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• Some veterans benefits you may not be aware of:
Many veterans know about the basic health care and education benefits available to them through the Department of Veterans Affairs: Tricare and the GI Bill.¬¬¬ While these benefits alone are substantial, numerous other programs help provide more benefits to veterans … Continue reading
• Gulf War era survey begins:
Approximately 700,000 men and women served in the Persian Gulf during Operations Deser Shield and Desert Storm in the early 1990s. A prominent condition affecting these Gulf War veterans is a cluster of medically unexplained symptoms that include fatigue, headaches, … Continue reading
• House Bill, H.R.96 |- bill introduced to require care for all vets:
With 2018 now gone, and with it the 115th Congress, federal lawmakers left a lot on the table that would help veterans nationwide. One such bill would require the VA to provide dental care. The legislation, which was reintroduced by … Continue reading
• Space available flight eligibility update – 100% disabled vets now category 6:
Recent legislation makes it possible for many disabled veterans to fly Space-A on military aircraft. The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act allows veterans with a permanent and total service-connected Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating to travel space available on … Continue reading
Choice Rules May be Completely Rewritten in 2019:
Currently, the VA’s Choice program — the best known and most used of the community care programs — is restricted to veterans who live more than 40 miles from a VA facility or face a wait of more than 30 … Continue reading
VA medical Marijuana:
Rep. Lou Correa thinks 2019 could finally be the year that medical cannabis becomes legal for veterans nationwide. “What do you tell a veteran who has brought back invisible scars and those opioids aren’t doing a darn thing for them?” … Continue reading
Congressional Budget Office suggests raising Tricare fees, cutting Veteran benefits to slash deficit:
The CBO suggested that increasing Tricare enrollment fees for working-age retirees — those under age 65 — could help slash the deficit by $12.6 billion. To obtain this, it said, the Defense Department should more than double annual enrollment fees … Continue reading
Veterans welcome? Less than 2 percent of Capitol Hill staffers have military experience:
How many times have you heard the media state that there are XXnumber of veterans either in Congress or working as Congressional staff members? In an article by Leo Shange on January 10, 2019 fewer than 2 percent of congressional … Continue reading
Veterans are 50% more likely to commit suicide:
Veterans are more likely to commit suicide than nonveterans and younger veterans are most at risk according to VA data. Veterans (and acitve military) who deployed to the Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan have deployed more than 2 times and … Continue reading
What can veterans expect in 2019? According to officials, VA expects to:
Meet the June deadline to end the Choice Program as we know it and have the new community care program up and running. This means VA will be using new, simpler access standards for veterans to get care in thecommunity, … Continue reading