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Benefits and Assistance
No
matter what you are experiencing, there is support for getting your life on a
better track. To find the Veteran resources most helpful for you, fill in your
ZIP code or state below and check the boxes of the programs or topics you are
interested in. You can also select the National Resource Directory or the
SAMHSA Behavioral Health tab to find additional services.
No
matter what you are experiencing, there is support for getting your life on a
better track. To find the Veteran resources most helpful for you, fill in your
ZIP code or state below and check the boxes of the programs or topics you are
interested in. You can also select the National Resource Directory or the
SAMHSA Behavioral Health tab to find additional services.
Legion expands Legacy Scholarship eligibility and aid
Through its Legacy Scholarship, The American Legion has been caring for
the children of the men and women who honorably served their country and gave
the ultimate sacrifice while on active-duty military service on or after 9/11.
The renewable scholarship has assisted children with paying for the rising cost
of higher education.
House votes to expand benefits for Vietnam
Veterans who served on Navy
ships off Vietnam
An amendment added to the
House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs funding bill would require the
department to presume these veterans were exposed to the toxic herbicide and
provide health care and compensation if they are sick as a result.
The initiative still must
pass the Senate before it becomes law, but it marks a major step forward for a
cause that has languished in Congress and at the VA for years.
“Members from both sides of
the aisle have been fighting to make sure these sailors get the health care
they need,” said amendment sponsor Rep. Chris Gibson, R-N.Y. “We will never
turn our backs on our service men and women.”
VA already has presumed that
sailors and Marines who served on ships on inland waterways in Vietnam
VA urged to favor veterans
on toxic exposure claims
But VA does not consider
“blue water veterans” to have been directly exposed to the herbicide and
therefore are ineligible for benefits.
Advocacy groups and
legislators say a VA policy that excludes bays and harbors from the definition
of “inland” is unfair, and, they add, studies indicate that service members may
have been exposed when the ships they were assigned to used distilled
contaminated sea water for bathing and drinking.
“These personnel were
heavily exposed to this toxin through shipboard water systems that drew Agent
Orange-affected waters through filtration systems,” said retired Navy Cmdr.
John Wells, Military-Veterans Advocacy executive director. “Although they may
never have been on land where the toxin was sprayed, they were still exposed
through eating, drinking and bathing.”
The Institute of Medicine
Despite the research gap,
Wells said many of the estimated surviving 90,000 sailors and Marines who
served are sick and dying from Agent Orange-related diseases.
Fight over religious
discrimination and gay rights entangles Hill defense bills
“There is incontrovertible,
scientific proof of this exposure, but the Department of Veterans Affairs has
been reticent about restoring benefits, even in light of recent court cases,”
Wells wrote in a recent press release.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,
D-N.Y., has introduced similar legislation in the Senate.
A spokesman for Gibson said
Thursday the congressman was working closely with colleagues to ensure that
similar language is passed in the Senate.
The House Military
Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill passed 295- 129
Long Term Care
- Includes a wide range of services such as help with everyday tasks and support for managing an illness.
- Is provided for an extended period when someone is not able to do everyday tasks themself.
- Can be provided in many settings, such as a person’s home, community sites, residential settings, and nursing homes.
- May include support for family members or other caregivers who help people who are ill or disabled.
Please review the Home and Community Based Services and Nursing Home and Residential Settings sections of the Guide for a detailed description of long term care services and settings.
You may be able to pay for long term care services through VA, Federal and State programs (Medicare and Medicaid), and through insurance or your private funds. Click on the tabs in this section of the Guide for more information about these sources of funding.
Your eligibility for long term care services, provided in any long term care setting, will be determined based on your need for ongoing treatment, personal care, and assistance, as well as the availability of the service in your location. Other factors, such as financial eligibility, your service-connected (VA disability) status, insurance coverage, and/or ability to pay may also apply.
If you still have questions after reading this section of the Guide to Long Term Care, call toll-free, 1-877-222-VETS (8387), Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (CST). Or, contact your VA social worker.
