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McDonough: 'There are millions of veterans and survivors across America who are eligible for new health care and benefits'
The VA launched PACT Act Summer VetFest in July to educate veterans, their families and survivors about the law and nudge them into applying for the benefits and health care they have earned.
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Quinn: 'Grants help ensure future generations of Americans will appreciate the legacies of veterans'
In accordance with the Veterans Legacy Program, which provides funds to educational institutions and nonprofit groups, the National Cemetery Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs announced six awards totaling more than $2,187,800.
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Goode says every veteran she helps, 'I consider them to be my veteran'
The Opelika-Auburn News is honoring a nurse at the Tuskegee, Ala. VA for providing "outstanding" care to veterans for the past thirty years.
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Wilson: 'I make a difference as a My HealtheVet Coordinator'
My HealtheVet, the online patient portal for military veterans to review and manage their Veterans Affairs-provided health care, is also a care provider of sorts for the site's medical professionals.
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Muluk: 'I applied for Shark Tank because we felt Surgical Safety Net yielded promising results'
The Pittsburgh VA Interdisciplinary Medical Preoperative Assessment Consultation and Treatment Clinic (IMPACT) team found most post-surgery VA readmissions could have been avoided with the proper safety net in place.
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Olguin: 'Being a part of Wounded Warrior Project has been an amazing experience'
The Wounded Warrior Project is working to combat veterans' loneliness through live-streaming and gaming under the organization's Stream to Serve program.
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Elnahal: 'The staff at Montgomery VA truly exemplify the spirit of VA’s health care mission'
VA Under Secretary for Health Shereef Elnahal visited the Jackson Health Care System’s G. Montgomery VA for a tour to get an up-close look at how the facility is operated, and offered praise for the staff and its achievements.
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Roland: 'I didn’t know what to do' after sexual assault
A Navy veteran is speaking out about how he has overcome sexual assault and addiction after 51 years of being in the dark.
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Armstrong: 'We should all be having these exercises annually' to assist veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs held a week-long emergency operations exercise at the Safety Training Complex in Bossier City, La.
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McDonough: 'We honor the service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation'
For Memorial Day weekend, the VA National Cemetery Administration (NCA) invited veterans and members of the public to attend ceremonies at VA national cemeteries to honor and remember fallen service members.
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McDonough: 'On this Memorial Day weekend, our nation will pause and remember that freedom is not free'
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough recently honored the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) non-profit organization for its work to provide care and resources to loved ones mourning the deaths of military or veteran servicemembers.
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VA announces loosening of face mask restrictions at its healthcare facilities
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced that it is relaxing pandemic-era face mask requirements for low-risk areas at VA medical facilities.
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VA Under Secretary Quinn: 'The Veterans Legacy Memorial gives all of us a way to remember Veterans and thank them for their service and contributions'
VA adds 300,000 Veterans and service members from 27 military cemeteries to Veterans Legacy Memorial
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VA Secretary McDonough: 'Our goal at VA is to deliver world-class care to every Veteran, every time, and we will never settle for anything less'
Care at veterans' medical facilities is better than or equal to non-VA health care, studies published in two leading medical journals say.
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Koroshetz: Study on Gulf War Illness ‘may pave the way to treatments’
The National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs are partnering to study a chronic disease affecting approximately 200,000 military veterans.
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Hightower: 'The life of every veteran matters'
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released an updated mission statement designed to be more inclusive and equitable for all members.
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McDonough: 'We won't rest until every veterans and survivor gets the VA health care and benefits they deserve'
More than 500,000 claims have been filed by veterans and their survivors seeking exposure-related benefits under the PACT Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden last year.
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VA to reset Electronic Health Record system, VA Secretary McDonough: 'reset period will allow us to focus on fixing what's wrong'
The Department of Veteran Affairs announced that it will be improving the Electronic Health Record, and in turn, deployments of the EHR will be put on hold.
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Jacobs named VA Under Secretary for Benefits; VA Secretary McDonough calls him an 'excellent leader'
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) announced that Joshua Jacobs will be the new Under Secretary for Benefits.
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