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Type of Action: Heads up New Jersey Veterans June 11, 2007 Type of Action: Position By PATRICK KENNEDY Type of Alert: Heads up Wisconsin Veterans The state’s budget-writing committee helped Wisconsin’s university and technical college systems by covering part of the cost of giving veterans free tuition, but also hurt some veterans by limiting the benefit in various ways. Heads up from: ABC News The U.S. government’s system for rating the severity of military veterans’ disabilities to set payment levels is "out of sync with modern medicine" and should be overhauled, an expert panel said on Thursday. By Will DunhamJun 7, 2007 Action alert from: VA Watchdog dot Org Type of Action: Letter to legislators It’s time to make a demand of our elected representatives. Support Full and Mandatory Funding for VA Healthcare or you don’t get my vote! It’s plain and simple — NO FUNDING, NO [...] Action alert from: American Chiropractic Association Type of Action: Letter to Senator On May 23rd, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1470, a bill introduced by Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA-51) requiring the VA to phase-in availability of chiropractic care at all major VA medical centers within the next four years. Specifically, [...] Action alert from: Beirut Stamp Initiative Type of Action: Petition On Sunday October 23rd,1983 at approximately 6:20am Lebanese time over 241 U.S. Marines,Sailors and Soldiers were killed,hundreds were wounded or disabled. This was the result of a suicide driven truck laden with over 12,000 pounds of explosives that detonated in the BLT 1/8 24th MAU headquarters [...] Alert from: Red Cross The American Red Cross has learned about a new scam targeting military families. This scam takes the form of false information to military families as described below: Heads Up from: National Association of Home Builders Type of Action: Heads Up June 7, 2007 – The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today called on Congress to simplify paperwork requirements and increase grant limits for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Specially Adapted Housing program to help builders and remodelers better accommodate [...] Action alert from: Military.com Action Type: Letter to Senator The following message is being sent in regards to a panel of medical experts urging the VA to gather data and provide reference materials to help disability raters better address the management of PTSD claims. The panel said the VA should base compensation decisions on how greatly [...] |
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