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Intro -- VETERANS BENEFITS: A SELECTION OF PROGRAMS FOR SERVICE MEMBERS -- VETERANS BENEFITS: A SELECTION OF PROGRAMS FOR SERVICE MEMBERS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 VETERANS' BENEFITS: DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION (DIC) FOR SURVIVORS -- SUMMARY -- ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS -- Veteran Eligibility -- Recipient Eligibility -- Surviving Spouses -- Surviving Children -- Surviving Parents -- MONTHLY BENEFIT AMOUNTS -- Surviving Spouses -- Surviving Children -- Surviving Parents -- APPLICATION PROCESS -- USE OF DIC IN FY2008 -- POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO DIC -- DIC and SBP Offset -- DIC Percentage of Income Compared with Other Pension Programs -- DIC Remarriage Age -- Disability Requirement for Non-Service-Connected Deaths -- Maximum Benefit for Dependent Parents -- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 HEALTH CARE FOR DEPENDENTS AND SURVIVORS OF VETERANS -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -- Who Is Eligible to Receive CHAMPVA Benefits? -- What Happens if a CHAMPVA-Eligible Spouse Divorces or Remarries? -- When Does a Child Lose Eligibility? -- What Is the Difference between CHAMPVA and TRICARE? -- What Is the Relationship of CHAMPVA and Medicare? -- What Happens if the Beneficiary Has Other Health Insurance? -- What Medical Benefits Are Available to Eligible Beneficiaries? -- What Is the CHAMPVA Payment Structure? -- What Is the CHAMPVA In-House Treatment Initiative (CITI)? -- How Are CHAMPVA Claims Processed? -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 VETERANS AFFAIRS: BENEFITS FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Veterans' Disability Programs -- The "Local Determination" -- Requirements for Disability Compensation -- Medical Evidence of the Current Impairment or Disability -- Evidence of an In-Service Occurrence or Aggravation of the Disease or Injury

Intro -- VETERANS' DISABILITY BENEFITS CHALLENGES TO TIMELY PROCESSING AND IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS -- VETERANS' DISABILITY BENEFITS CHALLENGES TO TIMELY PROCESSING AND IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 VETERANS' DISABILITY BENEFITS TIMELY PROCESSING REMAINS A DAUNTING CHALLENGE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- BACKGROUND -- Disability Claims Process -- Appeals Process -- VA's Duty to Assist Requirements -- Timeliness of Claims and Appeals Processing -- RISING WORKLOADS, ALONG WITH PROGRAM RULES AND INEFFICIENT PROCESSES, CONTRIBUTE TO LENGTHY PROCESSING TIME FRAMES -- Rise in Claims Submitted Is Outpacing Claims Production -- Program Requirements Contribute to Long Processing Times -- Gathering Records from Federal Agencies and Others Can Take Months -- Some Work Processes Are Inefficient -- VBA IS TAKING STEPS TO IMPROVE CLAIMS AND APPEALS PROCESSING, BUT FUTURE IMPACT IS UNCERTAIN -- VBA Is Using Existing VBA Staff and Contractors to Manage Its Growing Workloads -- VBA Is Changing Procedures and Modifying Requirements to Expedite Claims and Appeals Processing -- Efforts to Improve Records Acquisition Have Produced Mixed Results -- Efforts to Redesign Key Aspects of the Process Are Under Way without a Comprehensive Plan -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- ANALYSIS OF VBA CLAIMS AND APPEALS PROCESSING TIMELINESS AND RESOURCE DATA -- SELECTION OF VA REGIONAL OFFICES FOR REVIEW -- APPENDIX II: VETERAN NOTIFICATION DURING THE CLAIMS AND APPEALS PROCESSES -- APPENDIX III: SELECTED VBA EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CLAIMS AND APPEALS TIMELINESS -- End Notes -- End Note for Appendix I -- End Note for Appendix I

The differences in hospice care needs between United States veterans and non-veterans was explored using a systematic review research methodology that consisted of 18 articles. After a review of previous research studies, it was found that veterans tended to want their healthcare providers to be more open and to the point about their diagnosis than non-veterans did. Both non-veterans and veterans wanted to be in control of their end of life cares. Non-veterans were more likely to want their family and friends around compared to veterans who were less likely to want people around. Veterans who had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) received a lower quality of care compared to hospice patients who did not have PTSD. Patients who received a palliative care consult reported having less discomfort compared to those who did not receive a palliative care consult. Patients who received extra services such as Reiki or music therapy or caregiver support had an increase in peacefulness and a decrease in pain. With the additional caregiver support, patients were able to stay at home longer or until their death. This study shows that there is not a lot of research done around hospice care with veterans, but it is a unique group that needs to be focused on more in order to increase the quality of care they receive.

Those who have participated in organized political violence often develop distinctive identities as veteran combatants. But what possibilities exist to produce a veteran identity for "invisible" veterans denied public recognition or mention, such as politically repressed defeated insurgents? Everyday socializing during or after political violence can help restore social worlds threatened or destroyed by violence; an examination of "invisible" veteran defeated revolutionaries in Dhufar, Oman, shows how everyday socializing can help reproduce a distinctive veteran identity despite political repression. Ethnographic fieldwork with veteran militants from the defeated revolutionary liberation movement for Dhufar reveals that while veterans (who are a diverse group) no longer publicly reproduce their political and economic revolutionary ideals, some male veterans—through everyday, same-sex socializing—reproduce revolutionary ideals of social, especially tribal and ethnic, egalitarianism. These practices mark a distinctive veteran identity and indicate an "afterlife" of lasting social legacies of defeated revolution.