VA Disability 10-Year Rule:A service-connected disability rating cannot be terminated if it has been in effect for 10 years. Compensation can bereducedif evidence exists that the condition has improved. The sole exception is if the VA can prove fraud, in which case it can terminate the benef...
He notes that the decision represents a departure from accepted medical standards that would create a formidable dilemma for VA psychiatrists performing PTSD compensation evaluations. He notes that the ruling reveals VA's intent to revise only the requirements for documentation of a reported wartime ...
Congress has enacted numerous laws over the last century providing disability compensation to veterans who agreed to serve our country and were in some way injured during their service. The laws are supposed to be “veteran friendly” and the application process simple so that veterans do not ...
5.EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND REIMBURSEMENTS: During the Term of employment under this Agreement, Executive shall participate or be entitled to participate in any pension, group insurance, hospitalization, incentive or deferred compensation and other benefit or compensation plans of the Bank presently in effect...
(c) If when employment termination occurs the Employee is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, if the cash severance payment under Section 3(a) would be considered deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, and finally if an exemption from the...
Individual vets entitled to receive compensation, but who are not presently in receipt because they are on active duty. Surviving spouses of veterans who died in service or from service-connected disabilities (whether or not such surviving spouses are veterans with their own entitlement and whether ...
to pay for an assisted living facility or a nursing home. It is a non–service connected disability benefit, meaning the disability does not have to be a result of service. You cannot receive non–service and service–connected compensation at the same time. Aid and Attendance benefits are pa...
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Even if the dog does not have a violent past, negligent owners can still be held liable if a law was broken at the time of the attack. Victims may sue for compensation so long as they have evidence that the owner failed to control their pet and follow the law. ...
conditions may arise which necessitate the dismissal of an individual or a permanent decrease in the work force. It is the purpose of this policy to provide an equitable measure of compensation for eligible individuals whose employment has been terminated by the Company under honorable circumstances ...