From our interaction with the department, that's the idea on which they'd been attempting to provide services to veterans, given their complex eligibility criteria these days. So I think the benefit of the doubt is something they have been trying to use over the last number of years to do that.
I would think the same principle would apply, but perhaps be somewhat less important. If we can really work out this whole needs-based approach, the department won't be having to wend its way through all of these sometimes almost contradictory criteria about eligibility. If those are swept away, this benefit of the doubt will become less of an issue.