Posted on 10/08/2013 4:13:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Military veterans will lose many of their veterans’ benefits in “late October” if the government shutdown persists, according to newly-released U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs documents.
The VA has been continuing to make payments to veterans in the days since the Oct. 1 government shutdown, but agency officials say the pool of available money is dwindling.
“Claims processing and payments in the compensation, pension, education and vocational rehabilitation programs are anticipated to continue through late October. However, in the event of a prolonged shutdown, claims processing and payments in these programs would be suspended when available funding is exhausted,” said a statement from the agency’s public affairs office.
The impasse also threatens to further slow the VA’s backlog of overdue claims for benefits from needy veterans....
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Surely you jest.
Shinseki has got to go, and be stripped of his military awards. He is a total disgrace to the uniform of the US Army.
Just another Obama asskissing flunky who sold his soul for a job.
Yet strangely enough, in DC, there seem to be a bunch of anti-military vets who are Dems. In fact, recently it seemed there were more Democrats who were vets than GOP. Not sure if they just brag more or what. I’m thinking of people like Dead John Murtha.
“VA will not be able to continue overtime for claims processors,” she said. Overtime is a key part of VA’s strategy for eliminating the claims backlog by the end of 2015.”
Much of this back log was caused by O’Bummer changing the rules to qualify for PTSD disability. He changed it that you no longer had to be in a combat area. As a result a lot of sexual harassment charges have turned into military PTSD claims!
Even Communist countries treated their war dead better than the way the dems are treating ours.
“He changed it that you no longer had to be in a combat area”.
A stateside cook can burn his hand on the stove now and qualify for PTSD. All he has to do is say he is having nightmares from the burn. And chances are the claim will be approved right away if he says an arab was holding his hand to the stove. It helps being in a combat zone, but absolutely not necessary since the neverending “war on terror” began on 9-11-01. That’s why all members of the military wear those desert cammies, no matter if they are stationed in the Middle East or North Dakota. All the world is a “combat zone”, with a boogie man around every corner and we have to be on the constant lookout for the bad guy. I asked a young airman on an AF base the other day if he ever wore his blues and he looked at me like I was crazy. I asked him what his job was and he said he was a clerk. I thought he was a member of Red Horse from the way he was dressed. Brown, brogan boots, the works.
That’s ridiculous, if it didn’t exist why would I be looking for it? Do they think I am as crazy as Pelosi?
Absolutely amazing, I didn’t think it could be possible but you have actually managed to insult...Camel dung! Congratulations.
LOL
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