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GP6971

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Tue Feb 18, 2025, 12:51 AM Feb 2025

VA Disability Benefits at Risk [View all]

Per Military.com, Disability Benefits could be under review.

During his confirmation hearing Jan. 21, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins pledged to preserve veterans benefits and not "balance the budgets on the backs of veterans."

But the confirmation of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, who contributed to two conservative playbooks that support significant changes to VA disability benefits, has put veterans service organizations on guard against any potential shifts in VA compensation.

Read more here;

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/11/veterans-groups-keep-watch-va-disability-benefits-under-trump-administration.html?ESRC=mr_250217.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mr&utm_campaign=20250217

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