Veterans Administration
Mission:
The VA's goal is to provide excellence in patient care, veterans' benefits and customer satisfaction. We have reformed our department internally and are striving for high quality, prompt and seamless service to veterans. Our department's employees continue to offer their dedication and commitment to help veterans get the services they have earned. Our nation's veterans deserve no less.
Of the 25 million veterans currently alive, nearly three of every four served during a war or an official period of hostility. About a quarter of the nation's population -- approximately 70 million people -- are potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans, family members or survivors of veterans.
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Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD)
The Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) program is a jointly sponsored VA and DoD initiative to provide transition assistance to separating servicemembers who have disabilities related to their military service.;
Under the BDD program, Servicemembers can apply for VA service-connected disability compensation and related benefits prior to separation from service, which allows VA to begin payment of benefits as soon as possible after discharge. Servicemembers who apply for disability compensation benefits under the BDD program undergo one medical examination instead of both a military separation exam and a VA exam for the disability claim. Timely decisions on Servicemembers' disability compensation claims also help ensure continuity of medical care for their service-connected disabilities. The goal of the program is to deliver benefits within 60 days of discharge.
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