More Protest Limiting Disability for Veterans
Senior Republicans on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee have joined Democrats and veterans groups in a chorus of protest against proposals being considered by the Bush administration to shrink the number of military personnel who qualify for disability benefits.
Changes in the definition of service-connected disability “could have far-reaching and unintended consequences for millions of service members and veterans,” wrote the committee chairman, Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), and three of the panel’s subcommittee chairmen.
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