VA Disability Compensation: Actions Needed to Address Hurdles Facing Program Modernization

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By Daniel Bertoni (au)
Year: 2012
Pages: 53
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-3914-6

Product Code: 1457839148

Description

The Veterans Admin. (VA) administers one of the nationäó»s largest federal disability compensation programs, providing veterans with a cash benefit based on average loss of earning capacity as a result of service-connected disabilities. However, concerns exist that VAäó»s rating schedule äóî the criteria used to assign degree of work disability -- is not consistent with changes in medicine and the labor market. Due in part to these types of challenges, GAO designated federal disability programs as high risk. This report examined (1) VAäó»s progress in revising its rating schedule with updated medical and economic information; and (2) the opportunities and challenges of various policy approaches proposed by commissions and others for updating VAäó»s disability benefits structure. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

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