Veterans related links 091515

VA claims backlog now under 100,000 – lowest in department history

http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/22436/va-claims-backlog-now-under-100000-lowest-in-department-history/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_content=metrics&utm_campaign=backlog%20reduction%20promotion

 

A Tribute to Vietnam Veterans Featuring the Voice of Mr. Sam Elliott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=aVeBtnfAxP8&app=desktop

 

Online Application for Correction of Military Records - or - Discharge Review

http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/Online-Application.cfm

 

Army Review Boards Agency - Don't Ask, Don't Tell

http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/dadt.cfm

 

Homeless Dental Care

http://www.va.gov/homeless/dental.asp

 

Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Program

http://www.va.gov/homeless/hchv.asp

 

Domiciliary Care Program for Homeless Veterans

http://www.va.gov/homeless/dchv.asp

 

Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless can call or visit their local VA Medical Center, where homeless coordinators are ready to help. Vets and their families may also call 1-877-4AID-VET (1-877-424-3838) to access VA services.

http://www.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isflash=1

 

Ending Veteran Homelessness

http://www.va.gov/homeless/

 

Homeless Veterans - About the Initiative

http://www.va.gov/homeless/about_the_initiative.asp

 

Troops Discharged for Misconduct at Greater Risk of Homelessness

http://www.fredsplace.org/daily-news/2015/08/25/troops-discharged-for-misconduct-at-greater-risk-of-homelessness.html?comp=7000023317843&rank=8

 

Homeless Veterans For Women Veterans

http://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/for_women_veterans.asp

 

Lancaster County now has ‘zero’ homeless veterans

http://abc27.com/2015/09/03/lancaster-county-now-has-zero-homeless-veterans/

 

For History-Minded Tourists, London Marks Blitz Anniversary

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/travel/london-blitz-world-war-2.html

 

Does New VHA Head Have Antisocial Personality Disorder?

https://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/08/31/does-new-vha-head-have-antisocial-personality-disorder/

 

Surprising Myths & Facts About Antisocial Personality Disorder http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/04/06/surprising-myths-facts-about-antisocial-personality-disorder/

The Correlates of Comorbid Antisocial Personality Disorder in Schizophrenia

http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/4/791.short

 

Mystification, Confusion & Conflict

http://laingsociety.org/biblio/mystification.htm

 

W. Edwards Deming Quotes

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/w_edwards_deming.html#5sVflIKiY3oOeXO6.99

 

Gebhart: Soldier tells dreamy tale of Vietnam battle, Part II

http://www.delcotimes.com/opinion/20150830/gebhart-soldier-tells-dreamy-tale-of-vietnam-battle

 

Virtual Vietnam Wall - First click on a state. When it opens, scroll down to the city and the names will appear.  Then click on their names. You’ll see a picture of the person or their bio and medals and details of the death.  Appreciate what those who served in Vietnam sacrificed for our country.

http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

 

Decline in troubleshooting reports a mystery for VA

http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/management/oversight/2015/08/31/decline-troubleshooting-reports-mystery-va/71475180/

 

Registration open for Veterans Parade

http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/aug/26/registration-open-veterans-parade/#.VeYJUP-FPwo

 

The Philadelphia Protestant Home E-Newsletter - May be of interest to DAV, VFW, Legion and other organizations who work w vets. Check out first article.

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=2162b13a-1b55-4a3f-b2a3-e251a262ac3e&c=96ab9b90-1f15-11e3-8dfe-d4ae52754055&ch=96dd0bd0-1f15-11e3-8e4b-d4ae52754055

 

‘Angry’ Billboard Controversy Exposes Backlog Bamboozle

https://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/09/02/angry-billboard-controversy-exposes-backlog-bamboozle/

 

Some Veterans Affairs Reforms Undermine Medical Recruitment Efforts

http://www.npr.org/2015/08/31/436377436/some-veterans-affairs-reforms-undermine-medical-recruitment-efforts

 

Medical errors are up at VA hospitals, but they’re actually doing less to figure out why

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/08/31/medical-errors-are-up-at-va-hospitals-but-theyre-actually-doing-less-to-figure-out-why/

 

