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ASSEMBLY PASSES CONNERS BILL TO GIVE DISABLED VETERANS CIVIL SERVICE CREDIT

Type of Action: Heads up New Jersey Veterans

June 11, 2007
(TRENTON) – The Assembly today passed a measure Assemblymen Jack Conners and Herb Conaway, M.D., sponsored that would extend civil service credit to any disabled veteran who served in the United States Armed Forces, regardless of whether the nation was at peace or at [...]

Congress fights hard to protect veterans

Type of Action: Position

By PATRICK KENNEDY
The Providence Journal
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Especially on this most recent Memorial Day, during wartime, everybody sings the praises of our veterans, and rightly so. But talk is cheap. The real measure of our gratitude and respect for those who carry our flag will be years from now when [...]

Committee reduces tuition breaks for vets

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.
The limitations approved by the Joint Finance Committee last week:…
Read the entire story at The [...]

Changes urged for veterans’ benefits system

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
Read the entire article at ABC News

Support Full and Mandatory Funding for VA Healthcare

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 [...]

Access to Chiropractic in VA System

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, [...]

Beirut Peacekeeping Stamp Initiative

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 [...]

New Scam Targeting Military Spouses

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:
The caller (young-sounding, American accent) calls a military spouse and identifies herself as a representative from the Red Cross. The caller states that the spouse’s [...]

Builders Support Federal Program to Meet Housing Needs of Disabled Veterans

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 [...]

Better Veterans Stress Testing Urged

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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