Veterans' benefits
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (April 2016) |
The
Archival record of the benefits awarded to injured soldiers and veterans of the American Civil War began after 1865. Union soldiers received a more committed pension archival effort on the part of the Federal government, thanks to superior databases in the North and a more stable bureaucratic oversight.[6] Turmoil during Reconstruction in the war-weary South made any effort at maintaining pension records difficult if not impossible. Later university-led research projects would give insight into the history of pension provisions by the Federal government leading up to the Civil War.[7] These analysis shed light on the ever-changing role of compensation in American society and delved into the idea that American Revolutionary War soldiers received superior care after war than later Civil War veterans.[8]
In 1932 veterans from the
Listed here below are at least 10 different types of benefits that a veteran can receive upon their discharge:
- Gi Bill and other education benefits
- VA home loan
- Life insurance
- Educational and career counseling
- converting life insurance
- Disability claims
- Veteran readiness and employment
- Support for veteran owned small businesses
- Veterans Pension program
- Grants
See also
- Benefits for United States veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder
- Military dependent
- Title 37 of the United States Code: Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
- Title 38 of the United States Code outlines the role of Veterans' Benefits in the United States Code
- Veterans Affairs, the government agency or department of various governments
- Veterans Benefits Administration, the US government agency
References
- ^ "Benefit Summary Materials". Veterans Benefits Administration. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ Simmons, Claire (15 January 2015). "Nursing Home Care and the Aid and Attendance Benefit". VeteranAid. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors". Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Service-connected Disabilities". Veterans Benefits Administration. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Compensation". Veterans Benefits Administration. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.familybirthrecords.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Oliver, John William (1917-01-01). History of the Civil War Military Pensions, 1861-1865. University of Wisconsin--Madison.
- ^ Oliver, John William (1917). "History of the Civil War Military Pensions, 1861-1865".