7 die from Legionnaires' disease at Ill. veterans home

http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/09/02/7-die-legionnaires-disease-ill-veterans-home/71566594/

 

Veterans say Federal jobs can be a bad fit so many of us leave

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/09/01/veterans-federal-offices-can-be-bad-fits-with-us/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_fed

 

Nearly 1 million veterans have pending applications for health care at VA and a third may already be dead

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/09/03/nearly-1-million-veterans-have-pending-applications-for-health-care-at-the-va-and-a-third-may-already-be-dead/?postshare=2421441288309077

 

Pentagon warns of Tricare mail scam

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/health-care/2015/09/02/pentagon-warns-tricare-mail-scam/71592094/

 

Got Drugs? - National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 26, 2015; 10AM to 2PM.  SPECIAL NOTICE - Pennsylvania and Delaware ONLY!  Take Back Day - September 12, 2015, 10AM to 2PM

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/

 

Are We Meeting the Mental Wellness Needs of Our Military? 2015 Warrior-Family Symposium (WFS) "Our Nation's Military: Caring For Our Own, cosponsored by Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and Wounded Warrior Project will be held on Sept. 9 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in D.C.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/08/prweb12904632.htm#!

 

Audit of VHA’s Efforts To Improve Veterans’ Access to Outpatient Psychiatrists

http://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-13-03917-487.pdf

 

US officials gather on old battleship to mark 70th anniversary of official end to World War II

http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/09/02/us-officials-mark-70th-anniversary-of-wwiis-official-end

 

300 thousand Veterans May Have Died Waiting For Care

https://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/09/04/300000-veterans-may-have-died-waiting-for-care/?inf_contact_key=fddbbeb2c863509b2e7f4be0ab69d4f234d9d942d75960db16d43bd792ef580a

 

New Program Takes Rare Approach of Treating Homeless People Like Human Beings And It Works

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/new-program-takes-rare-approach-treating-homeless-people-human-beings-and-it-works?akid=13449.342135.MveNGm&rd=1&src=newsletter1041975&t=4

 

VA has huge backlog of applications for care

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20150904_VA_has_huge_backlog_of_applications_for_care.html

 

More vets hired but not staying

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20150904_More_vets_hired_but_not_staying.html

 

Vietnam Wall “In Memory” Program

http://www.vvmf.org/InMemoryProgram

 

Become a Vietnam War Commemorative Partner

http://www.vietnamwar50th.com/

 

Suicide Prevention Month - One small act can make a difference in the life of a Veteran in crisis.

http://www.veteranscrisisline.net/Default.aspx

 

Study may help Department of Veterans Affairs find patients with high-risk of suicide

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2015/nimh-11.htm

 

If you have lost your DD 214 and would like to retrieve a certified copy, there's a web site/online request system which can get the forms back to you quickly:

http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/

 

Blue Water Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure

http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/locations/blue-water-veterans.asp

 

Exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam

http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/locations/vietnam.asp

 

Veterans' Diseases Associated with Agent Orange

http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/conditions/index.asp

 

U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Ships in Vietnam

http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/shiplist/index.asp

 

Dependency and Indemnity Compensation

http://www.benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/types-dependency_and_indemnity.asp

 

Maggots in medicine: Ancient therapy making comeback as wound-healing option

http://www.research.va.gov/currents/0815-7.cfm

 

Ben Kuroki Dies at 98; Overcame Bias Against Japanese-Americans to Fight for U.S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/us/ben-kuroki-dies-at-98-fought-bias-to-fight-for-us.html?_r=0

 

Ousted as Gay, Aging Veterans Are Battling Again for Honorable Discharges

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/07/us/gay-veterans-push-for-honorable-discharges-they-were-denied.html

 

Job events for veterans set for September and October

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20150907_Job_events_for_veterans_set_for_September_and_October.html

 

Edward Biddle, 93, U.S. Navy captain

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150907_Edward_Biddle__93__U_S__Navy_captain.html

 

Veterans Empowerment Center earns accreditation

http://www.philadelphia.va.gov/PHILADELPHIA/features/Veterans_Empowerment_Center_earns_accreditation.asp

 

Are you a Veteran facing a Utility Crisis?  Call 215 814-6844 or see:

http://www.uesfacts.org/our-programs/utility-grant-program/

 

