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FY08 Veterans Compensation and Pension by County

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Veterans Affairs
Sub-Agency	Veterans Benefits Administration
Category	Social Insurance and Human Services
Date Released	01-Mar-2009
Date Updated	01-Mar-2009
Time Period	Fiscal Year
Frequency	Annual
Description	The Compensation and Pension by County dataset is a count of the number of veterans receiving disability compensation or pension payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The data is reported at the county level, by age group and by % disability rating for each state plus recipients in Guam, Philippines and Puerto Rico.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Administrative
Keywords	Veteran, Disability Compensation, Pension
Unique ID	1538

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, FY08 Compensation and Pension by County
Agency Program Page	http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/index.htm
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/index.htm

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Veteran
Granularity	County
Geographic Coverage	United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Phillipines

Data Description

Collection Mode
Data Collection Instrument
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www1.va.gov/vetdata/docs/Datagov/DataGov_CnP_Technical_Notes.doc

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www1.va.gov/vetdata/docs/Datagov/DataGov_CnP_Technical_Notes.doc
Additional Metadata

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