Senate blocks major veterans bill: How it impacts disability benefits

The White House backs the benefits package with caveats, but its support has not resolved the funding fight.
Newsday

LI veterans concerned about proposed bill that would reduce benefits for service-connected tinnitus and sleep apnea care

Shaun Thompson, of Lido Beach, spent four years serving in the U.S. Army, including a tour in Iraq during the first Gulf War. When Thompson, now 56, returned home to Long Island, he was diagnosed with ...
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VA benefits: Full list of senators pushing back on major disability change

A group of nearly 50 Senate Democrats and independents is pushing back against a proposed change to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability benefits that they say could significantly reduce ...
Task & Purpose

Veterans disability bill could cut tinnitus compensation to fund other benefits

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‘Clear and present danger’ or needed update? Proposed benefit cuts for sweeping veterans bill prompt impassioned responses

WASHINGTON — Vietnam veteran Gary Marnhout, who suffered a facial injury in military service that narrowed his airway, was later diagnosed with sleep apnea, prescribed a CPAP machine and received a 50 ...