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Under the tax code, whether payments you receive for being injured are taxed depends on your injuries. But non-physical injuries like emotional distress are taxed.

Passing the Major Richard Star Act has been a priority for veterans advocates this year.

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Beginning in 2023, the VA will be getting into the life insurance business. The new law requires the VA to offer all disabled veterans under age 81 a whole-life policy by that date. The program will be similar to Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI); however, veterans must sign up for VGLI within 16 months after leaving the service. The new insurance program will have no such time limit. Policies will be limited to a $40,000 payout for most veterans when the program begins. Home Loans for Natio...

♪ eligible for severance under the law. taking a look at the statute you have. it doesnt say maybe. it says shall. >> right. >> you said he should have some type of disability pay. i dont know what is the disability but i mean there are other options people could raise money, i mean, they could do other things to help. people give him a job. he would probably just rather have a job. >> thats true. greta, im telling you that the post-traumatic stress disorder is real and it is somewhat silent. ...

♪ eligible for severance under the law. taking a look at the statute you have. it doesnt say maybe. it says shall. >> right. >> you said he should have some type of disability pay. i dont know what is the disability but i mean there are other options people could raise money, i mean, they could do other things to help. people give him a job. he would probably just rather have a job. >> thats true. greta, im telling you that the post-traumatic stress disorder is real and it is somewhat silent. ...

Disability pay and service connectedder treatment. 2002, for no reason i can figure out, the va rescinded that authority for sailors and marines on ships who said you had to prove you were on the ground. >> was it money. >> no nothing. had to be money. >> probably money. >> huge cost. >> but money should not trump veteran needs. and now these people are dying. their families are going financially in -- in financial disaster because they cant get disability pay and they cant get proper medical. t...

Close to home the republican senator tim scott out of south carolina. he has two brothers serving on active duty. he talked about encounter with a family of a fallen soldier with greta van susteren. >> this morning in the congressman of jeff duncan we had private first class austin, on capitol hill, his son, 20 years old, married three months, died in afghanistan six months ago. he is sitting with us having this conversation, to watch the drama play out today in front of men and women putting th...

Authorities also say he was given disability pay for t tinnitus. >> to the families of the victims, im so very sorry this happened. >> reporter: investigators are reaching out to as many as 700 potential witnesses at the navy yard alone as a so-called computer assistance response team-team with the fbi got its first looks at the computer of aaron alexis. one now question emerged about the emergency response. capitol hill police said on the morning of the shootings, their armed response team was ...