VA slashes backlog of claims appeals

#Middlebury #VeteransPost The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a major reduction in the number of disability claim appeals that had piled up. This year it managed to clear ... Continue Reading →

Agencies take steps to decrease veterans’ suicide risk

#Middlebury #VeteransPost The number is almost as bad as it used to be: 20 veterans commit suicide each day, down from a previous 22. That number still is much too high. True to his ... Continue Reading →

Stand Downs for 2018 begin

#Middlebury #VetsPost Stand Down season has begun, and whether you’re on the side of needing services or providing help to homeless veterans, the information is out there and ... Continue Reading →

VA loses $13 million to parking-lot fraud

#Middlebury #VeteransPost After a 15-year scam, the owner/operator of a parking lot company was accused of defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs of more than $13 million. The ... Continue Reading →

An Orlando resort – just for Vets

#Middlebury #VeteransPost You only need to view the online photos of the Shades of Green resort in Orlando, Fla., and you’ll want to go. Sitting next to Disney World and sandwiched ... Continue Reading →

Save time with VA health-care apps

#Middlebury #VeteransPost All you need to connect to health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs is a computer, tablet or smartphone. Last August, officials unveiled a special ... Continue Reading →

Short-timer? Plan your post-service benefits

#Middlebury #VeteransPost If you’re about to leave the service, there are a number of transition services you need to know about. Your biggest issue will be timing. Wherever you’re ... Continue Reading →

Honor veterans by caring for grave sites

#Middlebury #VeteransPost Twice a year in national cemeteries across the country, veterans are honored with ceremonies and visits. Memorial Day has long been the day to honor those ... Continue Reading →

Give a Vet a lift

#Middlebury #VeteransPost Unless you’re a veterans’ service officer with one of the veterans groups, you probably can’t help a fellow veteran push through the paperwork ... Continue Reading →

Wait times are getting better, but …

#Middlebury #VeteransPost It wasn’t so long ago that veterans were waiting a very long time for medical appointments. While clerks fiddled with fake appointment books and scribbled ... Continue Reading →