Veterans Issues

6. To ensure that Congress will pass and enact Federal Legislation for "Mandatory VA Funding" in order to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with as much money as they need to pay for the cost of Medical Care, Prescription Medications, Prosthetics; approved claims for Service-Connected Disability Compensation, Non-Service Connected Pensions, Dependent Indemnity Compensation (DIC), and Vocational Rehabilitation and Burial Benefits, among other things.

7. To make the words "Veterans First" and "Veterans Preference" actually mean something.

8. To ensure by further legislation/law that "The Doctrine of the Benefit of Doubt" f/k/a "Benefit of the Doubt Doctrine," a Federal Law found in Title 38 of United States Code which requires The VA and The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to find in favor of Veterans claims when the negative evidence presented by the VA and the positive evidence presented by the Veteran are approximately equal be enforced.

9. To require that the VA inform Veterans before and after they file a claim for Service-Connected Disability Compensation with the VA that if they prefer, they also have the option to have their claim heard in Federal District Court instead by filing a "Civil Cause of Action" in that Court against the "United States of America" as the "Defendant."

Veterans should also be informed, that if their claim is "denied" in Federal District Court that per "res judicata," they will forever be "barred" from not only re-opening that same claim again with the Court but also with the VA. Therefore, Veterans should also be informed that the advantage of filing their claim with the VA is that "res judicata" does not apply to claims filed with the VA, thereby, Veterans can re-open their VA claims as many times as they need to if they have "new and material evidence" or they can show "clear and unmistakable error" by the VA in a previous decision denying their claim in whole or in part.

10. To Assist and complete claims for Veterans in a timely fashion, less than one year. (please refer to #8 above)

11. To adjust current military pay to coincide with their civilian counterpart. With incentives to include but not limited to; Skills Training, Education, Civilian Training and longevity in their total military career.

12. To insure that our National Guard and Reserves get all benefits due them while on active duty. Including pay and health benefits for their family, matching their civilian jobs when called to active duty.

13. Require uniformed service unit commanders to formally brief personnel, regarding when and how Uniformed Spouses Protection Act provisions affect their lives, and the options they can implement to protect themselves. These briefings should be given when the service member reports for duty, and at least annually, until they transfer to a new unit, retire from active duty or separate from the service. Failure to comply with this policy would invalidate the Defense Finance and Accounting Service authority to divide subject service member retired pay.

14. To provide for families of active duty personnel who lose their life while on active duty*, a stipend of $500 a month to a spouse without children for three years. If children are involved, the $500 plus an additional $100 per month for each child until they reach 18 years of age.

*To include ALL active duty personnel both in and out of conflict, off or on American soil. (excludes all self inflicted incidents)

Copyright © 2007 [Veterans Party of America]. All rights reserved. Revised: 04/01/07.

Copyright © 2007 [Veterans Party of America]. All rights reserved.
Revised: 04/01/07.