VA releases ratings on 101 nursing homes
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For the first time, the Department of Veterans Affairs has released health care inspection reports for 101 of its Community Living Centers, formerly known as nursing ... Continue Reading →
Purple Heart Vets will get new benefits
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Purple Heart recipients will start receiving one additional benefit in April – priority processing for initial disability claims.
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Task force will address veteran suicide
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to create a task force to address veteran suicide. He’s bringing out the big guns: the secretaries for ... Continue Reading →
New claims appeals offer 3 options
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After 18 months of being studied and readied, the Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 finally became official last month. You’ll now have more choice in how ... Continue Reading →
Don’t be a victim of pension poaching
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A law currently making its way through Congress is called the Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act. Its purpose is to add another tool to the arsenal to prevent ... Continue Reading →
Telehealth visits surge
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In 2018, the Department of Veterans Affairs increased the use of TeleHealth medical visits by 19 percent, bringing the total to over 1 million. If you have an ... Continue Reading →
Fake blood pressure readings, again
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A Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Virginia has been recording fake, incorrect blood pressure readings of veterans who came in for care. A 139/89 ... Continue Reading →
We’re not victims
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Veterans make up about one-third of the federal workforce. That means a lot of us were affected by the shutdown.
Some in the mainstream press (as well as the government ... Continue Reading →
Vets have vacation choices
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If you’re still digging out from all the snow last month, chances are you’re thinking about taking a vacation when the weather warms up. Here are a ... Continue Reading →
Another city has no homeless vets?
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In a recent press release, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that Little Rock, Ark., had joined the list of three states and 65 towns that had conquered ... Continue Reading →
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