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Veterans News – December 22, 2016
Veterans face uphill fight getting college credit for military training (Time) Steve Mayou was dumbfounded when he was...
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Veterans News – December 20, 2016
VA reverses course, releases health care quality data (USA Today) The Department of Veterans Affairs has quietly released...
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Veterans News – December 15, 2016
Congress passes gutted veterans reform bill (Stars and Stripes) In the last hours of the 114th Congress, lawmakers settled...
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Granted Full Practice Authority
The next time you go to see a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) doctor – you might see an...
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VA Announces Veteran Interment Eligibility Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that the agency will now determine veteran interment eligibility for a VA...
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VA Burial Benefit Increase for National Cemeteries
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the VA burial benefit and monetary allowance for a privately purchased...
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No VHA Prescription Copayment Increase Seen In January
Any VHA prescription copayment for treatment of a non-service connected disability or condition will not increase on January 1,...
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VA Associates 2 Conditions With Brucellosis For Gulf War Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs added two associated conditions, “deafness” and “demyelinating meningovascular syndromes,” to the infectious disease Brucellosis for...
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New Guidance for Veteran Cold Injury Disabilities
A column of troops and armor of the 1st Marine Division move through communist Chinese lines, and this was...
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Despite monthly numbers, veteran unemployment trending down
Veteran unemployment rose five-tenths of a point to 4.8 percent in November 2016 while the national unemployment rate decreased from...