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Indemnity: Military widows find law allows benefits curtailed or cut off: (EL PASO TIMES)
March 03, 2010
The law allows the government to significantly cut -- and in many cases eliminate -- a Defense Department insurance payment if the surviving spouse chooses to receive a Veterans Affairs benefit. The VA benefit was established to compensate for the service-related death of a family member. Vallejo-Moore said she was actually in a better position than many. As the widow of an officer, she received some of the insurance money. Had her husband held a lower rank, she likely would have received no insurance compensation. click here to view
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