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New Online Enrollment Application Available for Servicemembers

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The Department of Veterans Affairs partnered with the First Army at Camp Shelby, Miss., to launch a streamlined version of its online application for VA health benefits (VA Form 1010EZ) for Servicemembers returning from deployment.

February 9th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Surging VA Loan Program Remains Safest Lending Option Available

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The Department of Veterans Affairs guaranteed almost 360,000 loans in FY11, a 14-percent jump from FY10. Since FY07, when the VA backed just over 133,000 mortgages, the number of these flexible, government-backed loans has soared an astounding 168 percent.

February 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

New Online Enrollment Application Available for Servicemembers

VA health benefits

The Department of Veterans Affairs partnered with the First Army at Camp Shelby, Miss., to launch a streamlined version of its online application for VA health benefits (VA Form 1010EZ) for Servicemembers returning from deployment.

February 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

What is My HealtheVet?

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www.myhealth.va.gov is a web site designed for Veterans and their families to help them understand and manage their health.

January 25th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »

Veterans and Beneficiaries Receive 2012 Cost of Living Adjustment

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Veterans, their families, and survivors receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs saw a 3.6 percent increase in their compensation and pension benefits beginning January 1.

January 24th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »

VA Providing Credit Monitoring to Misidentified Veterans

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering free credit monitoring to more than 2,200 Veterans whose personal information, including social security numbers, was posted on Ancestry.com following the mistaken release of data through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

January 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – January 18, 2012

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VA will host its first Veteran Career Fair and Expo on Jan. 18 in Washington, DC. The free event is for Veterans and will provide information on education, benefits, jobs, health care, and small business opportunities.

January 18th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

PTSD – Iraq and Afghanistan Vets Finally Get Their Due

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Lifetime Health Benefits or Increased PTSD Disability Rating Awarded for Thousands

January 14th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Editors Picks,Vet News | Read More »

Sweats for Vets

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Just because the holidays are over doesn’t mean that the holiday spirit has left us.

January 13th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »

Medical Center To Provide Benefits Workshop For Vietnam Vets

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Sometimes it hits really close to home and reaffirms a commitment to the mission of serving others, and for Hampton VA Medical Center (VAMC) nursing educator Debra Frondelli, her own personal experience feeds her passion of helping Veterans.

January 13th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Returning Veterans Needed for PTSD Study: New Medical Technique for PTSD

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Many Veterans return to civilian life having experienced traumatic events. Researchers recently discovered these experiences actually produce changes in the brain.

January 12th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

VA Announces Changes to Emergency Care Payment Policy

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The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today a change in regulations regarding payments for emergency care provided to eligible Veterans in non-VA facilities.

January 12th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

New Law Change Increases Insurance Coverage for Veterans

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Some Veterans covered under the Veterans Group Life Insurance program (VGLI) now have the opportunity to increase their coverage to the current maximum coverage under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program.

January 11th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

New Knee Helps Amputees Return to Front Lines

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A sophisticated prosthetic knee with a newly designed microprocessor is giving many wounded warriors with above-the-knee amputations the chance to return to active duty, military medical officials here reported.

January 10th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »

How Do We Help The Homeless Veterans Without Becoming “Enablers”?

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The numbers are startling. The VA estimates that 107,000veterans are homeless on any given night. Approximately twice that many will experience homelessness in the course of a year’s time.

January 4th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Coping,Medical Disability Benefits,PTSD,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

VA Deploying 20 New Mobile Vet Centers

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The Department of Veterans Affairs today deployed 20 additional Mobile Vet Centers from the production facility of Farber Specialty Vehicles to increase access to readjustment counseling services for Veterans and their families in rural and underserved communities across the country.

January 4th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Get Enrolled for VA Health Care

A refuge for veterans

One of the first steps Veterans should take following retirement or separation from the military is to enroll in the VA for health care.

December 27th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »

Castrating a Political Beast

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We fix dogs and cats. Now it the time to castrate legislators

December 26th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Corruption,Government,Legislation,Personal Finance | Read More »

Homeless Veterans Bank Robbery

Homeless Veterans sleep outside the largest VA in the nation

Every day at the homeless veterans shelter in Boston at ten in the morning there was a huge influx of vets.

December 20th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Top 10,VA Home Loans,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Homeless Veterans need to Stand Up – Not Stand Down

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Almost 20 years ago I met a combat Vietnam Veteran named Robert Van Keuren and his partner in crime Dr. Jon Nachison both advocates like me doing work for homeless veterans in San Diego.

December 19th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Top 10,VA Home Loans,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

New Wellness Magazine for Veterans

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Veterans Health Matters is a new wellness magazine for Veterans receiving their health care in the VA Sunshine Healthcare Network of eight VA medical centers and more than 50 clinics.

December 17th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »

Devine Providence Can Be Found If You Just Look Around

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Sometimes there is meaning even in worse-case scenarios

December 16th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Heroes,Military,Support the Troops,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

0.45% Is All That Protects Our Country

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The nation’s defense is handled by less that 1/2% of the population.

December 9th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Coping,Health,Medical Disability Benefits,PTSD,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations | Read More »

Veterans Support Organization

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I was searching the internet the other day and came across a story online about a group collecting money for homeless Veterans outside a shopping center.

December 9th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Top 10,VA Home Loans,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Vietnam…Putting Some Of The Worms Back Into The Can

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A little more help in understanding Vietnam

December 5th, 2011 | Posted in Agent Orange,Benefits,PTSD,Vet News | Read More »

Veteran’s Disability Benefits Under Attack Again!

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New garnishment policy enacted by the US Department of Treasury. Below is the explanation of the new policy enacted by the US Department of the Treasury.

December 5th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Editors Picks,Vet News | Read More »

Traumatic Injury Benefits Now Payable for Genitourinary Injuries

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Servicemembers who suffer severe injuries to the genitourinary organs will now be eligible for Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection, or TSGLI.

December 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »

Keeping Veterans’ Claims Alive

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Veterans often wait years to receive government benefits. All claims to benefits used to end with the veteran’s death, but a new law allows family members to step in.

November 30th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »

Three Blind Mice…The House, Senate, And The President!

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The government’s thirst for power is unending

November 28th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Corruption,Government,Legislation,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Hundreds Sign Up 4 Veterans Hotline

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As my readers already know, I volunteer once a month for the Veterans Hotline. This is a two-hour commitment and I will be “On Station” from 5am to 7am, the third Monday of each month.

November 27th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Top 10,VA Home Loans,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

 

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