Posted on Jan 22, 2023
End VA’s Individual Unemployability Payments to Disabled Veterans at the Full Retirement Age for...
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides disability compensation to veterans with medical conditions or injuries that were incurred or worsened during active-duty service. The amount of compensation depends on the severity of their disabilities (which are rated between zero and 100 percent) and other factors. In addition, VA may increase certain veterans' disability compensation to the 100 percent level even though the department has not rated their service-connected disabilities at that level. To receive the resulting supplemental compensation, termed Individual Unemployability (IU) payments, disabled veterans must apply for the benefit and meet two criteria. First, they generally must be rated between 60 percent and 90 percent disabled. Second, VA must determine that the veterans cannot maintain "substantial gainful employment" because of the severity of a service-connected disability. Receipt of IU is not based on age, voluntary withdrawal from work, or other factors.
This option consists of two alternatives. Under the first, VA would stop making IU payments to veterans age 67 or older (the full retirement age for Social Security benefits for those born after 1959). That restriction would apply to both current and prospective recipients. When veterans reach age 67, all VA disability payments would revert to the amount associated with the rated disability level; veterans age 67 or older who are already receiving IU payments would no longer receive them after the effective date of the option. Under the second alternative, veterans who began receiving the IU supplement after December 2023 would no longer receive those payments once they reached age 67, and no new applicants age 67 or older would be eligible for IU benefits after that date. Veterans who are currently receiving IU payments and who would reach age 67 or older after the effective date of the option would continue to collect the IU supplement.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see)SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC Gary C. SPC (Join to see) Amn Dale Preisach SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG Paul Ayotte CPT Richard Trione SFC Ralph E Kelley 1SG Patrick Burke PV2 Scott Mollette SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell Lt Col Charlie Brown
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS: SHARED BY CPL LaForest Gray
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides disability compensation to veterans with medical conditions or injuries that were incurred or worsened during active-duty service. The amount of compensation depends on the severity of their disabilities (which are rated between zero and 100 percent) and other factors. In addition, VA may increase certain veterans' disability compensation to the 100 percent level even though the department has not rated their service-connected disabilities at that level. To receive the resulting supplemental compensation, termed Individual Unemployability (IU) payments, disabled veterans must apply for the benefit and meet two criteria. First, they generally must be rated between 60 percent and 90 percent disabled. Second, VA must determine that the veterans cannot maintain "substantial gainful employment" because of the severity of a service-connected disability. Receipt of IU is not based on age, voluntary withdrawal from work, or other factors.
This option consists of two alternatives. Under the first, VA would stop making IU payments to veterans age 67 or older (the full retirement age for Social Security benefits for those born after 1959). That restriction would apply to both current and prospective recipients. When veterans reach age 67, all VA disability payments would revert to the amount associated with the rated disability level; veterans age 67 or older who are already receiving IU payments would no longer receive them after the effective date of the option. Under the second alternative, veterans who began receiving the IU supplement after December 2023 would no longer receive those payments once they reached age 67, and no new applicants age 67 or older would be eligible for IU benefits after that date. Veterans who are currently receiving IU payments and who would reach age 67 or older after the effective date of the option would continue to collect the IU supplement.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see)SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC Gary C. SPC (Join to see) Amn Dale Preisach SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG Paul Ayotte CPT Richard Trione SFC Ralph E Kelley 1SG Patrick Burke PV2 Scott Mollette SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell Lt Col Charlie Brown
End VA’s Individual Unemployability Payments to Disabled Veterans at the Full Retirement Age for...
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This is something that's been thrown in the CBO's "Options for reducing the deficit" for a while.
This, along with "Eliminate Concurrent Receipt of Retirement Pay and Disability Compensation for Disabled Veterans" and "Narrow Eligibility for Veterans’ Disability Compensation by Excluding Certain Disabilities Unrelated to Military Duties" seem to make it in each year and are never really considered by the politicians.
I did see a new proposal in this year's document for "Narrow Eligibility for VA’s Disability Compensation by Excluding Veterans With Low Disability Ratings" which would eliminate any disability compensation for ratings below 30 percent.
You can think of these as proposals that fall into the category of the 'throwaway' in "give me three options ... one to throw away and two to consider". As I said, every year they pop up in the CBO's document (along with proposed cuts to basically every aspect of federal spending) and every year they get shelved.
Other 'less popular' suggestions by the CBO for deficit reduction ... Increasing Medicare Part B costs, raising the social security age, raising tax rates on all income brackets, etc.
Suggest everyone have a read (at least in a bit) just to understand a lot of the stuff going on at the federal level. Things like these give a bit more understand of 'behind the curtain' and will probably defuse some of the partisan talking points (the CBO documents are very non-partisan and extremely dry in reading...)
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* Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032 - Large reductions - https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-12/58164-budget-options-large-effects.pdf
* Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032 - Small reductions - https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-12/58163-budget-options-small-effects.pdf
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2021 to 2030 - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56783
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2019 to 2028 - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54667
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2017 to 2026 - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52142
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2015 to 2024 - https://www.cbo.gov/budget-options/2014
This, along with "Eliminate Concurrent Receipt of Retirement Pay and Disability Compensation for Disabled Veterans" and "Narrow Eligibility for Veterans’ Disability Compensation by Excluding Certain Disabilities Unrelated to Military Duties" seem to make it in each year and are never really considered by the politicians.
I did see a new proposal in this year's document for "Narrow Eligibility for VA’s Disability Compensation by Excluding Veterans With Low Disability Ratings" which would eliminate any disability compensation for ratings below 30 percent.
You can think of these as proposals that fall into the category of the 'throwaway' in "give me three options ... one to throw away and two to consider". As I said, every year they pop up in the CBO's document (along with proposed cuts to basically every aspect of federal spending) and every year they get shelved.
Other 'less popular' suggestions by the CBO for deficit reduction ... Increasing Medicare Part B costs, raising the social security age, raising tax rates on all income brackets, etc.
Suggest everyone have a read (at least in a bit) just to understand a lot of the stuff going on at the federal level. Things like these give a bit more understand of 'behind the curtain' and will probably defuse some of the partisan talking points (the CBO documents are very non-partisan and extremely dry in reading...)
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* Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032 - Large reductions - https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-12/58164-budget-options-large-effects.pdf
* Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032 - Small reductions - https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-12/58163-budget-options-small-effects.pdf
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2021 to 2030 - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56783
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2019 to 2028 - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54667
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2017 to 2026 - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52142
* Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2015 to 2024 - https://www.cbo.gov/budget-options/2014
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
COL Randall C. thank you for the clarity and additional information. Much appreciated.
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