Veterans Affairs not extending benefits to recent low-income veterans
'It is not just the initial injury, it's the consequential aftermath or the secondary trauma related to the initial injury, and everything that goes around that,' says retired naval Lieutenant Louise Richard
Despite heavy lobbying from groups representing disabled veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs is standing firm and refuses to extend existing funeral and burial benefits beyond low-income world war and Korean War vets to include recent veterans.
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