Statistical Trends: Veterans with a Service-Connected Disability, 1990 ...

Statistical Trends:

Veterans with a Service-Connected

Disability, 1990 to 2018

Prepared by the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics

May 2019

NCVAS

National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics

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Data Source

? Data regarding Veterans with service-connected

disabilities were derived from individual Annual

Benefits Reports published on the VA website .

? The data were supplemented using annual extracts of

VA¡¯s disability payment files.

? For details regarding estimates of the total Veteran

population, see VetPop 2016 Technical Documentation.



_Vetpop_Model/Vetpop16_Executive_Summary.pdf

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What is a service-connected disability?

? "Service-connected" (SC) means the disability was a result of disease

or injury incurred or aggravated during active military service. These

disabilities are evaluated according to the Department of Veterans

Affairs¡¯ (VA¡¯s) Schedule for Rating Disabilities in Title 38, U.S. Code of

Federal Regulations, Part 4.

? Service-connected disability ratings are graduated based on the

degree of the Veteran¡¯s disability on a scale of 0 to 100 percent, in

increments of 10 percent.

? Zero percent is a valid rating and is different than having no rating at

all. Of Veterans rated SC 0%, only those receiving Special Monthly

Compensation were included in this analysis.

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The Veteran population has been declining since 1990 while the number

of Veterans with a service-connected disability has been on the rise.

# Veterans

# SC Disabled Veterans

117% increase

since 1990

5.0

29

4.5

Veteran Population In Millions

27

4.0

25

3.5

23

3.0

21

2.5

19

17

2.0

15

1.5

Service-Connected Disabled Veterans In Millions

31

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration Annual Benefits Reports, 1990-2018; Office of Enterprise

Integration, Office of Predictive Analytics and Actuary, Veteran Population Projection Model (VetPop), 2016.

Prepared by the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics.

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The rate of increase in cash payments is outpacing the growth in the

number of Veterans with a service-connected disability.

SC Disabled Veterans

Annualized Cash Payments

$90

$80

Cash Payments In Billions ($)

Average rate of increase in the

number of SC disabled Veterans is

2.9% and 8.0% for the amount of

annual Compensation payments.

$60

4.5

4.0

3.5

3.0

$50

2.5

$40

2.0

$30

$20

1.5

1.0

$10

0.5

$0

0.0

Source: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration Annual Benefits Reports, 1990-2018.

Prepared by the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics.

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Service-Connected Disabled Veterans In Millions

$70

5.0

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