Analysis Of VeteransAppeals Improvement And Modernization Act

assistance” can all be expected as a result of the veterans treatment courts and they “will surely have long-term benefits for local communities and the country overall” (Totman, 2013, p. 452).

In the past few years there has been increasing discussion about how to provide adequate care for the increasing number of veterasn who are eligible for care through the Veterans’ healthcare administration (VHA). There are concerns is that the VHA is not providing the level of access, efficiency, and quality of care that veterans expect. Lee & Begley, (2016) suggest access to care for the veteran population may be resulting in poor health outcomes. In response to these concerns, the Veterans ' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act (VACAA) of 2014, also known as the Veterans Choice Act, was created to improve Veterans’ healthcare. The VACAA proposed to do this by expanding the number of options veterans have for receiving healthcare, by providing access for healthcare at non-VA care centers as well as providing for an increase in staffing at VA facilities (U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016).

What some the “symptoms” of veteran’s rights look like in regards to how they are addressed, are in multitude. They range in length from health care, education, to basic family needs. Overall, the American public does not pay attention to veterans, and this is mostly in part because the issues that plague our veterans are often deemed irrelevant by the average

Keywords: veterans, Veteran Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, H.R. 3230, Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act of 2014, Clay Hunt SAV Act, Justice as Fairness, vulnerable population, healthcare disparities, healthcare reform, social justice

The United States Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs have taken steps to address the limited access to providers and the issues around a backlog of healthcare eligibility

Over the past 15 years, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has seen a dramatic increase in the average degree of disability, growth in the number of compensation recipients, a rise in the number of medical issues claimed and an increased level of complexity of claimed issues. To illustrate this point, prior to the September 2011 terrorist attacks, 333,700 Veterans received compensation at the 70-100 percent level; however, these figures rose to over 1.1 million by the end of 2013. Additionally, since 2009, VA’s disability compensation workload rose 132 percent. This is in large part due to an unprecedented demand resulting from over a decade of war, military downsizing, economic issues, increased outreach, the addition of presumptive conditions and an aging Veteran population.

This is like a bomb waiting to go off: Family of veterans have to live with fear, hoping that their love one would recuperate, be happy, or simply a civilian again. The Veterans Affairs Department (VA) should put a better effort to better assist veterans, and their family with a better plan to reduce this preventable death. Many veterans find it difficult to admit, control, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), let alone reaching for help; when they do so, they are considered just another number at the VA. At any moment, a veteran?s sacrifice for this country should end

1. I chose to cover special veterans’ courts for this paper. This court was created back in 2008 in Buffalo, New York. It was created by Judge Robert Russell in an effort to help veterans who have broken the law due to the adverse psychological and emotional effects that military service can have upon a service member. Some veterans, after undergoing various combat situations, being cut off from family and friends, and other hardships associated with being in the military, are not able to properly assimilate back into civilian life, if at all. They may resort to drug use or alcoholism to cope, and/or act out in other ways as well. In the various articles of this kind of court I’ve read, courts usually require that the veteran’s offense

Current funding for veteran healthcare care is low and insufficient because of the large number of veterans, who are being discharged from the military as the country transitions to a democratic President. According to Dr. Rachel Nardin in her article about veteran healthcare, “Soldiers get excellent acute care when injured on active duty, but as revelations of poor conditions for soldiers receiving ongoing outpatient care at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center highlighted, service members often have trouble getting the care they need once active duty ends” (Nardin 1)

Veterans are being cheated out of their time, money, and resources while waiting for benefits from claims that are waiting to be processed. In the article, "Veterans Face Long Delays for Disability Claims" it states, "while veterans waited longer than ever in recent time for their wartime disability compensation, the Department of Veterans Affairs gave its workers millions

A House subcommittee had made the moved Wednesday April 18, 2012 to remove a small bit of doubt regarding the cost-of-living adjustments in veterans' disability and survivor aids by passing a bill that would deliver automatic yearly increases that would actually start the beginning of next year. This paper will provide a comprehensive overview of f HR 4142: The American Heroes Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) Act.

The U.S Department Veteran’s Affairs (VA) provides a wide range of benefits for our service members, veterans and their families. Some of these benefits include but are not limited to include compensation, disability, education, and home loans. Throughout this paper I will discuss these benefits and the eligibility required to receive them. Eligibility for most VA benefits is based on type of discharge received through the military which is normally all discharges under other than dishonorable conditions.

Many transitioning veterans face an arduous battle with The Veterans Administration. (VA) There are times, veterans feel the battle is greater than the benefits. Many would rather forgo the VA process altogether to avoid the battle. The VA offers disability benefits for veterans that received service-connected injuries or conditions that qualify for benefits. Injuries can range from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/ Traumatic Brain Injury to Sleep Apnea. Once veteran’s separate from their military service, they have to fight for benefits the government promised would be there. (VA 2016) Many times it is not the wounds that can be seen, it is the ones that are not visible which

“A small pension designed to offset any wages that might be lost due to a missing limb or some similarly severe wound” (Trout). Gelber stated “the Federal Board of Vocational Education (FBVE) promised to enable wounded veterans to return to their prewar occupations or to qualify for new jobs.” Even with this generous gesture, there was more pain than gain that was to come from this.

The paper will address the history of social welfare of veterans the social, economic struggles of departure from the armed services to become a productive member of society discussed some of the stats on veteran employment, health issues, and homelessness elucidated some the services veteran received after their enlistment from active duty. Introduced non-profit organization resources for vets of all spectrums going through the filling process to file disability compensation claims. Therefore, the training, education provided from the DoD (Department of Defense) to ensure that veterans received the best care, adequate services that any veteran who was in need will have a professionally educated resourceful social worker.