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New VA Regulation Eases Burden of Proving Service Connection for PTSD

New U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulation makes it easier for certain veterans to receive disability compensation and health care for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

New Law Authorizes Veterans’ Salutes During National Anthem

Veterans and not in uniform active-duty service members can now render a military-style hand salute during the playing of the national anthem.

Enhanced VA Mortgage Options Now Available For Veterans

Veterans with conventional home loans now have new options for refinancing to a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) guaranteed home loan.

Free Flu Shots at VA Medical Centers

Getting a flu shot can help you avoid serious illness. Many VA facilities offer flu shots to eligible veterans.

New Laws Will Help Veterans and Service Members Battle Pain

State-of-the-art battlefield medicine saves military service members from wounds that would have killed them in earlier wars.

The Candidates Respond On Veterans Issues

The Disabled American Veterans recently posed a series of questions to both presidential candidates McCain and Obama on some very important veterans issues.
The questions revolved around improving Veterans Administration services and benefits to veterans, and included questions on VA funding and funding reform, VA eligibility for care, claims backlogs, and disability compensation reform.
The answers at [...]

Who is a Veteran?

There is a notion among many Americans that “veteran” status is reserved only for a person who once served in the military during a time of war or somehow became disabled during his or her military service. This is simply not true. While such an individual is indeed a veteran, he or she has far [...]

Stolen Valor

There is great and lifelong pride that comes from serving in the US military. This pride comes from the knowledge that each of us has been through the rituals of indoctrination into the military and participated in the training that transforms each civilian into a Soldier, Sailor, Marine, Airman or Guardian.
It [...]

VA Awards Contract for New Las Vegas Medical Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a $364.9 million contract to help bring to reality years of planning for a new world-class medical facility in Las Vegas by September 2011.
The new facility will supplement existing inpatient services for Nevada’s estimated 246,000 veterans in facilities at Reno and in shared space at [...]

Veterans Administration’s Forgotten Prosthetic Service Card

Some things that should not be forgotten often drop from the radar over time. To a great extent the Veterans Administration Prosthetic Service Card is one of those things. Once issued to eligible veterans with each prosthetic device, it has now become a rare find indeed.
VA’s Prosthetic Service Card, or PSC, is a card issued [...]

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