{"id":111314,"date":"2021-11-09T16:22:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/09\/in-veterans-day-message-white-house-touts-improved-benefits-services-for-vets\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:40:12","slug":"in-veterans-day-message-white-house-touts-improved-benefits-services-for-vets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/in-veterans-day-message-white-house-touts-improved-benefits-services-for-vets\/","title":{"rendered":"In Veterans Day message, White House touts improved benefits, services for vets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/military-honor\/salute-veterans\/2021\/11\/01\/white-house-continues-tradition-of-observing-veterans-and-military-families-month-throughout-november\/\" target=\"_blank\">White House officials<\/a> highlighted recent improvements in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/11\/09\/va-secretary-promises-quicker-action-on-burn-pit-benefits-veteran-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\">veterans\u2019 benefits eligibility<\/a> as part of the annual federal proclamation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/military-honor\/salute-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Day<\/a>, calling the changes part of the \u201csacred obligation\u201d America has to its former service members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFulfilling our nation\u2019s promise to our veterans and military families, caregivers and survivors is not only a moral imperative \u2014 it is crucial to our national security and to maintaining the finest military the world has ever known,\u201d President Joe Biden wrote in the document, released two days before national Veterans Day celebrations. \u201cWe are a nation that keeps our promises.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atop that list was the announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs in August to begin granting presumptive status for veterans of the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seeking disability benefits for toxic exposure illnesses, including respiratory problems from burn pit smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2021\/11\/09\/va-secretary-promises-quicker-action-on-burn-pit-benefits-veteran-suicide\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21088532997439.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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