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Benefits for Senior Veterans

April 2, 2013

The following article is taken from our new book "How to Apply for Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits for Seniors and Their Survivors."

According to Department of Veterans Affairs census estimates, there are approximately 13 million veterans and their single surviving spouses age 65 and older. Comparing this to a total of 41 million Americans 65 and older, veterans and their single surviving spouses represent about 1/3 of the senior population. According to VA about 42% of all veterans are 65 and older. This percentage will continue to grow as the bulk of the Vietnam veterans - the largest cohort - are still younger than age 65. www.seniorvets.org

Senior veterans are typically in receipt of four cash income programs from VA. Two of these programs - Pension and Death Pension - are paid to veterans and their surviving spouses who are non-service-connected disabled. The other two of these programs - Compensation and DIC - are paid to veterans or surviving spouses due to disability or death from service connection. These programs are covered in detail in this book. For now let's look at some statistics.

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