{"id":153392,"date":"2024-02-18T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T14:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=153392"},"modified":"2024-02-17T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T19:42:12","slug":"department-of-veterans-affairs-pushes-for-more-black-veterans-to-be-labeled-mentally-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=153392","title":{"rendered":"Department of Veterans Affairs pushes for more Black Veterans to be labeled mentally disabled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Veteran-in-VA-hospital-robots-AI-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-153393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Veteran-in-VA-hospital-robots-AI-02-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Veteran-in-VA-hospital-robots-AI-02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Veteran-in-VA-hospital-robots-AI-02-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Veteran-in-VA-hospital-robots-AI-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Veteran-in-VA-hospital-robots-AI-02-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Veteran-in-VA-hospital-robots-AI-02.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The VA wants more Black Veterans to be labeled mentally disabled. Black Veterans have a higher percentage of receiving disability compensation benefits compared to White Veterans. The VA report also pointed out that Black Veterans have lower grant rates than White Veterans. The VA declared its intention to reduce the grant rate gap between Black Veterans and White Veterans.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From American Military News<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Wednesday, the Biden administration released a report titled &#8220;Equity Assessment and Action Steps for Mental Health Compensation Benefits,&#8221; which noted that the rate of disability payments for mental health conditions for black veterans is almost double the rate of disability payments for mental health conditions for white veterans. The Biden administration claimed that the VA needs to take additional steps to increase the number of black veterans who receive disability payments in the name of &#8220;equity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A higher percentage of Black Veterans currently receive disability compensation benefits than white Veterans for mental health conditions (21.7% vs. 12.7%),&#8221; the report stated. &#8220;On average, Black Veterans also apply for disability compensation at higher rates and receive slightly higher disability ratings from VA than white Veterans. However, Black Veterans have lower grant rates than white Veterans for mental health conditions (70.3% vs. 76.0%).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The report explained that the VA will take &#8220;immediate and aggressive action&#8221; to remove the gap between grant rates for black veterans in order to &#8220;ensure that Black Veterans get the benefits they deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to The Daily Wire, the Biden administration&#8217;s emphasis on increasing the number of black veterans who are granted mental disability compensation pushes the narrative of black veterans having a slightly lower grant rate than white veterans while completely ignoring the fact that a significantly higher percentage of black veterans receive disability compensation benefits for mental health conditions compared to white veterans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2024\/02\/biden-admin-unveils-new-equity-plan-for-black-vets\/\">American Military News<\/a>, The <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/final_Equity-Assessment-and-Action-Steps-for-Mental-Health-Compensation-Benefits-.pdf\">VA Report<\/a> on Mental Health Assessments, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-wants-more-black-veterans-declared-mentally-disabled-in-the-name-of-equity\">The Daily Wire<\/a> provide additional information on this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VA wants more Black Veterans to be labeled mentally disabled. 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