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Gillibrand Reintroduces Bill for Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans VA Benefits
Senators Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) and Steve Daines (R-MT) reintroduced the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. The...
Gulf War Disability Claim Eligibility Changes
The VA recognizes that many Gulf War veterans experience a number of unexplained chronic symptoms including headaches,...
VA Disability Claim Backlog Increases Again
According to VA officials, the VA disability claim backlog is now back over 100,000. The backlog was supposed to...
The Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act
On Tuesday, February 7th 2017, a bipartisan bill, the Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act, was introduced in the...
Proposed Legislation to Help Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange in the Pacific
On February 2nd, House Senior Deputy Majority Whip Dennis A. Ross of Florida introduced legislation that would expand...
VA Budget Increase Battle Shaping Up
The 115th Congress began on January 3, 2017, and some in the House leadership are questioning the wisdom of a VA...
The Path to a 100% Disability Rating
You may be entitled to a temporary 100% disability rating from the VA if you meet certain criteria. There are a few...
Presumptive Service Connection for Camp Lejeune Claims
This past Friday, January 13th, 2017, the VA announced that there will now be presumptive service connection for Camp...
President Elect Announces His Nominee for Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs
President Elect Donald Trump announced at a press conference today that he plans to announce David Shulkin as his...
VA Compensation and Pension Examination Guidelines
As part of the disability claims process, if the VA determines that there is sufficient evidence of in-service...
Secret VA Facility Ratings
Just like many organizations, at the end of every year the VA reviews each medical facility and gives them a rating...
How VA Healthcare Facilities are Handling the Growing Number of Female Veterans
In an interview with Randy Williamson, the Director of Health Care Issues at GAO, he discusses his report analyzing...
MyVA Access, a program to help veterans in an emergency
The VA has launched a new program called “MyVA Access.” This program will give veterans the opportunity to receive...
Congress passes veteran reform bill with many controversial items removed
Lawmakers passed a veterans omnibus bill last week. This bill did not have many of the controversial provision the two...
The Army concluded they did nothing wrong in dismissing with bad discharges
After a report ordered by Secretary Eric Fanning, the Army concluded that their commanders did nothing wrong when they...
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