Disabled Vets' Costs to Surge while Number of Vets Decrease

The AP has obtained internal documents from the VA showing that despite the declining number of vets, the government expects to spend $59 billion a year in 25 years to compensate injured troops, up from today's $29 billion.

Today's total vets number nearly 24 million. The VA expects that number to drop to below 15 million by 2033.

Reasons for the spike in cash include:

• Inflation
• More vets are aware of their benefits and are quick to file
  
• Modern medicine returns troops with injuries that may have killed them in past wars
• Certain medical conditions may worse with age and require higher payments

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