America The Beautiful - The National Parks and Federal
Recreational Lands Pass
The Veterans Group Car Show
Should VA Violate Constitution To Destroy Physician Led
Care?
Dodging Dr. Death
One city’s key to keeping its California paradise: Arrest
the homeless
On Wednesday, June 29, 2016, the Senate Committee on
Veterans’ Affairs held a hearing to consider 18 veterans’ bills, including
legislation to expand disability compensation benefits to veterans who
participated in classified mustard gas experiments, to reimburse veterans who have
been defrauded by their fiduciaries, and to expand USERRA rights for Guardsmen
and Reservists. To view a webcast of the hearing, visit:
Monday, June 27, 2016, was National PTSD Awareness Day.
Federal agencies who work with the military and veterans used the day to
promote programs available for help and to end the stigma associated with
seeking assistance. PTSD can be successfully treated, but service members and
veterans must work to help each other overcome the hurdles it can impose. For
information on PTSD treatments, how to help a loved one or to help spread the
word, visit the VA’s National Center for PTSD website at:
Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner
Peace, Compassion, and Joy
VBA Audit of Compensation and Pension Benefit Payments to
Incarcerated Veterans
We Buried the Disgraceful Truth
AMVETS Stands By Decision to Put Veterans First
VA Employees, Veterans, Fight Hospital Closures
AFSP Honors White House Staffer Bess Evans for
Exceptional Service
Suicide Prevention
Spartan Weekend Unites Veterans with Sacred Pledge
Against Veteran Suicide http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160512006478/en/Spartan-Weekend-Unites-Veterans-Sacred-Pledge-Veteran
See also page 12 of DAV Magazine July/August 2016.
How Common is PTSD?
PTSD Nearly Cost Me My Life
My PTSD Is My Own
What To Do In A Crisis
Why Are the Younger Veterans Avoiding the Veteran Service
Organizations?
http://observer.com/2016/03/why-are-the-younger-veterans-avoiding-the-veteran-service-organizations/
Legislative Priorities of AMVETS
Witness Testimony of Diane M. Zumatto, National
Legislative Director, AMVETS
A Large-Scale Informatics Database to Advance Research
and Discovery of the Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
The Natural History of Acute Recovery of Blast-Induced
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Series During War
Repeated Low-Level Blast Exposure: A Descriptive Human
Subject Study
Simple and Procedural Reaction Time for Mild Traumatic
Brain Injury in a Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinical Trial
Neurosensory Assessments of Concussion
TOM PHILPOTT | Veterans rallying to defend VA care
Booted after battle
More than medicine to VA health care
By the Numbers… Census
Bureau Profile America Facts for Features: Veterans Day 2015: Nov. 11. U.S. Census Bureau sent this bulletin at
11/10/2015 05:46 PM EST
Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015
Why Does Everything Hurt So Much After Brain Injury?
Mild Brain Injury and Concussion
The Traumatized Brain: A Guide to Understanding Mood,
Memory & Behavior after Brain Injury
An Army Buddy's Call For Help Sends A Scientist On A
Brain Injury Quest
Scientists Probe Traumatic Brain Injury Effects at
Research Lab
Unbreakable Bonds: The Mighty Moms And Wounded Warriors
Of Walter Reed By Dava Guerin And Kevin Ferris
Legion, Chamber job fair ‘broke the mold’
Toxic exposures caused illness in Gulf War veterans, new
report says
Gulf War and Health: Volume 10: Update of Health Effects
of Serving in the Gulf War, 2016
America's War Dead, 1775-2016
MOAA Top Issues
Operation Renewed Hope Foundation – Preventing and
ending veteran homelessness
Reform or Fees?
Time to End the Military “Widows Tax”
VA Secretary Wants to Reform Appeals Process
Quilts of Valor Foundation History
IG: VA Improperly Paid Incarcerated Veterans $59 Million
Veterans Exposed to Mustard Gas Remain Locked in VA
Benefits Battle
VA plans massive expansion of cancer treatment options
Wounded Veterans Find Peace Through Serenity of Fly
Fishing
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wounded-veterans-find-peace-through-serenity-fly-fishing-n603621
Statement by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A.
