Abstract

Abstract : The DoD and VA disability compensation systems fail to adequately compensate veterans' service-connected disabilities. The DoD disability compensation system provides benefits for soldiers prematurely separated due to a service-connected disability, while the VA disability compensation system compensates veterans for the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from service-connected disabilities. This paper examines appropriateness of disability compensation provided by DoD and the VA measured against the actual losses of disabled veterans. It overviews the history of disability compensation in the United States, focusing principally on disability compensation as it now exists. It then provides analysis of the actual losses borne by disabled veterans, including loss of military career, diminution in quality of life, loss of earnings capacity, and burden of transition. It provides strategic recommendations for restructuring the two disability compensation systems to work as an integrated whole in which DoD would determine fitness to serve and provide a payment to those found not fit for duty to compensate for loss of military career.

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.