pensions for wartime service. The House Committee ... as amended, would eliminate special monthly pensions for severely disabled veterans over 65 who are also receiving pensions for wartime service. It would use ... of 2007, would eliminate special monthly pensions for veterans 65 and older who are 60 percent or more disabled and receiving pensions for wartime service. In other words ... subsequently submitted a claim for special monthly pension (SMP), which is an additional pension payment of up to $2,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/hcva07/hcva080307-1.htm
... 20-YEAR BATTLE, GET FULL PENSIONS -- "We don't ...-time veterans' nurses getting full pensions By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI PITTSBURGH ( ... the U.S. government over pensions for nurses who cared for the nation ... nurses who wanted to retroactively receive full pensions for part-time work they performed ... who began her fight for a full pension in 1989, chose Veterans Day to ... the nurses would receive full-time pension credit for part-time work. ... to punish doctors who were abusing the pension system. Mackin retired in 1997 after ... was instructed to recalculate the nurses' pensions and pay them sometime this month.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfnov08/nf111308-7.htm
8. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 03-25-2007 #4 -- AS VETERANS AGE, THE IMPROVED PENSION BENEFIT GAINS POPULARITY -- Program offers many low-income veterans and surviving spouses up to $1,801 per month.nf032507-4.htm
...- AS VETERANS AGE, THE IMPROVED PENSION BENEFIT GAINS POPULARITY -- Program offers ... Page AS VETERANS AGE, THE IMPROVED PENSION BENEFIT GAINS POPULARITY -- Program offers ... February, Arrington's first Improved Pension Benefit check arrived. She now receives ... Veterans advocates have called the federal Improved Pension Benefit -- a program that can .... They can qualify for the basic pension if they have low incomes. They ...'s Elmcroft Assisted Living describes the pensions in its brochures and has hosted presentations ... to help veterans and their families file pension benefit applications, free of charge. ...-term care facilities to explain the pensions, and he plans to send counselors... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAR07/nf032507-4.htm
... Version WIDOW TO APPEAL LOSS OF VA PENSION -- Situation looks grim as vet ...- Widow to appeal loss of VA pension By Tom Mooney Journal Staff Writer WARWICK ... some portion of their spouses' disability pensions are finding themselves out of luck. ... veteran had been receiving a full disability pension for a minimum of 10 years the ... under no obligation to continue paying that pension to the widow after his death, ... a 100 percent service-related disability pension. A family friend, David Rourke ... 10 years. The loss of the pension may cause Jennie Lupino to lose the .... WIDOW TO APPEAL LOSS OF VA PENSION --Situation looks grim as vet... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nffeb09/nf020909-4.htm
10. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 08-10-2007 #9 -- FILNER-BUYER FEUD HEATS UP AND SHIFTS TO FILIPINO VETERANS' PAY -- Filner: "If he [Buyer] were fighting for veterans as much as he's fighting me, we'd all be better off."nf081007-9.htm
... Filner-Buyer Feud Deepens Over Filipino Pensions by Tom Philpott Democrat Bob Filner, ... in July over an issue that pits pensions for Filipino veterans who fought with Americans in World War II against additional pension dollars for a group of elderly American ... language to give overly-generous service pensions to Filipino veterans of World War II and paying for those pensions by, in effect, neutralizing an ... court ruling that made a special monthly pension available to 20,000 more elderly ... that would have safeguarded the special monthly pensions. Filner doesn t dispute that the Filipino pensions are slated to be funded with dollars... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAUG07/nf081007-9.htm