McDonald on the Commission on Care Report
Legion statement regarding Commission on Care report
On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, the Commission on Care,
created by Congress to recommend ways to improve the VA health care system,
issued its final report which includes 18 recommendations on how VA delivers
care to veterans, the governance and workforce of the VA health care system and
which veterans are eligible for VA health care. To read the VFW’s press
release, visit: https://www.vfw.org/News-and-Events/Articles/2016-Articles/VFW-Statement-on-Commission-on-Care-Report/
To read the commission’s final report, visit:
Commission on Care’s Conclusions for VA Health Care: Some
Good Ideas, Yet Still a Prescription for “Death by a Thousand Cuts”
Heal the V.A. (But First, Do No Harm)
Sustaining Hearts for Soldier's Heart
Another accountability bill enters the VA melee
New VA study finds 20 veterans commit suicide each day
VA Conducts Nation’s Largest Analysis of Veteran Suicide
VA Conducts Nation’s Largest Analysis of Veteran Suicide
On Thursday, July 7, 2016, VA released preliminary
findings from the country’s largest study on veteran suicide. VA plans to
release the entire study by the end of this month. The VFW is alarmed by this
report’s findings and will do what is necessary to ensure veterans who
contemplate taking their own lives have the care and support they need to cope
with their mental health care issues. To read the preliminary findings, visit:
American Legion National commander aims to cut suicide
rate to ‘zero’
STUDY: Veteran Suicides 20 Daily As Of 2014
VA: Each Day, 20 Veterans Take Their Life Most are
50-Plus Years of Age
Commission Proposes Vet Care Changes
VA Health-System Overhaul Urged by Commission
Montco Army vet advances in Ms. Veteran America contest
N.J. Shore family pleads for return of stolen funeral
flag of Vietnam War sailor http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20160707_N_J__Shore_family_pleads_for_return_of_stolen_funeral_flag_of_Vietnam_War_sailor.html
FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Takes More Actions to
Address the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic
Swords to Plowshares’ Director Michael Blecker Statement
on the VA Commission on Care Report
Letter of Dissent by Commissioner Michael Blecker
explaining why he did not sign the Commission on Care Report
VFW Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief Brian Duffy joined a
panel of mental health experts at the National Press Club this week to discuss
the public’s perception—and employer perceptions—of military veterans
transitioning back into their communities and workforce. The panel focused on
the results of two surveys conducted recently by the George W. Bush Institute
and the global public relations and marketing firm, Edelman. Read both surveys
at:
On Thursday, July 7, 2016, the House of
Representatives approved language which would ban the use of federal funds to
change hiring preference for veterans. To read the VFW’s statement opposing the
Senate bill, go to:
To see how your member of Congress voted on
this amendment, go to: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2016/roll395.xml
In early July, 2016, VA launched a new and easier way for
veterans to enroll in VA health care through the vets.gov website. If you would
like to enroll in VA health care using the new application, visit: https://www.vets.gov/healthcare/apply/
To learn about other ways to enroll in VA health care,
visit:
The VFW attended a discussion during the Independence Day
week of 2016 about the future of Arlington National Cemetery. Currently, only
one percent of those eligible choose to be buried or inured at Arlington, with
the rest being interred at the VA’s 134 national cemeteries or in state
veterans cemeteries or elsewhere. Even so, based on its current pace, Arlington
will run out of space sometime between the years 2050 and 2070, a timeframe
that takes into consideration the 90,000 current available spaces, the 27,000
additional spaces from its millennium project, and the 45,000 to 50,000 spaces
to be gained from a southern expansion into where the Navy Annex once stood.
The question the Arlington advisory committee is pondering is whether changes
could or should be made to eligibility requirements to extend the cemetery’s
lifespan. Right now, all active-duty deaths are eligible, as well as military
retirees, those with qualifying medals, and those with honorable discharges.
The VFW will report more as this discussion continues.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the
identification of remains. Learn more at:
http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/831327/marine-missing-from-world-war-ii-accounted-for-carter/
VA Stocking Up on Guns, Riot Gear, Tactical Equipment:
Report
“The Big 6” United Behind Veterans First Act
New effort at VA to halt doctor shopping for pain meds
Happy 4th of July from the Vietnam Veterans of America,
the CMC, and our Partners!
