This variable is the amount of veterans compensation or pension benefits that a respondent received in month M. M goes from 1 to 48 and represents the month number since the start of panel_1stfullyear. The variable comes from the core file. I08AMT1-I08AMT4 in 1984; S08AMT in the 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 panels; T08AMT in the 1996, 2001, 2004, and 2008 panels.