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  • 2017 Disability Compensation Rates Released

    By on January 25, 2017

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently updated the 2017 disability compensation rates to include the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)...

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  • 2017 DIC COLA Announced

    By on January 24, 2017

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans News – January 18, 2017

    By on January 18, 2017

    Veterans exposed to contaminated water at Marine base to receive disability benefits (Huffington Post) The Obama administration has agreed...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans News – January 11, 2017

    By on January 11, 2017

    Trump announces David Shulkin as pick for secretary of Veterans Affairs (NPR) President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans News – January 9, 2017

    By on January 9, 2017

    Report: VA employees received millions of dollars in unjustified incentives (Stars and Stripes) The Department of Veterans Affairs handed...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans News – January 6, 2017

    By on January 6, 2017

    McDonald to Trump administration: Don’t backtrack VA progress (Stars and Stripes) In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump signaling...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans News – January 4, 2017

    By on January 4, 2017

    Trump’s VA secretary pick could offer hint on privatization (The Wall Street Journal) U.S. military veterans’ groups are closely...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans News – January 2, 2017

    By on January 2, 2017

    Questions mount as Trump loses more VA secretary candidates (MilitaryTimes) Donald Trump’s top two picks to become the next...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016

    By on December 30, 2016

    Combat-Injured Veterans who received severance payments after January 17, 1991, should be able to recover the amount the Department...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans News – December 29, 2016

    By on December 29, 2016

      Donald Trump considers moving VA toward privatization (The Wall Street Journal) President-elect Donald Trump is considering moving the...

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