Veterans Affairs

Over 120K US Veterans Forced To Repay VA Benefits Of Up To $30K, Otherwise No Disability Checks

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Over 120K US Veterans Forced To Repay VA Benefits Of Up To K, Otherwise No Disability Checks

Over 122,000 US veterans who received one-time special separation benefits (SSB) in the past three decades for willingly abandoning their service when the US was reducing its active-duty personnel count were stripped of their disability benefits from the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). In recent years, veterans applying for disability benefits through the VA … Read more

Xi Jinping calls for more support and respect for China’s military veterans

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Xi Jinping calls for more support and respect for China’s military veterans

President Xi Jinping has called for more support to help veterans find work after they leave the military as the country faces a slowing economy and rising geopolitical tensions. In a directive read out at a meeting on veterans’ affairs in Beijing on Monday, Xi said “solid efforts” were needed to help ex-service personnel make … Read more