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| Senior Republicans on the House Veterans Affairs Committee have joined Democrats and veterans in protest against any plan to cut the number of veterans who qualify for VA disability benefits in order to pay for concurrent receipt.Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., committee chairman, and three subcommittee chairmen wrote that the proposed changes "could have far-reaching and unintended consequences for millions of servicemembers and veterans." This follows a letter to the President by the Senate's top Democrats, Tom Daschle, S.D., and Harry Reid, Nev., which said it was "outrageous to pit one group of disabled veterans against another." Cost estimates for full concurrent receipt of military retired pay and VA disability compensation have been set at $58 billion over 10 years. | |
