VA to Ease Rules for Benefits Based on PTSD
Posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
President Barack Obama said the country has a solemn responsibility to ensure that veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder get the help they need. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is to announce new regulations intended to make it easier for veterans with PTSD to receive government benefits. The new rules will not only apply to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but also those who served in previous conflicts. The regulations drop a provision requiring veterans to prove what caused their illness. Instead, veterans would have to show that the conditions surrounding the time and place of their service could have contributed to their illness.
Source: Kaiser Health News/AP (July 10, 2010)
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