Suicide rates are down among veterans

#Middlebury #Veterans #Suicide VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves The Department of Veterans Affairs recently released its 2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report. Suicide ... Continue Reading →

Lazy provider faked blood-pressure readings

#Middlebury #VeteransPost A potentially life-threatening practice was going on at one of the Department of Veteran Affairs medical facilities until the Office of the Inspector General ... Continue Reading →

New steps to an appeal

#Middlebury The Department of Veterans Affairs reached a big goal two weeks early in September: It delivered 81,000 appeals decisions for fiscal 2018. That’s 28,000 more decisions ... Continue Reading →

Vets can get medals they didn’t receive

#Middlebury Maybe all you wanted at the time was to get out, to leave the service and not look back. But now, with the passage of years, perhaps you want the medals you earned and never ... Continue Reading →

VAOIG has a long reach

#Middlebury #Veterans When thieves steal from the Department of Veterans Affairs, often it’s not just the VA Office of the Inspector General (VAOIG) that goes after them. Depending ... Continue Reading →

VA slashes backlog of claims appeals

#Middlebury #VeteransPost The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a major reduction in the number of disability claim appeals that had piled up. This year it managed to clear ... Continue Reading →

Agencies take steps to decrease veterans’ suicide risk

#Middlebury #VeteransPost The number is almost as bad as it used to be: 20 veterans commit suicide each day, down from a previous 22. That number still is much too high. True to his ... Continue Reading →

Stand Downs for 2018 begin

#Middlebury #VetsPost Stand Down season has begun, and whether you’re on the side of needing services or providing help to homeless veterans, the information is out there and ... Continue Reading →

VA loses $13 million to parking-lot fraud

#Middlebury #VeteransPost After a 15-year scam, the owner/operator of a parking lot company was accused of defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs of more than $13 million. The ... Continue Reading →

Save time with VA health-care apps

#Middlebury #VeteransPost All you need to connect to health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs is a computer, tablet or smartphone. Last August, officials unveiled a special ... Continue Reading →