How to Apply for Disability Compensation from VA
Like other veterans, Operation Enduring Freedom / Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) War veterans with service-connected illnesses or injuries are eligible for monthly payments, called disability compensation. The disability must have been incurred or aggravated during active military service. Furthermore, the military service of the veteran must have been terminated through separation or discharge under conditions that were other than dishonorable. Disability compensation varies according to the degree of disability and the number of dependents. Benefits are not subject to Federal or state income tax. Receipt of military retirement pay, disability severance pay, and separation incentive payments, known as Special Separation Benefits(SSB) and Voluntary Separation Incentives (VSI), also affects the amount of VA compensation paid.
Disability ratings range from 0 to 100 percent (in increments of 10 percent). For example, in 2008, a veteran with a disability rating of 10 percent receives $117 per month; a veteran with disability rating of 50 percent gets $728 per month; and a veteran with no dependents who is totally disabled and evaluated at 100 percent receives $2,527 monthly. Veterans with disability ratings between 30 and 100 percent also are eligible for monthly allowances for each dependent. (The amount depends on the disability rating). A veteran who is in need of regular aid and attendance of another person (including the veteran’s spouse), or who is permanently housebound may be entitled to additional benefits. VA must make that determination before the veteran can get these benefits.
Other Benefits
In addition to the compensation program described above, individual veterans may be eligible for the full range of other benefits offered by VA, including education and training, vocational rehabilitation, home loan guarantees,
life insurance, pension, burial benefits, and more. To learn more about VA’s programs, OEF / OIF veterans and other interested parties can visit the VA home page www.va.gov or call 1-800-827-1000.
For additional information on other benefits programs, please check online at www.vba.va.gov/benefit_facts/index.htm.
VA Compensation and Pension Payment Rates
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm
Like other veterans, Operation Enduring Freedom / Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) War veterans with service-connected illnesses or injuries are eligible for monthly payments, called disability compensation. The disability must have been incurred or aggravated during active military service. Furthermore, the military service of the veteran must have been terminated through separation or discharge under conditions that were other than dishonorable. Disability compensation varies according to the degree of disability and the number of dependents. Benefits are not subject to Federal or state income tax. Receipt of military retirement pay, disability severance pay, and separation incentive payments, known as Special Separation Benefits(SSB) and Voluntary Separation Incentives (VSI), also affects the amount of VA compensation paid.
Disability ratings range from 0 to 100 percent (in increments of 10 percent). For example, in 2008, a veteran with a disability rating of 10 percent receives $117 per month; a veteran with disability rating of 50 percent gets $728 per month; and a veteran with no dependents who is totally disabled and evaluated at 100 percent receives $2,527 monthly. Veterans with disability ratings between 30 and 100 percent also are eligible for monthly allowances for each dependent. (The amount depends on the disability rating). A veteran who is in need of regular aid and attendance of another person (including the veteran’s spouse), or who is permanently housebound may be entitled to additional benefits. VA must make that determination before the veteran can get these benefits.
Other Benefits
In addition to the compensation program described above, individual veterans may be eligible for the full range of other benefits offered by VA, including education and training, vocational rehabilitation, home loan guarantees,
life insurance, pension, burial benefits, and more. To learn more about VA’s programs, OEF / OIF veterans and other interested parties can visit the VA home page www.va.gov or call 1-800-827-1000.
For additional information on other benefits programs, please check online at www.vba.va.gov/benefit_facts/index.htm.
VA Compensation and Pension Payment Rates
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm
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