Veteran Benefits The issue of veteran benefits in the United States is not taken as seriously as it should be in our country, even though it is a growing problem that needs to be addressed. The lack of available funding for veterans is especially obvious when compared to that available for lower income citizens, or even illegal immigrants. Also, what does exist appears to fall short in taking care of veteran’s needs. Considering that these veterans are people who have risked their lives fighting for this country, the fact that they are not receiving immediate benefits or even what they have earned is unfair. The VA needs to change the way it deals with Veterans and their bout with homelessness, consistent and worthwhile employment, and mental …show more content…
Veterans are dealing with a wide variety of issues at home and in the transition out of the military and a smooth transition to a well-paying job is important to settle back into civilian life. While the system is setup to give employment training and valuable assistants to get education and training, there is still a lack of true employment for Veterans. Receiving these benefits are plagued with issues, from late reimbursement to inconsistent training to take their skills learned from the military into the workforce. There is also a large portion of skills learned in the military that have a difficult time applying immediately into jobs, such as specific training on military only applications and machines. As more time passes from when a Veteran leaves the military the harder and harder it will be to even impress employers with those skills, so the shelf life of a good transition into the workforce can be quite short. Gaining these benefits from the VA are difficult enough to receive without them not being very effective. A lot of these jobless veterans also show signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that is left untreated because they have limited access to VA
If wounded, and they can 't be restored, how should they be compensated? If military service fails to provide veterans with the skills necessary to find work in the civilian sector, should the government take action? Reasonable people can disagree, and within that disagreement politics of the time rules. It is an extremely harsh irony to veterans waiting for service-connected disability compensation claims, treatment in understaffed VA facilities or struggling to find work, but this imperfect form of governance which is “our democracy”…..is precisely what they fought and risked their lives to
VAI is a business that employs dedicated, caring, resourceful individuals that can keep up with the ever-changing Department of Veterans Affairs benefits available to veterans and beneficiaries within local communities. VAI’s resource base would be a non-profit that could assist with everything from disability claims, healthcare, housing, survivor benefits, and burial benefits. VAI’s goal is to provide these services free of charge to ensure no veteran or beneficiary is taken advantage of for an attorney or agent’s financial gain. Currently, attorneys or agents can charge veterans or family members can charge up to 40% of past due benefits in exchange for navigating the often confusing processes of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Attorneys or agents can only offer services that are consistent with government policies meaning there is no advantage to veterans or beneficiaries other than their knowledge of the processes.
During World War I, soldiers were promised a ‘bonus payment’ to make up for wages lost while serving in the military- one dollar for each day served on U.S. soil and one dollar and twenty-five cents for every day served overseas. However, the Bonus would not be paid until 1945. Veterans initially agreed, based on the healthy state of the economy (Keaney 1). The Great Depression came and made thousands of veterans unemployed, like most Americans at the time. The veterans felt that their bonus should be paid early so that they could provide food and shelter for themselves and their families (Rank and File Committee 1).
Having a job in society is essential for the veterans to set them up to a successful
Helping our veterans should be mandatory because of their sacrifice. Even though some people believe war veterans acquire enough from the Government, others believe they deserve more for their services. Veterans of the United States of America should not be homeless since they fought for our country with a sense of bravery and commitment. Therefore, the Department of Veterans Affairs should be reconstructed, also expanded to meet the growing need of our veterans.
What specific physical and emotional challenges do the increasing number of disabled veterans face in the workplace? Veterans who are done serving, even those that are still at present serving naturally expect regard and adoration from the general population of our general public for doing such an "honorable" demonstration. Our general public today, in advanced United States; troops are looked for after in light of the fact that their support of our nation is thought to be a fantastic and caring act. Veterans said they felt more reason in the military than in their corporate occupations. Numerous referred to far less brotherhood with their groups at work, and the individuals who were no more driving other individuals as they had in the military
“... O say does that star spangled banner yet wave, o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Nearly every American can recite the final lines of our National Anthem. However, few take the time to truly contemplate the meaning of these words. When I hear these phrases, I think of the principles on which our country was founded: the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. But perhaps more important than these rights are the defenders of them: our veterans.
The department of Veteran Affairs ensures the care and honor for our American Veterans. Its mission statement is “to fulfill President Lincoln’s promise “to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan.”” Veterans have many different benefits such as disability compensation, health care, life insurance, education and training, and pension, just to name a few. Benefits not only apply to the veteran themselves, but also to their spouse and dependents.
Veterans are some of the bravest men and women that you will ever know. They fought for our country in our most desperate hours and risked their lives so we could have the chance to live ours. It is such a shame that they are ignored and even homeless in today 's society. I had wondered how we could get veterans of the street and back into the job world. After research I found that there are programs and methods put in place specifically to help these struggling veterans.
is unemployment. Veterans are becoming stress, experiencing anxiety and becoming frustrated. It has been reported that some veterans have reported that they fill like a failure in life because they can no longer provider for their family. If a veteran is experiencing
Veteran’s Benefits Veteran’s pay a heavy price for our freedom, but do we in turn repay them back? Once veteran’s return home they receive several benefits, such as education, disability compensation, and low-cost medical care. Each are specific due to how they benefit each veteran, but not all are capable of fully providing the veteran. Veterans receive benefits based on discharge from active military service other than dishonorable conditions. Active service must be serving full time as a member under several branches, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, or as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service, Environmental Services Administration or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
During the Bush administration no plans were made to assist returning veterans who needed treatment, similar can be said of Obama and every other president since Reagan and before. They have all promised to do something to help veterans, but it never fails the the “budget people” come back to say that any improvement would be too
Soldiers had fought hard for America in WWII, had seen things that could not be unseen and now they were finally coming home with a victory. When they came back, the men that went to war needed jobs, housing, and some even still needed education. Being a soldier was their job full-time prior to the victory and now it was time to come back to work, however, many of the jobs were created from the war to help the war effort. This left some unemployed and the GI Bill supplied the veterans of the second World War with unemployment insurance. Although, researchers Larsen, McCarthy, Moulton, Page, and Patel (2015) describe one of the main purposes of the GI Bill as to provide the returning veterans with a paid education including books, supplies, and counseling that the veterans needed to complete and education.
Secondly, some veterans will come back from war and if they were shot or experienced heavy damage to the head, they can have severe brain injuries and when they’re homeless and they don’t have much help, that can be horrible for the homeless veterans. Lastly, while veterans are fighting in wars, if they get shot or a grenade goes
Thus, it was hard for veterans to transition from their service back to a civilian lifestyle, due to the care that they receive from institutions and social perspectives. Furthermore, during the late 1800’s, institutions that were built for disabled veterans were usually in the outskirt of the town, creating a separation from society to further stigmatize veterans (Gerber, 2016). Isolationism causes more problems for veterans, which is shown in “Disabled”, when the protagonist of the story became isolated from a normal lifestyle to an institution. In addition, when the protagonist stated, “Why don’t they come?” (Owen, 44).