The Department of Veterans Affair is a government-run system that offers benefits to veterans. Some of these benefits include compensation and pension, education and training, home loans, insurance, vocational rehabilitation and employment, and other services. As one can see the VA has a wide variety of services available to help out veterans, both emotionally and financially the VA offers them. However, looking at the bigger idea are these services easily attained by those veterans and if so are the services actually helping the PTSD veterans.
The VA tends to take a long time to get service out to veterans. “According to VA figures dated April 20, the number of claims pending for more than 125 days was 613,469, while the total number of pension and entitlement claims was 886,345.” (Konkel 1). This is an issue as it is about 70% of claims pending for more than 3-4 months for their service. A veteran already …show more content…
“Veterans advocates say the benefits administration frequently makes errors while handling disability claims, including overlooking VA medical records that could prove a veteran’s eligibility for help” (Evans 1). This proves that the VA does not always get it right. They often will not take the time to go over things thoroughly in order to help veterans out which drives people away from getting help.
Meanwhile billions of dollars are being spent to help veterans with PTSD there is little report on the effectiveness of these services. "Both departments lack a coordinated, consistent, well-developed, evidence-based system of treatment for PTSD," (Dr. Sandro Galea 1) With little to no report on the effectiveness of these services it is difficult for one to determine which service is actually worth funding for and which aren’t. This is an issue as they have no solution. This also goes on to prove that the VA has little knowledge on how to
The VA tends to take a long time to get service out to veterans. “According to VA figures dated April 20, the number of claims pending for more than 125 days was 613,469, while the total number of pension and entitlement claims was 886,345.” (Konkel 1). This is an issue as it is about 70% of claims pending for more than 3-4 months for their service. A veteran already …show more content…
“Veterans advocates say the benefits administration frequently makes errors while handling disability claims, including overlooking VA medical records that could prove a veteran’s eligibility for help” (Evans 1). This proves that the VA does not always get it right. They often will not take the time to go over things thoroughly in order to help veterans out which drives people away from getting help.
Meanwhile billions of dollars are being spent to help veterans with PTSD there is little report on the effectiveness of these services. "Both departments lack a coordinated, consistent, well-developed, evidence-based system of treatment for PTSD," (Dr. Sandro Galea 1) With little to no report on the effectiveness of these services it is difficult for one to determine which service is actually worth funding for and which aren’t. This is an issue as they have no solution. This also goes on to prove that the VA has little knowledge on how to