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From 2000 to 2022 , the overall VA budget grew from $76 billion to $267 billion (in 2022 $) Writers: Biggest contributor to VA ’s steadily expanding budget has been the increase in veterans’ enrollment in disability compensation.
Writers: Growing concerns about the federal debt, a looming budget impasse and a crisis in military recruiting prompt us to call attention to the budget for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in recent years .
Authors: The share of veterans receiving disability compensation benefits is increasing rapidly.
If disability compensation’s growth is attributed to deteriorations in veterans’ health rather than to policies that make it easier for veterans to qualify for disability, then it may inadvertently feed a “broken veteran narrative” that contributes to the military's worst recruiting crisis since the advent of the all-volunteer force.
Recent surveys cite concerns about physical injury and psychological distress as the top two reasons youth do not consider joining the military.
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