VA Publishes Final Regulation on “Presumptive” Illnesses
for Gulf War and Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans
The Enigma of Survival
'Why Is Dad So Mad?' Veteran Writes Book to Explain His PTSD to His
Daughter
Former soldier's book
explains PTSD to kids
Why Are You So Scared?: A Child's Book About Parents With
PTSD
Why Are You So Scared? A CHILD'S BOOK ABOUT PARENTS WITH
PTSD
Efficacy of PTSD treatments questioned
Military women
are at the same risk of PTSD as men, study finds
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/08/21/military-women-are-at-the-same-risk-of-ptsd-as-men-study-finds/
After the War
Zone: A Practical Guide for Returning Troops and Their Families
Coming Back
Together: A Guide to Successful Reintegration After Your Partner Returns from
Military Deployment
Coming Back Together: A Guide to Successful Reintegration
After Your Partner Returns from Military Deployment
Welcome Them Home, Help Them Heal
Welcome Them Home, Help Them Heal
Philadelphia Veterans Parade Website
Philadelphia Veterans Parade Facebook Page
Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction (OALC)
Career Opportunities
VA's Veteran Employment Services Office (VESO) website
Your Service. Our Honor. Veterans Careers at VA
Women pass Ranger School but debate goes on
Veterans Treatment Court
Justice for Vets, the National Clearinghouse for Veteran
Treatment Courts
Veterans Treatment Courts A Second Chance for Vets Who
Have Lost Their Way Participant Guide
3-hour Broadcast Veterans Treatment Courts A Second
Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way
A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way – NIC White
Paper on Veterans Treatment Courts
The First Battle Against Veteran Homelessness Has Been
Won
Virtual Vietnam Archive
Vietnam War Myths and Facts
For more information on Military Working Dog adoptions,
please go to the following website:
VA Announces New Rules Regarding Service Animals in VA
Facilities
Many VA Regional Offices have
ignored 38CFR3.313 and have wrongly denied Vietnam-era Blue Water Sailors and
Fleet Marines a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma disability. Contact for assistance:
Dr. Dennis Agin LCDR USN-RET.
USS Newport News CA148 '67-69.
614-204-9234
eMail agindennis@gmail.com
For
hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, ATV riding, or whatever veterans want at no
cost to them, check out the FB Page Wounded Warriors at 45 North or the Website www.ww@45n.com .
Advocacy Handbook - AMRA members who would like to visit
their lawmakers but want to do it the "right" way and make a good
impression should consider AMRA's new Handbook: Legislative Advocacy for Members - A Guide to Contacting National &
Local Officials.
Read the most recent AMRA Legislative Watch for
suggestions on important issues to discuss with your elected officials.
Veterans Campaign - The number of veterans serving in
elected office has declined rapidly over the last forty years. Veterans are a valuable yet untapped resource
of superb elected leaders. They have
outstanding leadership experience, have made difficult decisions under
pressure, and accomplished whatever America has asked of them, honorably. As
one of the most diverse groups within the United States, they have consistently
put their differences aside to work together for the common good. Most
importantly, Veterans have demonstrated their willingness to put America and
its citizens before their own well-being.
Veterans Campaign is the first ever non-partisan, non-ideological
organization whose mission is to train veterans to run for public office.
The Mistreatment Of Female Veterans Is Not Just A Women’s
Issue
Unlawful Detention Scheme Revealed At Phoenix VA
Veteran-oriented commercial
STATEMENT OF LINDA A. HALLIDAY, DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL,
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION,
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES, COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS, UNITED STATES SENATE HEARING ON WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS AT THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS on
JULY 30, 2015
Healthcare Inspection - Alleged Poor Quality of Care and
Refusal to Pay for Lung Transplantation, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa
City, Iowa, July 9, 2015, Washington, DC
GEBHART: Tom Garvey’s Vietnam novel is magical in more
ways thatn one
Services held for woman believed to be oldest U.S. vet
VAs Backlog of Disability Claims Falls to 8Year Low
Are VA Claims Really At Historic Lows?
https://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/08/27/are-va-claims-really-at-historic-lows/
VA names
Daniel Galik acting CISO
Report: VA Falls Short on Mental-Health Care Despite
Hiring Push
VAWatchdog
VA Must Keep Its Promise to Veterans by Embracing Health
Care Choice
Pennsylvania County Directors of Veterans Affairs
PA DMVA Veterans Affairs
Pennsylvania State Veterans Commission
PA War Veterans Council
VA Healthcare-VISN 4
TBI and PTSD Patients Like Me
Prep sessions set for Chesco job-seeking vets
Secret
VA Rating Schedule Uncovered From 1945
To
receive your free copy of Communicate with your Elected Officials,
contact FRA at 1-800-FRA-1924 (ext. 108) or e-mail your request (and mailing
address) to Victoria Duran at VictoriaD@fra.org . Written requests
may be sent to Fleet Reserve Association, Attn: Communicate, 125 N West Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314-2754.
Reconstructing
Lost Military Records - The blaze that ripped through the
National Personnel Records Center in a St. Louis suburb shortly after midnight
on July 12, 1973, consumed 16 million to 18 million official military personnel
files in the days before computers kept such records safe. Few could have
predicted the harm it would visit on the veterans who were denied VA benefits—some
to this day—because they could not reconstruct their military service
files. Veterans whose records have been
lost can fill out a specific form at the National Archives website (http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/na-13055-info-2-reconstruct-medical-data.pdf)
that authorizes the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) to search for
other types of documents that would assist the veteran with their VA healthcare
access or compensation claim, or for valuable research their family member’s
service history. For more information,
visit the Department of Veterans Affairs website for veterans whose records
were destroyed: http://www.benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/NPRC1973Fire.asp.
Former VA Physician Assistant Reportedly Experimented On
Patients He Viewed As Gay
Ben Carson says we do not need a Department of Veterans
Affairs
http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/26/ben-carson-we-dont-need-a-department-of-veterans-affairs/
Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson suggested that the
Department of Veterans Affairs could be eliminated by moving its services and
programs under the Department of Defense. The VFW strongly opposes this idea for
these reasons:
Prudential’s SGLI
Records to be Unsealed
Senate Field
Hearings on VA Health Care
VFW & SVA
Accepting 2016 Legislative Fellowship Applications
GI Bill Covers Orthotics
and Prosthetics (O&P) Training
Former Vietnam MIA, Army Maj. Dale W. Richardson, Burial
Update
BORINQUENEERS Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony National
Committee
Borinqueneer Congressional Gold Medal Design Liaison Team
MyVA Community Model
VA OIG Interim Report Review of Alleged Shredding of
Claims-Related Evidence at the VA Regional Office Los Angeles, California
Important VA Programs Not Well Known:
Aid and Attendance and Housebound
Burial Benefits
GI Bill
Life Insurance
Housing Assistance
http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/documents/docs/foreclosure_avoidance_fact_sheet.PDF
Section 702 of the Veterans Choice Act
VA hosting head injury conference in Washington
The Storyteller: Veteran helps others navigate complex VA
benefit system
The liberators of World War II
Lost in the Sky Above Tokyo
