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This was arrived at by dividing the total outlay by the number of local veterans, which the VA places at 420.
Throughout the State of Virginia, which has a veteran population of 540,000, the amount so-spent was $173,958,000.
A breakdown of the $135,000 in benefits going to those in the local area shows that approximately 62 percent of it was for pensions and compensation to living veterans and to the dependents of former veterans. Nationally, the ratio was 57 percent.
According to the annual report, some $9.16 billion was spent in the United States in fiscal 1969 to provide benefits and facilities for the 27,300,000 living veterans and for the dependents of deceased veterans.
With the number of them on the rise in all sections of the country, due to the war in Vietnam, Congress has been urged to step up the amount of assistance provided for them. Special actiop has been sought to aid newly discharged veterans
90.9%