3.0.0 2872 2019-11-15T21:57:50Z 2019-11-15T21:57:50Z Senate S S 2008-04-16 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-16T19:49:01Z Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2007 110 2943 HR 2007-07-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Related bill CRS 2008-04-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-04-16 True Social Welfare Armed Forces and National Security Disability evaluation Disabled Labor and Employment Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social security eligibility Supplemental security income program Veterans' benefits Veterans' employment Welfare eligibility Social Welfare 00 2008-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-24T18:51:44Z Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2008 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to treat as a disability for OASDI and SSI disability payment purposes any service-connected disability rated and certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as total by reason of unemployability, and expected to last at least one year.

Applies the same treatment to related child's insurance and widow's and widower's insurance benefits.

Makes medical findings by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of total service-connected disability by reason of unemployability conclusive evidence of disability for OASDI and SSI purposes.

Requires treatment of any determination of a veteran's disability by the Commissioner of Social Security for OASDI and SSI purposes as a disability or a combination of disabilities rated as 100% disabling by reason of individual unemployability for veterans' benefits purposes. Cautions, however, that such requirement shall not be construed to establish a service-connection or presumption of service-connection with respect to any disability of a veteran.

]]> Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2008 Display Title Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of disability rates and certified as total by reason of unemployability by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of such titles, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2872is/xml/BILLS-110s2872is.xml 2008-04-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.