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The Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife) program is a new benefit that provides guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Additionally, Traumatic Injury Protection under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI) provides short-term financial assistance to severely injured service members ...
Separation typically occurs when someone reaches the date of their Expiration of Term of Service and are released from active duty, but still must complete their military reserve obligations. Upon separation, they receive Department of Defense Form 214 , Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD 214), which verifies their ...
Post-9/11 GI Bill; Other short titles: Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008: Long title: An Act making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes
A federal law has forced nearly 122,000 disabled veterans to return lump-sum incentives they received to leave the military, according to new data obtained by NBC News.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–527) changed the former Veterans' [29] Administration, an independent government agency established in 1930 into a Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. It was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 25, 1988, but came into effect under the term of his successor ...
In 1945, the VA issued a directive that all blue-discharges for homosexuality would be denied benefits. [11] On December 22, 1955, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied an appeal from Raymond W. Longernecker, who had been denied his G.I. Bill benefits by the VA because of his blue discharge. The Court ...
Verizon's "well-planned and anticipated" move to lower its headcount will offer employees up to 60 weeks of salary, bonuses and benefits, depending on the length of their careers at Verizon, the ...
VA currently has about 8.4 million veterans enrolled in its health care program. Of the remaining roughly 13 million living veterans, CBO estimates that about 8 million qualify to enroll in VA's health care program but have not enrolled. VA currently spends about $44 billion providing health care services to veterans, or about $5,200 per enrollee.