Proposed Cuts to the VAThe Basser Hour

Published: Jan. 30, 2015, 11 p.m.

Proposed Cuts to the VA 2015\n\nRestrict VA's Individual Unemployability Benefits to Disabled Veterans Who Are Younger Than the Full Retirement Age for Social Security\n\nMore than 3.4 million veterans with medical conditions or injuries that were incurred or worsened during active-duty service are receiving disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).\n\nNarrow Eligibility for Veterans' Disability Compensation by Excluding Certain Disabilities Unrelated to Military Duties\n\nVeterans may receive disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for medical conditions or injuries that occurred or worsened during active-duty military service (excluding those resulting from willful misconduct). Disabilities that are deemed to be connected to military service in that sense range widely in severity and type, from the loss of limbs to migraines and treatable hypertension.