VA Should Change Outdated Compensation System For Former Service Members With Disabilities, IOM Report States

Type of Action: Heads up on veterans’ compensation.

June 12, 2007

The Department of Veterans Affairs should revise the system for compensation of veterans who become disabled as a result of injuries experienced during their military service, according to a report released on Thursday by the Institute of Medicine, the Washington Post reports. The Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission, which Congress established in 2003 to study the compensation system, requested the IOM report and likely will issue a separate report later this year.

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3 Responses to “VA Should Change Outdated Compensation System For Former Service Members With Disabilities, IOM Report States”

  1. Robert J. Neves Says:

    Although C.O.L.A.’s keep compensation “adjusted” O.K., the cost of hiring aides for care-giving has increased faster than “C.O.L.A.”. After top0ping out my A&A allotment, I find the majority of my compensation must pay for increased A&A needs after over 30 years of wheelchair use (personal care, gardner, handyman, houskeeping, etc.). What can be done to give more A&A

  2. Robert J. Neves Says:

    C.O.L.A.’s may be effective for compensation adjustments, but C.O.L.A.’s are ineffective for A&A allotments. Housekeeping, Personal care, Laundry, Sewing, Gardening, Handiman, Bill-payingResponding to coorespondence and “other duties to be assigned” must be done to support a “Quad”! What can be done to increase 100% R1?

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