For Service To Your Country
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For Service To Your Country - Updated Edition: The Essential Guide to Getting the Veterans' Benefits You've Earned If you're a veteran--or a veteran's family member--you know how hard it is to navigate the complicated V.A. benefits maze. This book will help. Filled with insider information, it steers you through the process so you and your family can get the benefits you're entitled to. Written by a leading expert in veterans' affairs, this invaluable guide gives clear, step-by-step, form-by-form advice on cutting through the red tape--so you can get the medical, financial and other support you've earned. And if benefits are denied, it will show you how to appeal an unfair decision. You'll find essentials on: 1. Strategies for dealing with the paperwork 2. How to get the right help for medical issues 3. A complete list of little-known benefits 4. Medical centers, service organizations, and other resources You'll learn how to develop a great filing system for documentation...how to apply for housing and educational loans...and when--and how--to take shortcuts. When you're dealing with a system that says "no" more than "yes," it helps to know every angle--before you fill out all those forms in triplicate. In a speech on March 22, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Peter Gaytan outlined the results of a survey of women veterans. The study, commissioned by The American Legion, found that nearly 40 percent of female veterans were dissatisfied with the screening process for military sexual trauma. Among those, 26 percent were "very dissastified." Currently, all veterans enrolled in the VA system are universally screened for military sexual trauma. Among other findings in the survey, one in three female VA health-care users reported that they were dissatisfied with their most recent experience with VA's Women Veterans Program Manager. Women comprise almost 20 percent of armed forces and are the fastest growing population of the VA health-care system. Said Gaytan, "To move into the future, we have to recognize the changing demographics of America's veteran population." Shouldn't Profit on Soldiers' Deaths In September of 2010 Peter Gaytan, executive director of the American Legion, discusses concerns over so-called retained-assets accounts used by Prudential Financial Inc. to administer death benefits owed to survivors of U.S. soldiers killed in battle. See video of interview by clicking here. The Reviews Are Coming In!
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