Issue Position: Veterans - Getting Veterans The Care They Deserve

Issue Position

Getting Veterans The Care They Deserve

Congressman Kucinich's office works with veterans in the district and a large number of the homeless veterans to assist in the complex processing of claims. The Administration has mandated that new veterans coming back from Iraq receive priority processing. As a result, older veterans are often left waiting for hearings and determinations even longer than in the past. Claims seem to take 2+ years now -- much like social security disability claims. Involvement from Congressman Kucinich's office helps get records, find lost files, and get errors corrected to assist veterans and their widows collect pension benefits. VA benefits have included assistance with mortgage foreclosure, education, in-home health care (Aid & Attendance Pension), placement in VA Medical Center long-term-care facility, and burial in a military cemetery (burial is delayed until proper veteran documentation is presented and the office has helped get that in less than 24 hours before burial).

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