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The US Department of Veteran Affairs' Disability Compensation (DC) program, which provides benefits to military veterans with service-connected disabilities, has grown at an astonishing rate over the past two decades. It provides benefits to nearly one in four US military veterans and had annua...

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Published in:Journal of policy analysis and management 2021-06, Vol.40 (3), p.681-685
Main Author: Tekin, Erdal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Compensation
Diabetes
Disability
Disability recipients
Military service
Policy making
Veterans
Vietnam War
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Summary:The US Department of Veteran Affairs' Disability Compensation (DC) program, which provides benefits to military veterans with service-connected disabilities, has grown at an astonishing rate over the past two decades. It provides benefits to nearly one in four US military veterans and had annual expenditures of $77 billion in 2018. A contributing factor is the 2001 policy change that made diabetes a presumptive service-connected condition in Vietnam theater during the war, but not for veterans of the same service era.
ISSN:0276-8739
1520-6688
DOI:10.1002/pam.22322