(AP) — A 2007 state law allows $100,000 disability benefits for certain Louisiana National Guard soldiers, but the rules are so restrictive that no one has qualified for the money, the head of the state veterans agency said Thursday. The law stipulates that a guardsman can qualify for the money only by meeting well defined criteria.- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
La. Vets chief: No soldiers qualify for benefit, rules very restrictive
September 9, 2009