H.R. 9237
Expands veterans benefits, health care and VA programs
Changes several veterans programs, including letting some disabled retirees receive both disability pay and military retired pay and extending benefits to remarried surviving spouses.
- Lets some retirees with combat-related disabilities get both disability pay and military retired pay
- Extends various benefits to surviving spouses who remarry
- Raises dependency and indemnity compensation and adds a monthly allowance for some disabled veterans
- Extends the suicide prevention grant program and expands support for family caregivers
In committee