Veterans Legacy Memorial site being launched

#Middlebury #Veterans The National Cemetery Administration is launching an online memorial site to honor the 3.7 million veterans who are interred in Department of Veterans Affairs ... Continue Reading →

VA disability ratings undergoing changes

#Middlebury #Veterans If you receive disability from the Department of Veterans Affairs, your rating might go up. The VA has updated parts of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities, ... Continue Reading →

Bills for non-VA medical care not always paid

#Middlebury #Veterans You can’t always be in a convenient place when a medical emergency occurs. When you need care immediately, you get it at the closest place, and that might ... Continue Reading →

Hepatitis C can be cured

#Middlebury #Veterans Hepatitis C is one of those illnesses you can have for years and not know it – until it starts damaging your body. Untreated hepatitis C can lead to cirrhosis ... Continue Reading →

Registry helps vets exposed to airborne hazards

#Middlebury #Veterans Were you deployed in Desert Storm and Desert Shield to a location where there were airborne environmental contaminants, such as burn pit smoke, sand, dust and ... Continue Reading →

Blue water vets gain Agent Orange benefits

#Middlebury #Veterans #Navy It passed! H.R. 299, known as the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019, is now Public Law 116-23. It extends disability benefits to Blue Water Navy ... Continue Reading →

Honor Flights Network needs our help

#Middlebury #Veterans #HonorFlights The number of World War II veterans topped 16 million during the war. Now there are fewer than half a million still alive, all in their 80s and 90s. ... Continue Reading →

Thefts of … everything

#Middlebury #Veterans We’ve seen these stories before: a Department of Veterans Affairs employee gets caught stealing drugs. Usually this happens in a VA hospital, but not always. ... Continue Reading →

New options replace Choice medical care

#Middlebury #Veterans The Veterans Choice Program is no more, replaced by the MISSION Act of 2018. The final parts and pieces of the Veterans Community Care program are now in place. The ... Continue Reading →

Freeport Flag Ladies retiring 9/11 tradition

#Middlebury #Veterans The Freeport Flag Ladies – Carmen Footer, Elaine Greene and JoAnn Miller – haven’t missed a single Tuesday morning in 18 years, standing with U.S. flags ... Continue Reading →