The Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO, this week issued a sharp condemnation of the newly introduced Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (TCAVA), warning that the legislation relies on an unconscionable budgetary trade-off. While the omnibus bill packages critical, labor-supported provisions like the Major Richard Star Act for concurrent receipt and the Love Lives On Act for surviving spouses, it offsets those costs by stripping billions of dollars from future disabled claimants by permanently slashing disability ratings for sleep apnea and tinnitus.