This variable indicates that a respondent received veterans compensation or pension benefits in month M of year Y. M goes from 1 to 12 and represents the calendar month. Y goes from 1 to 6 and represents the number calendar year for a given SIPP panel. The variable comes from the core file. The relevant SIPP variables are I08REC1-I08REC4 in 1984; R08 in the 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 panels; ER08 in the 1996, 2001, 2004, and 2008 panels.