[Nfbf-l] FW: S. 1990, the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017

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From: president at nabv.org <president at nabv.org> 
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 11:18 AM



 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

See Below!

Please help me by joining our friends at DAV in supporting S 1990. Just
click the take action link at the bottom of the email. When you fill in your
address the proper Senators will automatically come up on the left. Make
sure they are checked before you submit the letter.

Blessings,

Dwight D. Sayer

President

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winter Garden, Florida 34778

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From: Dennis Nixon, DAV National Commander and Ellen Timmerman, DAVA
National Commander <DAVCommander at davcan.org> 
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 10:20 AM
To: president at nabv.org
Subject: S. 1990, the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act
of 2017

 





Last year Senator Jon Tester, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on
Veterans' Affairs, introduced S. 1990, the Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation Improvement Act of 2017, which would:

*	Correct the disparity between Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
(DIC) rates for veterans' survivors and the rates provided to federal
civilian employees' survivors, by increasing the base rate equal to 55
percent of the rate of compensation paid to a totally disabled veteran.

*	Replace, with a graduated scale, the current rule that states
certain survivors are only eligible for DIC when the veteran's
service-connected disability had been rated as totally disabling for at
least 10 years immediately before death.  This bill would change that rule
so that if a veteran is rated as totally disabled for five years and dies, a
survivor would be eligible for 50 percent of the total DIC benefits
increasing until the 10-year threshold and the maximum DIC amount is
awarded.

*	Make the DIC program consistent with other federal survivor benefit
programs by reducing the age allowed for a surviving spouse to remarry and
maintain their benefits from 57 to 55. 

If enacted, this bill would fulfill one of DAV's legislative goals in
accordance with Resolution No. 036, approved by our members during our most
recent National Convention.  

As the end of the 115th Congress rapidly approaches, we urge you to take
part in this final push to pass this legislation using the prepared e-mail
to request that your Senators support S. 1990, the Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation Improvement Act of 2017.

Thank you for all you do for ill and injured veterans, their families and
survivors.

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