{"product_id":"disabled-veterans-programs-u-s-eligibility-and-benefit-types-compared-with-five-other-countries-hrd-94-6-9781289256883","title":"Disabled Veterans Programs: U.S. Eligibility and Benefit Types Compared With Five Other Countries: HRD-94-6","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared disabled veterans' benefits in the United States with benefits provided by other foreign countries, focusing on differences in: (1) the types and amounts of benefits; (2) eligibility for benefits; and (3) the types of agencies administering programs for disabled veterans. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) the United States offers several benefits to its veterans, such as life insurance, job assistance, and educational benefits, that most of the other countries do not offer; (2) most countries provide health care for disabled veterans; (3) all the countries have programs that provide cash benefits for service-connected disabilities, but each country uses different criteria to establish eligibility and the amount of compensation; (4) all the countries provide benefits to survivors of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, but there are differences in eligibility for benefits when the death of these veterans is from nonservice-related causes; (5) most countries require that a disability be closely related to the performance of military duty to qualify for disability benefits; (6) the United States provides benefits for some nonservice-related disabilities; and (7) in general, foreign countries will compensate veterans under many of the same circumstances that the United States will.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bibliogov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47596339691671,"sku":"9781289256883","price":1687.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781289256883.webp?v=1774993383","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/disabled-veterans-programs-u-s-eligibility-and-benefit-types-compared-with-five-other-countries-hrd-94-6-9781289256883","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}