VA Awards $8 Million in Adaptive Sport Grants to Aid
Disabled Veterans
Carson: Shutter VA healthcare system
‘Wild Bill’ Guarnere statue to be unveiled Saturday at
Delco Veterans Memorial
Senate and VA still trying to agree on accountability
Panel says Stigma is obstacle to mental health care
Senate Veterans' Affairs chair: Let VA Choice work
MRI Helps Detect Brain Bleeding Soon After Traumatic
Brain Injury
New Helmets Could Help Doctors 'See' Concussions on the
Football Field
Ex-Gopher Utecht tries to rebuild cognitive skills after
concussions
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/09/16/exgopher-utecht-tries-to-rebuild-cognitive-skills-after-concussions
This is Your Brain. This is Your Brain as a Weapon.
NBC Reveals True Cost Of VA TBI Scandal
Can An OIG Investigation Fix VA TBI Scandal?
Could Marijuana Help Prevent the Rare Brain Disease
Afflicting Football Players?
VA Needs ‘Systemwide Reworking,’ Independent Report Finds
Report says VA
health care needs total overhaul
Publication of
Choice Act Section 201 Independent Assessments - Independent Assessment of the
Health Care Delivery Systems and Management Process of the Department of
Veterans Affairs (Independent Assessment Report)
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/09/18/2015-23449/publication-of-choice-act-section-201-independent-assessments
VA Office of
Public Affairs Factsheets and Details
Independent Assessment
of the Health Care Delivery Systems and Management Processes of the Department
of Veterans Affairs
http://www.va.gov/opa/choiceact/documents/assessments/Integrated_Report.pdf
September is Suicide Prevention Month
In Unit Stalked by Suicide, Veterans Try to Save One
Another
The Veterans Crisis Line and the Power of One
Norman L.
Farberow Is Dead at 97; Took Study of Suicide to Academic Fore
22ADay NoWay
VVA Convention 2015 - Speaker, William Robinson
VVA National Convention, 2015 - POW/MIA Ceremony
VA OIG Substantiates Whistleblower’s Claims of Extensive,
Persistent Problems in Veterans Health Care Enrollment Records
Watchdog OSC Calls Out VA For Firing Whistleblowers
‘Who Did This?!’: Senator Explodes on VA Officials Over
‘Reprehensible Reprisal’ of Whistleblowers
VA is still targeting whistle-blowers, employees say
VA officials used whistleblower medical records for smear
campaign, lawmakers told
VA watchdog shelves 36,000 complaints, draws ire from
whistleblowers
VA Spends $1.3 Billion to Make Electronic Claims System
‘Partially Effective’
Judge blasts bureaucrats who cut benefits for blinded
combat veteran
How the Planned Parenthood budget fight imperils Aurora
VA hospital funding
PTSD Insight Could Low Heart Rate Variability Contribute
To The Risk?
VA Facility Use by Recent Veterans with PTSD
Course of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 40 Years After
the Vietnam War
http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=2398184
Membership in VVA is the Right Choice
One Time Special Offer August 1 – December 31, 2015 Life
Membership Application
The VFW established the Voice of Democracy program (VOD)
in 1947 to provide students grades 9-12 the opportunity to express themselves
in regards to democratic ideas and principles.
Download the application
Vets wait more than two years at Wisconsin clinic
Health Care for Re entry Veterans HCRV Program
Governor Wolf Challenges Pennsylvania Communities to
Significantly Reduce Veteran Homelessness in 100 Days
Governor Wolf Challenges Pennsylvania Communities to
Significantly Reduce Veteran Homelessness in 100 Days
VA Announces $4 Million in Funding to Help the Homeless
9/17/15 Markup - Full Committee - House Veterans Affairs
The Military Coalition: United Purpose, United Voice
For more information about the TMC, see FRA NewsBytes
September 18 2015
Three Things to Know about Continuing Resolutions
FRA is supporting the “Agent Orange Extension Act,” (H.R. 3423) which would extend by two
years the original sunset deadline of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 and ensure
that Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange receive just compensation and
care. The Act expires on September 30, 2015, and the legislation would extend
it to September 30, 2017. [Source: FRA
NewsBytes September 18 2015]
FRA supports the “Blue
Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act,” (H.R. 969/S. 681) which would clarify a
presumption for filing disability claims with the VA for ailments associated
with exposure to Agent Orange herbicide during the Vietnam War. Congress should
recognize that so-called “Blue Water” veterans who served off the coast of
Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange herbicide. The bill authorizes presumptive
status for VA disability claims associated with this exposure for this group of
veterans. [Source: FRA NewsBytes
September 18 2015]
Legislation to Cover Navy Veterans of Vietnam War Exposed
to Agent Orange
On September 16, 2015, VFW Testifies at Senate Committee
Hearing
On September 17,
2015, House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Approves Several Bills, including H.R.
677, which would allow for COLA increases to disability compensation to occur
without needed action by Congress; H.R. 2915, which would help end suicide by
female veterans; H.R. 3106, which would affect construction at VA by shifting
larger projects to the Army Corps of Engineers for management and appointing a
special Assistant Inspector General for construction related issues.
Gulf War Vets
Needed for Research - call 1-800-248-8005 or visit the Gulf War Research page
at:
National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Philadelphia Veterans Parade
Registration is now open for the 9th Annual Legs Against
Arms
VA Health Care Utilization by Recent Veterans
Psychosocial Interventions for Mental and Substance Use
Disorders: A Framework for Establishing Evidence-Based Standards
THIS WEEK AT VA – ‘Flightless’ Honor Flight, Agent Orange
presumption list, $8M awarded to adaptive sports organizations
After a long battle, VA’s backlog finally winds down
Progress on Toxic Exposure Bills
VAWatchdog - America's Leading Resource
For Military Veterans News & Benefits Information
Veterans Psych Evaluations
Blue Water Veterans
Disabled American Veterans YouTube
Channel
DAV Magazine – Report of Assistant National Director
Human Resources Bryan Cody Van Boxel on p. 27
After the VA scandal, veterans were told their wait for
care would get shorter. But it’s actually getting worse.
A Solution To The Governments VA Problem
Our Care Report
WWII remains
Presidential Proclamation -- Gold Star Mother's and
Family's Day, 2015
Veterans stung by Mabus comments on Camp Lejeune water
VA pledges to scrutinize unaccredited schools getting GI
Bill funds
Yankees Hall of Famer, Navy vet Yogi Berra dies at 90
VFW
Legislative Priority Goals
Sequestration, Budget, Veterans Top VFW Legislative
Agenda
Carol Eggert Joins Comcast As Vice President, Military
And Veteran Affairs
What Will it Take to Fix the VA?
Advice for those retiring from law enforcement
To Get a Job in Your 50s, Maintain Friendships in Your
40s
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