Applying for vets benefits in advance works
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:26 am
Linkarooni - until Urkel "fixes" it and you can no longer apply early.
Applying for vets benefits in advance works
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Oct 9, 2008 12:58:06 EDT
A program allowing injured active-duty members to apply for veterans’ disability benefits before they separate is reducing the financial strain on wounded troops in the months before they leave service, according to a draft report by congressional auditors.
Called “benefits delivery at discharge,” the program tries to avoid having benefits claims for new veterans tied up in the six-month backlog of other claims making their way through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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