VETERANS COMPENSATION BENEFITS RATE FOR 2019
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AVERAGE DISABILITY CHECK WILL INCREASE BY $83 PER MONTH FOR THOSE RATED 100% AND $4 PER MONTH FOR THOSE RATED 10% -
LARGEST INCREASE SINCE 2012 -
INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT (COLA) FOR 2019 = 2.8%
WHAT ARE DISABILITY BENEFITS?
- TAX-FREE, MONTHLY BENEFITS
- AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE INJURIES OR DISEASES
- PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITIES
- SUFFERED DURING ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE
- REGARDLESS OF WHERE OR WHEN YOU SERVED
TYPES OF DISABILITY CLAIMS FOR VETERANS
- TOTAL DISABILITY INDIVIDUAL UNEMPLOYABILITY (TDIU)
- POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
- COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION
- MENTAL DISABILITY
- SLEEP DISORDERS
- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)
- CAMP LEJEUNE WATER CONTAMINATION
- AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE
- GULF WAR SYNDROME
- AMPUTATION
- SCARS AND DISFIGUREMENT
- ORTHOPEDIC INJURIES
- ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
TYPES OF VA DISABILITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS
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MEDICAL CARE -
MENTAL HEALTH CARE -
GENDER SPECIFIC -
COLLEGE TUITION, APPRINTICE-SHIPS, AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING -
HOUSING ASSISTANCE
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SURVIVOR BENEFITS
TYPES OF DISABILITY CLAIMS FOR VETERANS
- TOTAL DISABILITY INDIVIDUAL UNEMPLOYABILITY (TDIU)
- POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
- COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION
