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Proposed legislation could provide alternative to nursing care
The Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act—or H.R. 5693—calls for the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans who are no longer capable of living independently an alternative to traditional nursing…
The way forward in veterans advocacy
…Security Disability Insurance benefits or any other federal benefit. Support legislation to provide realistic cost-of-living allowances. Support legislation to repeal the offset between military longevity retired pay and VA disability…
Veterans Service Organizations Urge Swift Passage of S. 2193
…support Title III of the legislation which would extend VA’s comprehensive caregiver benefits to veterans of all eras. The legislation would finally correct a serious inequity between veterans who served…
Our future is determined by voices of veterans
…Orange. Support legislation to remove the prohibition against concurrent receipt of Survivor Benefit Plan and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation. Support legislation to provide service connection for disabling conditions resulting from…
Legislative goals for the new year
…Support legislation to provide for service connection for disabling conditions resulting from toxic and environmental exposures. Oppose reduction, taxation or elimination of veterans benefits. Support legislation to increase disability compensation….
Veterans priorities continue to drive 2021 action
…reduction, taxation or elimination of veterans benefits. Support legislation to increase disability compensation. Support legislation to provide for realistic cost-of-living allowances. Support legislation that recognizes presumptive service connection for hypertension,…
Appeals modernization bill gains traction in the Senate
…the legislation with Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “We worked with the VA and veterans groups to put forth this bipartisan legislation that overhauls the current appeals process and puts in place…
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