The VA is all ears
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Between the fall of 2017 and September 2018, 1.6 million of us were surveyed about our trust in Department of Veterans Affairs health care after we’d had ... Continue Reading →
Blue Button health app opens records to Vets
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is adding more features to Blue Button, the program veterans can use to access their health information from multiple sources ... Continue Reading →
New GI Bill fiasco leaves Vets in debt
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The Forever GI Bill, which expands education benefits for veterans and their families, was supposed to take effect Aug. 1, 2018. It didn’t happen.
Due to ... Continue Reading →
File disability claims before leaving service
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If you’re scheduled to leave active duty soon and know your separation date, start keeping a calendar of important dates, especially if you’re going to have ... Continue Reading →
When VA doctors aren’t doctors
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Consider this: A Department of Veterans Affairs medical employee, whose salary is paid for by the taxpayers and who is on the VA list of employees, doesn’t ... Continue Reading →
Veterans’ homelessness down, but still a problem
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The U.S. Housing and Urban Development says that overall veteran homelessness is down 5.4 percent this year and is half of what it was in 2010. That still leaves ... Continue Reading →
Still seeking records 45 years after fire
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In July 1973 a fire broke out in the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. By the time it was finally put out four days later, with the help of firefighters ... Continue Reading →
New boss for troubled D.C. VA Medical Center
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Those of you who get care at the Washington, D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center (over 120,000 of you) probably can breathe a sigh of relief. A new director has taken the ... Continue Reading →
Vets have vacation options
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If you hope to take a vacation during the holiday season, the time to nail down the details is now. Slots fill up fast. You’ll need hotel and plane or train reservations, ... Continue Reading →
Veteran services get big boost
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More than $536 million in grants has been authorized for services to veterans and their families. One grant is for $326 million; the other is for $200 million.
The $326 ... Continue Reading →
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