Drexel Hill Middle School honors ‘local hero’ on 9/11

http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20150911/drexel-hill-middle-school-honors-local-hero-on-911

 

House Holds Hearing on Licensing and Credentialing. 

http://veterans.house.gov/hearing/a-review-of-licensing-and-credentialing-standards-for-servicemembers-and-veterans-do 

 

The VFW Attends Warrior-Family Symposium

http://www.moaa.org/WFS/

 

Every Name on VVM Needs a Photo

http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/

 

Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014

https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2450

 

Geriatrics and Extended Care

VA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care

http://www.va.gov/geriatrics/Alzheimers_And_Dementia_Care.asp

VA Home Based Primary Care

http://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/Guide/LongTermCare/Home_Based_Primary_Care.asp

VA Homemaker and Home Health Aide Care

http://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/Guide/LongTermCare/Homemaker_and_Home_Health_Aide_Care.asp

VA Respite Care

http://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/Guide/LongTermCare/Respite_Care.asp

VA Adult Day Health Care

http://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/Guide/LongTermCare/Adult_Day_Health_Care.asp

VA Residential Settings and Nursing Homes

http://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/Guide/LongTermCare/Nursing_Home_and_Residential_Services.asp

VA Palliative Care and Hospice Care

http://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/Guide/LongTermCare/Hospice_and_Palliative_Care.asp

VA Guide to Long Term Services and Supports

http://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/Guide/LongTermCare/index.asp

Tricare Skilled Nursing Facility Care

http://www.tricare.mil/CoveredServices/IsItCovered/SkilledNursingFacilityCare.aspx?sc_database=web

Limitations on Medicare Coverage of Long-term care

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/long-term-care.html

Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)

https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/long-term-care/

 

VA National Cemetery Administration

VA Burial Benefits

http://www.cem.va.gov/burial_benefits/

VA Cemetery Listing

http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/cems/listcem.asp

VA Headstones, Markers and Medallions

http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/hmm/

VA Burial Flags

http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/burial_benefits/burial_flags.asp

VA Presidential Memorial Certificates

http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/pmc.asp

VA BURIAL ALLOWANCES

http://www.benefits.va.gov/BENEFITS/factsheets/burials/Burial.pdf

 

Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Alert

https://www.secretshopper.com/info/shoppers/scamalert.asp

 

If you are a 100% totally and permanently disabled, service-connected veteran, you are entitled to access to a military ID card, which is not the same as your VA Healthcare identification. Dependent family members may also be eligible for a military ID card.

http://www.cac.mil/

 

The Presidential Candidates Aren’t Talking About Vital Veterans Issues

http://taskandpurpose.com/the-presidential-candidates-arent-talking-about-vital-veterans-issues/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tp-today

 

VA Fights FOIA To Cover-up Growing TBI Scandal

https://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/09/09/va-fights-foia-to-cover-up-growing-tbi-scandal/?inf_contact_key=596fd4bb0ec7ddd5c5434f91034f4d17ca8e6d8de32496d72667727925e6b1c2

 

Justice for one fired VA whistleblower. But exposing problems is still treacherous.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/09/09/justice-for-one-fired-va-whistleblower-but-exposing-problems-is-still-treacherous/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_fed

 

Donations pay off 91-year-old WWII veteran’s back taxes

http://www.huntingdondailynews.com/news/2015-09-09/State/Donations_pay_off_91yearold_WWII_veterans_back_tax.html

 

Horses and troubled vets create bonds in Chesco

http://articles.philly.com/2015-09-01/news/66074827_1_veterans-gary-johnson-horses

 

Augusta Chiwy, ‘Forgotten’ Wartime Nurse, Dies at 94

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/world/europe/augusta-chiwy-forgotten-wartime-nurse-dies-at-94.html

 

Archaeologists find possible historic cannon at Red Bank

http://articles.philly.com/2015-08-27/news/65891382_1_cannon-jma-whitall-house

 

One Grunt's Lifelong Struggle

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-putzel/one-grunts-lifelong-strug_b_8131682.html

 

Reviews of One Grunt's Lifelong Struggle

http://howardpatrick.weebly.com/reviews.html