Veterans Checks? Left in the Dark.

UPDATE - Latest post on the 2009 Veterans Stimulus/Recovery Checks see this post:

Veterans Checks by June 30th?.



Again this post is from before the latest information. For the latest information see the most updated post here: Veterans Checks by June 30th?.

Here is the original post:

This subject came up on a local thread this week, but part of the Recovery Act was $250 checks to disabled folks on SSDI and Veterans disability and a few other categories. So far it appears the Social Security related checks have more or less gone out last month with a few hitches here and there. Meanwhile Veterans appear to have been last in line:

Seems Vets are last on the list again. The $250.00 Stimulus Package promised Vets that are receiving V.A. Compensation or Pension that they would get a $250.00 check "sometime in June". WTF is that all about? Everyone else getting the money, *Social Security, Retired Railroad Workers*, got theirs in May, and now Vets have to wait...and wait...and wait....to see if they're even going to be acknowledged. Figures...they just release a press release, 2 months ago and then it's forgotten...

So far the only definitive information that has come out of all the speculation, rumors, and other comments is that a letter was sent out from the VA saying we should be receiving the checks in June... but the only time frame given beyond that is that if you don't receive anything by JULY 10th, then you should call and ask about it.

The other that appeared definitive has since fizzled. The Treasury noted June 9th as the "planned completion date" for the Veterans payments. A quick glance at the calendar and we can see that the agency charged with actually printing and distributing the money is quickly looking to have missed the target date.

Was the VA late in getting them the information they needed to make the payments? Did the treasury drop the ball? Is there any media coverage out there on what Veterans should be expecting or putting some pressure on the bean counters to get the job done? Nobody seems to know. Meanwhile cable news outlets were covering the big issues when I checked them this morning... Obama's teleprompter and "sex with ducks" jokes on CNN... Fox for its part was laughing at the Daily Show laughing at them...

Very informative.

It seems very likely that we won't know until the checks are about to, or already, have landed in our laps. Maybe tomorrow... maybe the end of the month... maybe in early July... maybe later if they miss any more planned dates. A lot of veterans are living check to check with their disabilities... and it doesn't seem like too much to ask for a candid and clear answer to their questions on this.