survivor benefits

Superintendent Keith Stadler, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris touch a headstone belonging to Inez Crittenden during a tour of Suresnes American Cemetery in Suresnes, France on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Inez Crittenden of Oakland, Calif., led a team of 232 bilingual switchboard operators known as the

How automation is showing a lot of promise in approving veterans’ survivors dependency claims

Automation can help VA process survivors claims when a veteran passes away, which currently takes more than two months on average.

Veterans Affairs

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The Rainbow Flag flies beneath the American flag at the Stonewall National Monument, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in New York. The Rainbow Flag, an international symbol of LGBT liberation and pride, was flown for the first time at the monument. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

OPM will allow same-sex spouses of deceased federal employees a chance to apply for survivor benefits

Benefits

FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. In an innovative experiment, doctors prescribed fewer opioids after learning of their patient's overdose death in a letter from a county medical examiner. More than 400 “Dear Doctor” letters, sent in 2017 in San Diego County, were part of a study that put a human face on the U.S. opioid crisis for many doctors. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Terminal illness, now what?

Federal Report

Heap of pharmaceutical drug and medicine pills scattered on dollar cash money, cost of medicinal product and treatment concept

To fund benefits for families of fallen service members, Congress looks to hike pharmacy costs

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Answers to your questions about survival benefits

Mike Causey