Research - Rehabilitation - Re-Employment
Dear Sgt Shaft, I was recently awarded 100% disability for a multitude of disabilities some associated with agent orange. One of the illnesses is peripheral neuropathy. It is my understanding that this disease was determined to be caused by exposure to agent orange and the rules for related compensation were passed in 1996.
Why does the VA not pay a veteran back to 1996, Or do they if you yell loud enough. I have been in the Agent Orange registry for a long time. So shouldn’t they have notified me in 1996 that this was a covered illness. Also are all illnesses determined and award compensation related to diabetes mellitus retroactive to 2001 No one at the VA will even discuss this with me. It appears if they don't tell the veteran what and when he is entitled they save a lot of money.
Please Help
Brothers Forever
Roman
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Dear Roman,
You may want to save the yelling for a more attainable goal. The following is taken from the United States Code and provides the technical underpinnings as to how the VA establishes dates of entitlement for VA Compensation.
Unless specifically provided otherwise in chapter 38 USCS §§ 5100 the effective date of an award based on an original claim, a claim reopened after final adjudication, or a claim for increase, of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension, shall be fixed in accordance with the facts found, but shall not be earlier than the date of receipt of application therefor.
(1) The effective date of an award of disability compensation to a veteran shall be the day following the date of the veteran's discharge or release if application therefor is received within one year from such date of discharge or release.
(2) The effective date of an award of increased compensation shall be the earliest date as of which it is ascertainable that an increase in disability had occurred, if application is received within one year from such date.
These regulations would also apply to any disabilities claimed as secondary to diabetes.
Shaft Notes
A high five to The Department of Labor (DOL) for recently launching a Web
site to help America's homeless find jobs through mainstream as well as targeted
training, education and placement services and to provide a vital link to
government-wide resources.
"This Web page furthers the Administration's commitment to helping the homeless, including homeless veterans," said U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chaos, who serves as vice chairman of the Interagency Council on Homelessness. "The Department of Labor is committed to pooling our resources and working together with Congress, our federal, state and local partners to achieve the President's goal of ending chronic homelessness in 10 years."
The Web page provides links to DOL's homeless programs as well as to other major government and non-government homeless Web pages and programs. Information on the new Web page will allow groups and individuals to better serve the homeless population. This page can be accessed at: www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-homeless.htm.
"The Labor Department administers programs providing employment and training services that are crucial components in the comprehensive efforts to address the cycle of homelessness," said Charles S. Ciccolella, Deputy Assistant Secretary of DOL's Veterans Employment and Training Services, who is coordinating DOL's efforts toward eliminating chronic homelessness. "The Department offers both mainstream and targeted employment-focused programs that help lead to self-sufficiency. A full list of these programs is available through the Web site."
DOL has been addressing the needs of homeless Americans through a number of model targeted intervention and prevention programs, such as the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program; the Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program; the Ready4Work and the Serious and Violent Reentry Initiative; the Jobs Corp Foster Care Recruitment Initiative; the Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Training grants, which are jointly funded by DOL and the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and the President's new $300 Million Dollar Reentry Initiative for transitioning incarcerated individuals back into their communities and reducing recidivism.
U.S. Labor Department (DOL) releases are accessible on the Internet at www.dol.gov. Information regarding these programs is available in alternate format upon request (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office. Call (202) 693-7765 or TTY (202) 693-7755. DOL is committed to providing America's employers and employees with easy access to understandable information. More information is available at www.dol.gov/compliance.
I urge all the homeless Vets to break out their laptops and log on
Kudos to the Washington Capitals for their philanthropic initiative.
As
part of an overall sponsorship relationship with the Washington Times, the
Caps and the Times developed a program to give back to the Washington, DC
metro community. Through the Times, the Caps donate Times newspapers daily
to the following hospitals:
The Caps also donate newspapers to area ice rinks in order to reach the youth hockey clubs that the Caps and Times support in-season when the Caps hold "Washington Times Mites on Ice" (a program that allows area youth hockey clubs to play on-ice during the first intermission of every Caps home game). These rinks include:
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