TRENTON – New Jersey veterans blinded or paralyzed from wartime service injuries could see an increase in monthly payments.
The proposed increase was advanced by the Senate Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee May 19.
Senator Michael Testa’s (R-1) bill would increase payments to qualifying veterans to $1,800 per year, more than twice the current $750.
“These monthly payments haven’t changed in more than 40 years. No amount of money can make up for what they have endured, but New Jersey can do better than the $62.50 monthly payment. Heroes deserve better,” Testa said in a statement.
These New Jersey benefits complement the full disability benefits from the Veterans Administration in Washington.
The funding would come from the state’s Catastrophic Entitlement Fund.
