VA Can Better Ensure Unemployability Decisions Are Well Supported
July 02, 2015
July 02, 2015
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Government Accountability Office released the following report highlight:
What GAO Found
The number of older veterans receiving Individual Unemployability benefits, a disability supplement, has been increasing, as has the total amount of benefit payments. In fiscal year 2013, 330,000 veterans received this benefit, which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides to disabled veterans of any age who are unemployable because of service- . . .
What GAO Found
The number of older veterans receiving Individual Unemployability benefits, a disability supplement, has been increasing, as has the total amount of benefit payments. In fiscal year 2013, 330,000 veterans received this benefit, which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides to disabled veterans of any age who are unemployable because of service- . . .