Veterans' benefits

Throughout history war veterans have received compensation. Roman soldiers were given rewards at the end of their service including cash or land (praemia). Augustus fixed the amount in AD 5 at 3000 denarii and by the time of Caracalla it had risen to 5000 denarii.[1]

The US Department of Veterans Affairs provides a wide variety of benefits,[2] e.g., educational assistance (GI Bill), healthcare, assisted living,[3] home loans, insurance, and burial and memorial services, for retired or separated United States armed forces personnel, their dependents, and survivors.[4] The VA provides compensation to disabled veterans[5] who suffer from a medical disorder or injury that was incurred in, or aggravated by, their military service, and which causes social and occupational impairment.[6] Many U.S. states also offer disability benefits for veterans.

Archival record of the benefits awarded to injured soldiers and veterans of the American Civil War began after 1865. Union soldiers received a more committed pension archival effort on the part of the Federal government, thanks to superior databases in the North and a more stable bureaucratic oversight.[7] Turmoil during Reconstruction in the war-weary South made any effort at maintaining pension records difficult if not impossible. Later university-led research projects would give insight into the history of pension provisions by the Federal government leading up to the Civil War.[8] These analysis shed light on the ever-changing role of compensation in American society and delved into the idea that American Revolutionary War soldiers received superior care after war than later Civil War veterans.[9]

In 1932 veterans from the First World War marched on Washington as the Bonus Army, also known as the Bonus Expeditionary Force.

Types of Veterans' Benefits

According to sources, any veteran that has suffered a physical or mental disability as a result of serving in the military is entitled to receive benefits. A veteran can receive compensation if he or she has a physical disability that a) is an injury rated 60% or more b) is a service-related c) makes the veteran unable to obtain employment.[10] A veteran can receive compensation for a mental disability if a) the injury was service-related and caused a mental disorder b) the disability makes the veteran unable to obtain employment c) that caused the VA to give that person less than a 100% rating.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Benefit Summary Materials". Veterans Benefits Administration. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Simmons, Claire. "Nursing Home Care and the Aid and Attendance Benefit". VeteranAid. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors". Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Service-connected Disabilities". Veterans Benefits Administration. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Compensation". Veterans Benefits Administration. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.familybirthrecords.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  8. ↑ Oliver, John William (1917-01-01). History of the Civil War Military Pensions, 1861-1865. University of Wisconsin--Madison.
  9. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=zOdRAAAAMAAJ&dq=civil%20war%20pensions&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q=&f=false
  10. ↑ https://www.sinklaw.com/Veterans-Disability.aspx
  11. ↑ https://www.sinklaw.com/Veterans-Disability.aspx

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