NEWS ALERT!!: UPDATE on POST 9/11 GI BILL RULES!! We get PAID!!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 25, 2009
Secretary Shinseki Orders Emergency Checks to Students Awaiting Education Benefits
Thousands of Checks to Alleviate Student Financial Burden
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has authorized checks for up to $3,000 to be given to students who have applied for educational benefits and [...]

Secretary Shinseki Moves to Simplify PTSD Compensation Rules

Thanks to Doc-Pardue for the scoop, Vietnam Doc still taking care of his charges!!
WASHINGTON (Aug. 24, 2009) – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K..
Shinseki announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking
steps to assist Veterans seeking compensation for Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD).
“The hidden wounds of war are being addressed vigorously and
comprehensively by this administration as [...]

Mental health issues rising among vets

The Mental Health Picture does not look good for Vets.
From Navytimes.com
A new study shows that 106,726 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans within the Veterans Affairs Department health care system have been diagnosed with mental health issues.
That’s 37 percent of the 289,328 veterans who have sought care. Of those, 62,979 — or 22 percent — have [...]

Verizon, InComm Retailers and the USO Team Up to Provide Free Phone Calls to Active Duty Military Personnel so They Can Stay in Touch With Loved Ones

New York, NY – June 16, 2009 –
Verizon, InComm Retailers and the USO are launching an initiative to let Americans demonstrate their appreciation for armed forces personnel serving America worldwide, just in time for the July 4 holiday.
From June 22 to July 4, consumer purchases of Verizon Prepaid Long Distance Phone Cards at participating local retailers will [...]

VA to face questions on Colonoscopies

Looks like the VA still hasn’t gotten it’s act together..
WASHINGTON — The questionable medical practices were first found at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, then at VA facilities in Georgia and Florida.
Now, Veterans Affairs officials will face fresh questions about patient safety at a House hearing Tuesday after an internal review found continued [...]

Priority Group 8 Enrollment Relaxation Changes (VA Medical News)

(Info from VA.gov website)
In order to ensure the availability of quality and timely health care to veterans with service connected conditions, special authority based on military service, low income, and those with special health care needs, in January 2003 VA made the difficult decision to stop enrolling new Priority Group 8 (high income) veterans whose [...]

Memorial Day 2009, My personal reflection.

This is the hardest holiday for me to celebrate.
If you ask anyone they will tell you I become quiet and withdrawn.
If you’re a Doc and are able to look at our list on our Memorial Page, and don’t know anyone on our Iraq or Afganistan list, you’re lucky and have probably just joined.
Since last Memorial [...]

IAVA and VA News: VA to start accepting New Post 9/11 GI Bill Applications on May 1st 2009

Yeah!! I finally get to use my benefits.. Da-Chief will be a full times student after August 1st, I will be a 43 year old “FRESHMAN” in College, they better be ready for me!
Dedi–Dedi–Dedi-Dedication
Here you go, from the VA’s GI BILL Website:
Starting May 1, 2009, the Department of Veterans Affairs will begin accepting applications for [...]

Five Universities Partner with VA in Nursing Initiative

WASHINGTON — To provide compassionate, highly-trained nurses to serve the health care needs of the nation’s Veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is establishing new partnerships with five of the country’s finest nursing schools.  With these new partnerships, the VA Nursing Academy will expand the number of collaborations between the department and nursing schools [...]

VA Welcoming Vets Home with New Web Site, Blog

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched its new “Returning Veterans” Web site — www.oefoif.va.gov — to welcome home Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts with a social, Veteran-centric Web site focusing on their needs and questions.
“VA is entering the world of Web 2.0, because that’s where this generation of Veterans [...]

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