United States Code
United States Code

Author: United States

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 1506

ISBN-13:

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"The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, and a new edition of the code has been published every six years since 1934. The 2012 edition of the Code incorporates laws enacted through the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, the last of which was signed by the President on January 15, 2013. It does not include laws of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, enacted between January 2, 2013, the date it convened, and January 15, 2013. By statutory authority this edition may be cited "U.S.C. 2012 ed." As adopted in 1926, the Code established prima facie the general and permanent laws of the United States. The underlying statutes reprinted in the Code remained in effect and controlled over the Code in case of any discrepancy. In 1947, Congress began enacting individual titles of the Code into positive law. When a title is enacted into positive law, the underlying statutes are repealed and the title then becomes legal evidence of the law. Currently, 26 of the 51 titles in the Code have been so enacted. These are identified in the table of titles near the beginning of each volume. The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives continues to prepare legislation pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b to enact the remainder of the Code, on a title-by-title basis, into positive law. The 2012 edition of the Code was prepared and published under the supervision of Ralph V. Seep, Law Revision Counsel. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the contributions by all who helped in this work, particularly the staffs of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and the Government Printing Office"--Preface.

Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors
Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors

Author: The US Department of Veterans Affairs

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-11-24

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1510744266

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An official, up-to-date government manual that covers everything from VA life insurance to survivor benefits. Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). If you’re looking for information on these benefits and services, look no further than the newest edition of Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors. The VA operates the nation’s largest health-care system, with more than 1,700 care sites available across the country. These sites include hospitals, community clinics, readjustment counseling centers, and more. In this book, those who have honorably served in the active military, naval, or air service will learn about the services offered at these sites, basic eligibility for health care, and more. Helpful topics described in depth throughout these pages for veterans, their dependents, and their survivors include: Vocational rehabilitation and employment VA pensions Home loan guaranty Burial and memorial benefits Transition assistance Dependents and survivors health care and benefits Military medals and records And more

Veterans' Compensation Program
Veterans' Compensation Program

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, and Insurance

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13:

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A 21st Century System for Evaluating Veterans for Disability Benefits
A 21st Century System for Evaluating Veterans for Disability Benefits

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2007-09-30

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 0309106311

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21st Century System for Evaluating Veterans' Disability Benefits recommends improvements in the medical evaluation and rating of veterans for the benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to compensate for illnesses or injuries incurred in or aggravated by military service. Compensation is a monthly cash benefit based on a rating schedule that determines the degree of disability on a scale of 0 to 100. Although a disability rating may also entitle a veteran to ancillary services, such as vocational rehabilitation and employment services, the rating schedule is out of date medically and contains ambiguous criteria and obsolete conditions and language. The current rating schedule emphasizes impairment and limitations or loss of specific body structures and functions which may not predict disability well. 21st Century System for Evaluating Veterans' Disability Benefits recommends that this schedule could be revised to include modern concepts of disability including work disability, nonwork disability, and quality of life. In addition to the need for an updated rating schedule, this book highlights the need for the Department of Veterans' Affairs to devote additional resources to systematic analysis of how well it is providing services or how much the lives of veterans are being improved, as well as the need for a program of research oriented toward understanding and improving the effectiveness of its benefits programs.

Veterans In The U.S
Veterans In The U.S

Author: Lakesha Jelden

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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This is an eye-opening, quite honest-sounding insider's account of how the establishment encourages vets to defraud taxpayers. It's hard to blame the vets for accepting easy free money. It's a damn shame how it changes their lives; requiring that they waste VA resources perpetuating their dubious claims. It's a more tragic shame how this causes them to pursue less productive and satisfying lives. There are rumblings that the Trump administration will tackle "entitlement reform," but do they even know that the most abused entitlement program, the most fraudulent waste of taxpayer dollars, is VA disability compensation? Under this program alone, separate from VA medical care, pension, and multiple other VA benefits, thousands of veterans are being granted as much as 100% disability, with monthly payments of $3,000 or more for the rest of their lives when they have little or no evident physical, occupational, or social impairment. Other recipients do have real disabilities, but their conditions were rarely actually caused by military service. The compensation program payout to veterans, currently about $90 billion annually, will rise to over $100 billion in 2020, up from $37.7 billion in 2008, and the unfunded liabilities (deficit) for compensation payments alone is already $2.8 trillion and rising fast. This book explains how a well-intended benefit to take care of our injured war heroes has become an expected entitlement or military perk for all veterans, why claims and payments have snowballed in recent years due to automation, relaxing of standards, encouraging and rewarding of fraudulent claims. Full of real examples of claims and wrongful grants, the book also offers solutions for our federal policy-makers to put an end to this greatest fleecing of America.