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Arizona Sun
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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New law signed August 14 gives peacetime veterans with under 10% service-connected disabilities equal VA hospital priority, previously limited to 10%+ cases. Explained by Arizona VA Manager Wayne Sanders.
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Peacetime veterans who have a service-connected but non-compensable (less than 10 pct.) disability will have the same priority for entering VA hospitals as service-connected disabled peacetime veterans, according to a new law signed by the President August 14.
The only peacetime veterans previously eligible to VA hospitalization were those whose service-connected disabilities were 10 per cent or greater. Wayne Sanders, Manager of Arizona VA Regional Office, explained. The new law applies to the relatively few peacetime veterans whose service-connected disabilities are not rated high enough to receive compensation.
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Arizona
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August 14
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peacetime veterans with service-connected but non-compensable (less than 10%) disabilities now have the same priority for va hospitalization as those with 10% or greater disabilities.
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A new law signed by the President on August 14 grants peacetime veterans with service-connected but non-compensable (less than 10%) disabilities the same priority for entering VA hospitals as those with compensable disabilities. Previously, only peacetime veterans with 10% or greater service-connected disabilities were eligible. Wayne Sanders, Manager of Arizona VA Regional Office, explained that the law applies to the few peacetime veterans whose disabilities are not rated high enough for compensation.