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VA to Discontinue Disability Payments for Service Dogs for Vets with PTSD
The VA has announced that, effective October 5, 2012, it will discontinue payments for service dogs to veterans...
What Happens If You Fail to Appeal A Board of Veterans Appeals Denial on Time?
In recent years, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) refused to adjudicate cases where the veteran...
New Outreach Campaign for Florida Veterans Benefits Awareness
The Florida Department of Veterans Affairs unveiled a new outreach campaign for Florida veterans benefits awareness to...
Vets Wait Longer for Claim Decisions in High Population States
An investigative report on veterans benefits from California shows that vets wait longer for claim decisions if...
VA Sees Rise in Disability Claims by Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
A recent article in the Federal Times reported that more complex disability claims filed by new veterans and...
Tampa Area Run for the Fallen
On Sunday, August 26, approximately 2,500 runners took part in the fifth annual Run for the Fallen at a course in...
VA Chief Information Officer Asserts Progress Clearing VA Claims Backlog
According to a recent article in Federal Computer, the VA's Chief Information Officer Roger Baker claims the VA is...
VA Building at Risk of Collapse from Weight of Claim Files
The VA recently announced that the Winston-Salem Regional Office had so many veterans disability claim files that the...
Speed Means Inaccuracy on Veterans Disability Claims
From Federal Times: Concerned about inaccuracy on veterans disability claims, the Service Women's Action Network...
U.S. House Committee Investigating Tampa VA Use of Covert Camera
Is it true: Tampa VA use of covert camera in a vet's room? The Tampa Times reported today that The U.S. House Veterans...
As More Vets Suffer, More PTSD Treatments Are Developing
We have previously described new ways in which veterans who are suffering from PTSD have been treated for their...
Veterans Help Group Sponsors Fundraiser for Veterans Post Village in St. Petersburg, FL
Veterans Help Group wants to thank everyone who attended the fundraiser for the homeless shelter Veterans Post Village...
VA Fails to Speak Plainly
The Veterans Affairs Department has received failing grades from the Center for Plain Language for not complying with...
Processing of Retroactive Agent Orange Claims Near Complete
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that nearly 230,000 claims have already been processed for the three...
Bipartisan Bill Addresses Legislation for Veterans
Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act Congressional negotiators have crammed two years'...
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