Each year, veterans would have to fill out the Eligibility Verification report to keep getting their benefits, but Consumer Reports said the Department of Veterans Affairs are eliminating these forms and bringing in a new process for confirming the eligibility of benefits. Now, VA said it will work with the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration to help verify continued eligibility for pension benefits.
Depression is never an easy Social Security disability case to prove, as there needs to be a lot of medical records and proof lined up that the disease is truly affecting someone’s work life, but a recent study may give some more weight to this disorder. Dr. Edo Richard of the University of Amsterdam and colleagues recently found that depression in the elderly may be associated with an increased risk of dementia and prevalent mild cognitive impairment.
