VA boosts adaptive sports programs

#Middlebury #Veterans Some of us have been waiting for this: The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded another $14.8 million in grants that will go to veterans adaptive sports ... Continue Reading →

Congressmen set up offices in veterans’ hospitals

#Middlebury #Veterans I can’t imagine this being OK anywhere else: Members of Congress have commandeered space in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals to use as their personal ... Continue Reading →

Man dupes VA, collects dead sister’s benefits

#Middlebury #Veterans A man on the East Coast pretended to be his deceased sister for over two years, taking veterans disability benefits that continued to be deposited in her bank ... Continue Reading →

Drunk pathologist missed illnesses

#Middlebury #Veterans A pathologist at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Arkansas has been charged with three counts of manslaughter after he altered lab results that showed ... Continue Reading →

Project aims to reduce rate of military suicides

#Middlebury #Veterans In a joint venture to reduce suicides, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense and the Vet Centers have hooked up to provide counseling and ... Continue Reading →

Judge orders public shaming for fake vets

#Middlebury #Veterans Two not-too-bright Montana men tried to pretend they were veterans, one even claiming he’d served seven combat tours. They weren’t trying to claim ... Continue Reading →

Veterans Legacy Memorial site being launched

#Middlebury #Veterans The National Cemetery Administration is launching an online memorial site to honor the 3.7 million veterans who are interred in Department of Veterans Affairs ... Continue Reading →

VA disability ratings undergoing changes

#Middlebury #Veterans If you receive disability from the Department of Veterans Affairs, your rating might go up. The VA has updated parts of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities, ... Continue Reading →

Bills for non-VA medical care not always paid

#Middlebury #Veterans You can’t always be in a convenient place when a medical emergency occurs. When you need care immediately, you get it at the closest place, and that might ... Continue Reading →

Hepatitis C can be cured

#Middlebury #Veterans Hepatitis C is one of those illnesses you can have for years and not know it – until it starts damaging your body. Untreated hepatitis C can lead to cirrhosis ... Continue Reading →