Posts tagged with ‘Department of Defense’

  • 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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    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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    Despite monthly numbers, veteran unemployment trending down

    By on December 5, 2016

    Veteran unemployment rose five-tenths of a point to 4.8 percent in November 2016 while the national unemployment rate decreased from...

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    October 24 Veterans News

    By on October 24, 2016

    California guardsmen ordered to pay back bonuses (Military.com) The U.S. Defense Department is ordering almost 10,000 one-time National Guardsmen...

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    July 29 Veterans News

    By on July 29, 2016

    DOD grants $11.5M to study lung diseases in Middle East war vets (Lung Disease News) Thanks to $11.5 million...

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    July 28 Veterans News

    By on July 28, 2016

    Better DoD, VA collaboration at center of Clinton’s veterans policy (Federal News Radio) The debate over the future of...

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    July 14 Veterans News

    By on July 14, 2016

    VA doubling back to resolve TBI claims denials (MilitaryTimes) Veterans Affairs officials aren’t saying how 24,000 veterans were diagnosed...

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    July 7 Veterans News

    By on July 7, 2016

    New VA study finds 20 veterans commit suicide each day (MilitaryTimes) Roughly 20 veterans a day commit suicide nationwide,...

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    June 9 Veterans News

    By on June 9, 2016

    Isakson, Blumenthal introduce bill to increase benefits to veterans (veterans.senate.gov) U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.,...

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    May 20 Veterans News

    By on May 20, 2016

    Bad discharges plague vets who reported sexual assaults, watchdog says (Stars and Stripes) They endured rape or other forms...

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