Improving the health and health care of women Veterans is a high priority within the Department of Veterans Affairs, said a panel of leading researchers on March 27.
April 6th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
On March 31, the North Carolina USO organized a welcome home celebration for Vietnam Veterans at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The event drew over 60,000 Vets and their families.
April 4th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which provides VA an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to supporting Veterans who experienced military sexual trauma (MST).
April 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Celebrated April 2-8, VA is observing National Public Health Week as a way to promote healthy habits and safe practices among Veterans and staff.
April 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Beware-scam letter! A letter is making the circuit purporting to be from DFAS asking military member’s fiancées to register in our system entitling them to benefits in the event of the member’s death.
March 30th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Hiring Our Heroes, a partnership between NBC News and the US Chamber of Commerce that seeks to help vets find jobs.
March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
VA recently launched a contest to help the people, who help the homeless – Project REACH (Real-time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless).
March 27th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
The National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic will be held March 25-30 in Snowmass Village, Colorado. Veterans will ski, fish, kayak, and more, as well as bond with fellow disabled Vets.
March 26th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
VA Releases Disability Benefits Questionnaires.
March 23rd, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
The Department of Defense and VA are using their partnered programs to identify and treat traumatic brain injury.
March 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
As a child, Mike Yoneda and his family were interned by the U.S. government for four years during World War II because they were Japanese.
March 21st, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collecting video testimony from people suffering from traumatic brain injury for an online film festival designed to educate the public about TBI.
March 19th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Maryland’s General Assembly has voted unanimously to create a “veteran” status on Maryland driver’s licenses.
March 17th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
On March 31, The USO will host a free welcome home event for Vietnam Veterans, in a long overdue show of gratitude for those who served. VA will be on hand to sign up Vets for services and care.
March 16th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
VA’s Offices of Rehabilitation Services, Research and Development, and Public Health will highlight VA’s state-of-the-art care provided for Veterans as part of the Congressional Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012.
March 14th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
The VA Western New York Healthcare System held its ‘Hire a Hero’ job fair at the VA hospital in Buffalo on Saturday.
March 13th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
The case of Katherine Glover, a Navy veteran who suffers from PTSD and was turned down for every request for disability benefits until the VA started using “a revised set of guidelines for handling claims involving sexual trauma.”
March 12th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
March is Professional Social Work Month and more than 9,000 master’s level social workers serve as licensed independent practitioners in VA’s healthcare system.
March 9th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Green Bay Press Gazette Wisconsin must do more to find employment for the thousands of military veterans who return from the Middle East without the promise of a job, the state’s veterans affairs chief said Tuesday.
March 8th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
All month, VA is celebrating the contributions made by women Veterans to our Nations history. Several new videos are available from the Stories of Service series, in which women Veterans speak of their experiences in the military and their return to civilian life.
March 7th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Veterans Affairs officials say they are meeting requirements laid down in a 2010 law mandating the agency to improve health care to veterans and their familes.
March 5th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
Victoria Advocate Through the outpatient Department of Veterans Affairs clinic, he started meeting with a social worker and joined a weekly therapy group.
March 1st, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Edmonton Journal In the year after release from the military, veterans see a spike in income: a combination of their military pension, severance and any disability pay.
February 29th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
If Marjorie Newman hadn’t asked for help, she believes she would be living under a bridge or dead.” Newman is one of the “16 veterans living at the Veterans Life Changing Services home and hoping for a better life.
February 27th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Assistant Secretary of Defense Douglas Wilson, who heads of the U.S. military’s global public affairs arm, announced his retirement Thursday.
February 24th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II played a central role in the Battle of the Bulge, with paratroops fighting in or near scores of Belgian towns.
February 23rd, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
February is heart month and VA researchers are working hard on identifying ways to improve care for Veterans with heart disease.
February 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
VA Secretary Meets with Business Leaders
VA has partnered with a number of companies in an effort to find meaningful employment for Veterans.
February 21st, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its efforts to prevent suicide through several new initiatives that increase the availability of services for Veterans, Servicemembers and their families.
February 20th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Veterans facing criminal charges who are in need of mental health or substance use treatment may be eligible for Veterans Treatment Court, if they live in one of the growing number of communities where these courts exist.
February 18th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
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