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Disability Benefits for Veterans Who Are Medically Retired

President Obama Honors Veterans by Expanding VA's Services

Veterans who are medically retired from the military as a result of a severe disability will now be eligible to receive concurrent disability benefits from the VA in addition to the retirement benefits they receive from the Department of Defense.

Additional Highlights from the President's $25 Billion VA budget increase:  

• Increases funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs by $25 billion above baseline over the next five years.
• Dramatically increases funding for veterans health care.
• Expands eligibility for veteran's health care to over 500,000 veterans by 2013.
• Enhances outreach and services related to mental health care and cognitive injuries, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), with a focus on access for veterans in rural areas.
• Invests in better technology to deliver services and benefits to veterans with the quality and efficiency they deserve.
• Combats homelessness by safeguarding vulnerable veterans.
• Facilitates timely implementation of the comprehensive education benefits that veterans earn through their dedicated military service.

For a detailed explanation of each of these highlights, click here.

(Certain words, ideas, and quotes gathered from an article posted by OhMyGov.org titled, "2010 Budget notes: Department of Veterans Affairs [$56.3b]".)