Senator Boxer: Important Information for Veterans

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Senator Boxer: Important Information for Veterans
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 20:01:57 -0700

I thought you would be interested in the following message.

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Dear Friend:

The Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced two
programs both having to do with survivors of military members.
I want to share this information to you and hope you will feel
free to pass it on to anyone you think could benefit from it.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched new website to
assist surviving spouses of military members who died either on
active duty or after serving their country. The site is
available at http://www.vba.va.gov/survivors and has links for
both survivors of military members who died during active duty
and those who died later and also includes helpful links to
other governments sites that may be of assistance. You can
also find a link to a “Frequently Asked Questions” section that
gives answers to many common questions.

The Department of Defense also recently announced that many
military retirees who opted out of some or all their Survivor
Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage will have another opportunity to
elect coverage during a one-year open enrollment period that
will run from Oct. 1, 2005 through Sept. 30, 2006.

If you would like more information about this opportunity or if
you would like to check your eligibility, you should contact
the office managing the SBP for your Service. The necessary
paperwork to make this change is DD Form 2656-9, "Survivor
Benefit Plan (SBP) and Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan
(RCSBP) Open Enrollment Election." The form is available
electronically at
www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/eforms/dd2656-9.pdf

I hope this information is helpful to you.

Sincerely,

Barbara Boxer
United States Senator