Jim Fausone
\nVeteran Disability Attorney<\/p>\n
New benefits may be in the pipeline for veterans.\u00a0 The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee<\/a> has voted to add numerous initiatives to the \u201comnibus\u201d bill, S 944.\u00a0 The Committee voted to expand programs aimed at helping more veterans find work, helping more injured vets get reproductive health services, and to pay caregivers of seriously wounded veterans who left service before 9\/11 a monthly stipend plus expenses.<\/p>\n How the legislature will pay for these initiatives, which are estimated at $12 billion over the next 5 years, has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n Other initiatives added to the omnibus bill include: requiring public colleges to charge veterans on the GI Bill lower in-state tuition rates; requiring additional quarterly public reporting by the VA<\/a> on disability claims processing; greater access to VA disability compensation for victims of sexual assault; and increasing veterans\u2019 access to alternative medicine, chiropractic care, and other new care approaches.\u00a0 Also included (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Attorney New benefits may be in the pipeline for veterans.\u00a0 The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has voted to add numerous initiatives to the \u201comnibus\u201d bill, S 944.\u00a0 The Committee voted to expand programs aimed at helping…<\/span><\/p>\n