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Disability commission surveys vets on health, jobs.


* The Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission is conducting a special survey of disabled veterans and a separate survey of survivors Survivors was a British television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerned the plight of a group of people who had survived an accidentally released plague that had killed nearly the entire population of the  through April 2007.

The surveys are being carried out by telephone interviews by ORC Orc

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 Macro, an independent research company that conducts surveys for the government and the private sector. Participants are contacted first in writing, followed by a phone call to either conduct the survey or arrange a more convenient time to talk. In some instances, participants may simply receive a phone call.

The surveys ask questions about the individual's health status, life satisfaction, health care and employment. Participation in the survey is voluntary.

The Commission will use the survey results to develop its report and recommendations to Congress about benefits for service-disabled veterans and survivors. This final report will be available after October October: see month.  2007.
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Publication:DAV Magazine
Date:Jan 1, 2007
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