Gulf War Syndrome: US Veterans Suffering from Multiple
Debilitating Symptoms
See also page 22 of DAV Magazine July/August 2016
All 3 War Veteran Association of America
National Veterans Golden Age Games
36th National Veterans Wheelchair Games
Apply for VA Health Care
VA, IBM Watson Team Up For Cancer Research On Veterans
VA Health Care Retains ‘Profound Deficiencies’
Phony Navy SEAL of the WEEK: Part TWO. Stolen Valor Chief
Petty Officer? The Rule Books Come a Flyin…
Tough Communication Skills are Required for Safe
Staffing! (With or Without Ratios)
VA disability backlog tops 70,000 — 7 months after it was
supposed to be zero
MyVA Advisory Committee Releases Statement on VA
Transformation
For veterans who can't travel, virtual reality offers a
way to see the WWII memorial
Evidence Trumps Politics When It Comes to APRNs
Access expanded for medication-assisted treatment of opioid
use disorder
Trump promises VA overhaul, easier private medical care
for vets
Veterans Team Recovery Integrative Immersion Process
Vietnam-era women veterans: The Unknown Trauma
Tackling homelessness one event at a time
DAV life member uses her voice for veterans
Camp Lejeune veterans may soon see expanded disability
benefits
Assistant National Employment Director appointed at DAV
Take A Look inside a U-boat! 42 Stunning Images That Show
Every Detail!
Applicants kept waiting for veterans home that had open
beds
Auditor General DePasquale Says Audit Raises Concerns
about Waiting Lists, Complaint Process at DMVA Veterans’ Homes
Atomic veterans battle against illnesses and for
recognition
Vietnam Vet Awarded Medal of Honor for Heroic Helicopter
Rescue
Kenneth Wilson Jr., 90, Navy officer, Exxon executive
VA Provides Safer, More Effective Care Than Other
Systems: Rand
Do you know about Senior List?
Appeals court finds VA wronged vets by ignoring 2010 law
Alaska's Vanishing Care
VA: A system worth saving
Trying to Serve More Veterans Faster, VA Opens Door to
Disability Fraud
Secretary Takes Action to Ensure Project ARCH Veterans Continue
to Receive Care Closer to Home
Some Veterans Outraged By New VA TBI Examination Letter
A Sacred Trust
Veteran Headstone or Grave Marker Medallion
Thomas Murphy, VBA Change Deckchairs On Titanic, Again
Seamless Care for Traveling Veterans
This Week at VA Bulletin 072216
VFW Heads to Charlotte, NC, for 117th National
Convention From July 23-27
Women Veterans Panel Discussion at VFW
Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center on Saturday, July 23, from 10
a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
On Monday, July 18, 2016, VA issued a final
rule to expand VA health care eligibility for veterans affected by contaminated
drinking water at Camp Lejeune
Veterans who have been diagnosed with any of
the 15 conditions related to exposure at Camp Lejeune should file a claim when
possible to preserve the effective date. To contact a VFW Service Officer for
assistance filing a disability compensation claim, visit:
VFW Life Member, Lt. Col. Charles Kettles,
Receives Medal of Honor from President Obama at the White House on Monday, July
18, 2016
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/07/18/president-obama-awards-medal-honor-lt-col-charles-kettles
VA still unclear about long-term path for electronic
records approach
Million Veteran Program (MVP)
VA OIG June 2016 Highlights
Perceptive Reach
Honor Flight Philadelphia
Actress Martha Raye entertained troops and tended to
wounded soldiers in the field in Vietnam
VOC REHAB: VA Robbed Some Disabled Vets Of GI Bill
Benefits
Change in Tricare Coverage Regions May Take Effect
Mid-2017: Pentagon
VA Announces New Partnerships and Collaboration
Isakson, Blumenthal Applaud Senate Passage of Veterans’
Benefits Legislation
Claims Corner: what to expect at your C&P exam
Camp Lejeune: Past Water Contamination
Veterans' Preference
Airman Nathan Narboni, Flew for Israel, France and U.S.,
Dies at 92
DecisionHealth to Host Leading Edge Improv Session at
Patient Advocacy Conference!
Compensation & Pension Exam
VA Is Lying To Put Up Mystery Billboard
AANP and Air Force Sergeants Association Urge VA to
Swiftly Enact Proposed Rule
Left Brain vs Right Brain Dominance: The Surprising
Truth: Understanding the Myth of Left Brain and Right Brain Dominance
Stronger Warnings Needed on Drugs Linked to Compulsive
Behaviors
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