Securing Veterans' Disability and Retirement Benefits
Posted: Monday, December 12, 2011
I worked with the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that post-9/11 veterans across the country - including over 5,000 in Colorado - know they are potentially eligible for higher medical benefits or even full medical retirement. After my request to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki in August, the Defense Department will team with the VA to let recent veterans know they can appeal the disability decision made when they left the military. Colorado has the reviewing board's third-largest eligible population of veterans in the country, and I want to ensure each of them has a chance to get the benefits they should have earned to begin with.
If you have further questions about this or any other issue, please contact me with your concerns.
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