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Veterans Issues

AUSN has compiled resources to aid veterans in finding information to assist them with issues such as the Post 9/11 GI Bill, suicide prevention, PTSD, job sites, and more. If you are seeking information that is not listed here, please let us know so that we can add it and help others like you. We aim to be the most complete source for information that is of value to our members.

Veterans Issues News

Motor vehicle crashes: A little-known risk to returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan - Friday, May 03, 2013
For men and women who have fought in the country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, death behind the wheel is becoming another lethal aftereffect of combat.
Internal watchdog blasts DoD's health IT efforts - Monday, April 22, 2013
The Defense Department's current approach to achieving health record interoperability with the Veterans Affairs Department is "manifestly inconsistent" with White House directives to adopt and use open data standards, according to a memo from the Pentagon's top systems evaluator.
Veterans Fight Changes To Disability Payments - Saturday, March 30, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans groups are rallying to fight any proposal to change disability payments as the federal government attempts to address its long-term debt problem. They say they've sacrificed already.
VA outreach lags as many veterans unaware of benefits - Tuesday, November 20, 2012
WASHINGTON -- More than half of America’s veterans say they have little or no understanding of the benefits due them, despite efforts over recent years to match returning soldiers with the help and services they need.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/19/3925713/va-outreach-lags-as-many-veterans.html#storylink=cpy
Obama Faces 'Hard Choices' On Veterans - Thursday, November 08, 2012
A new report by the Center for a New American Security warns that the Obama administration will "face an array of hard choices" involving veterans and the military community as it tries to tackle issues ranging from military suicide to veterans disability claims during the president's second term.

Magazine Articles Covering Veterans Issues

Veteran employment situation report for February 2013 - Monday, April 01, 2013
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) Current Poputation Survey (CPS) report says there were 21,520,000 veterans alive in February, down from 21,534,000 in January, a loss of 14,000 veterans in February.
Veteran employment situation report for December 2012 - Friday, February 01, 2013
Welcome to the VetJobs Veteran Employment Situation Report (VESR) covering December 2012. This is part 3 of 3 of the VESR; for the entire report, please go to www.vetjobs.com.
Veteran employment situation report for October 2012 - Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Welcome to the VetJobs Veteran Employment Situation Report covering October 2012. This is part 3 of 3 of a report covering the employment situation in the veteran market. For the entire report, please go to vetjobs.com.
Vowing to hire our heroes - Monday, October 01, 2012
From rising gas and food prices, to an unstable housing market, to watching the value of retirement accounts drop, many are asking, when will it get better?
Veteran employment - Monday, October 01, 2012
This is definitely a political year and many people running for office like to play on the image of the unemployed veteran. Many of these images are myths.
PAT TILLMAN VETERANS CENTER - Committed to excellence - Monday, October 01, 2012
The Pat Tillman Veterans Center at Arizona State University celebrated its first year of service on August 16, 2012, since being named in honor of the remarkable student, athlete, soldier and leader.
NERA and AUSN Join Forces in Supporting the Annual Salute to Hospitalized Veterans - Friday, January 01, 2010
Retirement Benefits - Sunday, November 01, 2009

Do you know what benefits to which you are entitled? Most are aware of the unlimited commissary and exchange privileges, medical (be sure and sign up for Part B when you become eligible for Medicare to continue your TRICARE coverage), 5% Veteran’s preference (10% if rated disabled) with almost all Federal, State, and local governmental agencies, but were you aware of the many forms of disability retirement, forms of disability pay, death benefits, life insurance, retirement, and long term or nursing homes, home loans, and Space-A travel?

Social Security Benefits for Disabled Service Members - Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Eligibility for the Aid & Attendance Pension - Monday, June 01, 2009

The “Aid and Attendance Pension” (a/k/a “Veterans Disability Pension” or the “Veterans Pension for Veterans 65 or older”) is a little known and utilized federal assistance program which was established in 1952. The program provides a monthly VA pension to assist with the cost of caring for qualifying veterans (disabled or frail and have trouble living on their own). The VA pension may be utilized for assisted living expenses or home health care.