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Thursday, April 17, 1975
University Daily Kansan
VA charged with ignoring duty
By TOM BOLITHO Kansan Staff Reporter
The Veterans Administration (VA) is ignoring its duty to inform veterans about benefits available to them, some members concerned Action (CVCA) said Wednesday.
Rock Thornton, CVCA member and editor of the CVCA's newsletter "Wake-up," said the VA had no apparent Outreach program for informing veterans of their benefits.
Thornton said he knew of no one who had ever received any form of mail from the VA informing veterans of their benefits or of new benefits they could take advantage of.
"Their informative effectiveness is about 10%." he said.
But Steve Neske, campus VA representative, said it wasn't the total responsibility of the VA to keep veterans informed about new benefits available to them. It is the responsibility of a veteran to either contact his VA representative or learn through the news media of benefits available to him, Neske said.
Paul Bylaska, member of the CVA, said the VA should set aside a small amount from each veteran's benefits to be used to send out health information and benefits available to them.
"It's no good to raise veterans' benefits if
we don't know how to apply for them," he said.
Bylaska many veterans didn't know about the recent increase in G.I. Bill benefits until they got their checks with the extra amount.
All veterans receive an information packet when they leave the service, Neske said. The packet outlines briefly all the benefits veterans are entitled to.
He said the VA relied on the news media to report any major action about veterans being discharged.
"A veteran who reads the newspaper and listens to the radio regularly will bear about news concerning veterans' benefits," he said.
Neksa said that the VA didn't publicize its minor programs such as tutorial assistance and vocational training.
veteran could find out about the programs if he contacted his local VA representation.
"A comparison can be made between the Internal Revenue Service and the VA," he said. "If you have a question about your taxes, you call the IRS. If you have a question about your veterans' benefits, you call the VA."
Neksa said a general mailing by the VA to inform veterans of all their benefits was impossible because of the number of their mobility and the cost of such a project.
"If the VA diverted money into an information program, that would mean that the VA could now take care of that."
Neske said the VA used the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and the Veterans of Defense to pay for the war.
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Bylaska said he thought the VA had improved in its attempt to reach veterans. He cited the establishment of the VA representative on campus. But most veterans were still unaware of all the benefits open to them, he said.
"I'm just worried about the individual vet who loses his benchtend because he doesn't know how to treat it."
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