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No [[copayment]] is required for VA services for veterans with military-related medical conditions. VA-recognized service-connected disabilities include problems that started or were aggravated due to military service. Veteran service organizations such as the [[American Legion]], [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], and [[Disabled American Veterans]], as well as state-operated Veterans Affairs offices and County Veteran Service Officers (CVSO), have been known to assist veterans in the process of getting care from the VA. | No [[copayment]] is required for VA services for veterans with military-related medical conditions. VA-recognized service-connected disabilities include problems that started or were aggravated due to military service. Veteran service organizations such as the [[American Legion]], [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], and [[Disabled American Veterans]], as well as state-operated Veterans Affairs offices and County Veteran Service Officers (CVSO), have been known to assist veterans in the process of getting care from the VA. | ||
In his [[United States Federal Budget|budget]] proposal for [[fiscal year]] 2009, President | In his [[United States Federal Budget|budget]] proposal for [[fiscal year]] 2009, President George W. Bush requested $38.7 billion—or 86.5% of the total Veterans Affairs budget—for veteran medical care alone.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} | ||
In the 2011 [[Costs of War Project|Costs of War]] report from [[Brown University]]<!----see Cost of conflict article---->, researchers projected that the cost of caring for veterans of the [[War on Terror]] would peak 30–40 years after the end of combat operations. They also predicted that medical and disability costs would ultimately total between $600 billion and $1 trillion for the hundreds of thousands treated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caring for US Veterans |url=http://costsofwar.org/article/caring-us-veterans |work=Costs of War |publisher=Brown University |access-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-date=July 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701180440/http://costsofwar.org/article/caring-us-veterans |url-status=dead }}</ref> | In the 2011 [[Costs of War Project|Costs of War]] report from [[Brown University]]<!----see Cost of conflict article---->, researchers projected that the cost of caring for veterans of the [[War on Terror]] would peak 30–40 years after the end of combat operations. They also predicted that medical and disability costs would ultimately total between $600 billion and $1 trillion for the hundreds of thousands treated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caring for US Veterans |url=http://costsofwar.org/article/caring-us-veterans |work=Costs of War |publisher=Brown University |access-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-date=July 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701180440/http://costsofwar.org/article/caring-us-veterans |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||