Cold War Veterans Blog

Additional Wounded Warrior Legislation to be Introduced
Week of November 20, 2006

U.S. Senator Larry Craig announced recently that he will soon introduce legislation to expand benefits for veterans not covered under current provisions of the Wounded Warrior benefit. The expanded definition, if adopted by Congress, will allow servicemembers injured outside the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of operation -- from October 7, 2001, but before December 1, 2005 -- to receive payment for serious injures. Officially know as Traumatic Injury Protection under SGLI (TSGLI), the original legislation created a new benefit rider last year to the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Program (SGLI). For more information on Traumatic Injury Protection, visit http://www.insurance.va.gov/sgliSite/TSGLI/TSGLI.htm.