Veterans' Issues
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Labor Force Experiences of Recent Veterans
May 16, 2017From 2008 to 2015, male veterans ages 22 to 44 who left active-duty service after September 2001 had experiences in the labor market similar to those of civilian men, although the youngest veterans had somewhat higher unemployment rates.
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Transitioning From the Military to the Civilian Workforce: The Role of Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers
May 16, 2017The Defense Department spent $310 million (in 2017 dollars) on unemployment benefits in 2016, down from $1 billion in 2011. Nearly half of soldiers in the active Army in 2013 applied for those benefits (that share has probably fallen).
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Veterans' Disability Compensation: Trends and Policy Options
August 7, 2014From 2000 to 2013, the number of veterans receiving VA disability payments rose by nearly 55 percent, and spending for those benefits almost tripled. How might changes in VA’s disability compensation program affect the federal budget?
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Costs of Military Pay and Benefits in the Defense Budget
November 14, 2012For fiscal year 2013, the Department of Defense (DoD) requested about $150 billion to fund the pay and benefits of current and retired members of the military. That amount is more than one-quarter of DoD’s total base budget request.
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The Veterans Health Administration's Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury Among Recent Combat Veterans
February 9, 2012Through September 2011, about 740,000 veterans from overseas contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan had been treated by the VHA. That number is slightly more than half of all recent veterans eligible for care by VHA.
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Potential Costs of Health Care for Veterans of Recent and Ongoing U.S. Military Operations
July 27, 2011Testimony by Heidi L. W. Golding before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, United States Senate
