The Veterans Affairs Department would have to pay accrued pension benefits to a veteran’s family or estate after their death under a modified version of
The bill aims to address rare instances in which the VA grants a veteran’s pension application, but the veteran dies before the first payment is delivered. Under current law, the VA can’t re-issue the pension payment to the surviving family or estate, according to a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee report on the measure.
The bill’s namesake, World War II veteran Ernest Peltz, died days before the VA distributed his pension payment. Peltz’ ...