Snippet of Article: "... Congress has much to improve with disability benefits and support programs for veterans wounded or disabled since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks..."
Snippet of Article: "... you have to have that blue [International Symbol of Access] card put up on your mirror” to park in handicap parking...."
Snippet of Article: "...CivilianJobs.com will host a Career Expo January 20, 2010, at Fort Rucker. This expo is designed for career information to the men and women who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, retirees, veterans, and members of the National Guard and Reserve and their spouses so they can take advantage of this free opportunity to meet with local and national employers.
Transitioning military and military veterans ..."
Snippet of Article: "... Experts say more veterans are suffering from post traumatic stress and serious brain injuries than in previous conflicts...."
Snippet of Article: "... Since these Vietnam Era critics and doubters like this war better then the Nam why don't they sign up for this one. Maybe they'll learn that war is war no matter where it's fought and that serving your country honorably like we Nam Era Vets did is what counts...."
Snippet of Article: "...This knol is designed to teach the veteran the basic rules of eligibility for VA disability compensation benefits and the steps to take when applying for such benefits. Numerous "How To" instructions, templates and examples are provided...."
Snippet of Article: "... Tricare Extra offers even lower out of pocket expense if beneficiaries use network providers. Although there is no enrollment fee for Tricare Standard and Extra, a deductible of $150 for individuals and $300 for a family must be met before cost-sharing begins.
Under Tricare Standard and Extra, most beneficiaries retain the same access to pharmacy benefits through a local military treatment facility or the Tricare Mail Order Pharmacy, as well the option to use the Tricare retail pharmacy network.
Retirees may also be eligible for certain medical and pharmacy benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs in addition to Tricare retiree health care benefits. If eligible, members can receive care under either program. For more information, go to http://www.va.gov/health.
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Snippet of Article: "...My son expects to be returning from Iraq soon. He entered military service straight from high school and isn't really a scholar. He prefers to work with his hands. Ideas? -- J.J.
Apprenticeship is a formally structured program designed to give trainees A-to-Z knowledge of a particular occupation ..."
Snippet of Article: "... Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital has been awarded a major contract by the Department of Defense to pay for face transplants for veterans who have survived catastrophic war injuries...."
Snippet of Article: "... A Department of Veterans Affairs study reports a three-fold increase in depression and post-traumatic stress after repeat combat duty, raising questions about the Pentagon’s ability to keep soldiers with combat-related psychological problems away from the front...."
Snippet of Article: "... Unemployment numbers for all veterans continues to hover near 12 percent, but for service members who left the military in the past three years unemployment is 18 percent, nearly twice the national average...."
Snippet of Article: "...It can never be accepted that the Veterans Administration, which was created to aid and help returning veterans, uses every legal loophole to deflect and degrade through a long process to cause or eliminate the veteran from getting help. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...launched a national survey of Veterans, active duty service members, activated National Guard and reserve members, and family members and survivors to learn if they are aware of VA services.
“By hearing directly from Veterans and their family members, we gain valuable information to help us serve them better. We hope those who receive the survey will respond to it, ..."
Snippet of Article: "...The military will receive a 3.4 percent increase in 2010, breaking with the longstanding tradition of pay parity between service members and federal employees. Next year will be only the ..."
Snippet of Article: "...The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administers entitlement to veterans' preference in employment under title 5, United States Code, and oversees other statutory employment requirements in titles 5 and 38. (Title 38 also governs Veterans' entitlement to benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).) ..."
Snippet of Article: "... In September 2006, Joan Najbar, who had not recently recieved any news from her son deployed in Iraq, sent him a letter. Two weeks later, the United States Postal Service returned the letter, Written in red ink was the word”deceased”...."
Snippet of Article: "... Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the civilian supporters of those Troops and Veterans...."
Snippet of Article: "... The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 1. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants...."
Snippet of Article: "... Veterans and their spouses looking for work can meet with companies at the RecruitMilitary Opportunity Expo on Thursday at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa...."
Snippet of Article: "... The Executive Order on the Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government signed by President Obama on Monday, November 9, establishes an Interagency Council on Veterans Employment that will advise the President and the Director of OPM on the Veterans Employment Initiative. The Council will be chaired by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki. Director Berry will serve as its Vice Chair and Chief Operating Officer. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) applauds the U.S. Senate for unanimously approving S. 1963, “The Caregiver and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009.”
As passed, S. 1963 creates a comprehensive new program to support family caregivers of severely disabled veterans, and strengthens VA health care programs for women veterans, homeless veterans, veterans with mental health needs, and veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury. ..."
Snippet of Article: "... government contracts to businesses owned by disabled military veterans has allowed more than $90 million in contracts to be fraudulently obtained by ineligible companies, according a report released Thursday...."
Snippet of Article: "... within 120 days of the date of this order, establish a Veterans Employment Program Office, or designate an agency officer or employee with full-time responsibility for its Veterans Employment Program, to be responsible for enhancing employment opportunities for veterans within the agency, consistent with law and merit system principles, including developing and implementing the agency's Operational Plan, veterans recruitment programs, and training programs for veterans with disabilities, and for coordinating employment counseling to help match the career aspirations of veterans to the needs of the agency;..."
Snippet of Article: "...After the Vietnam War and prior to the 1990s, veterans who were not career military and/or who did not have a service-connected disability were eligible for only a few VA benefits (e.g., burial in a VA cemetery, VA home loans). The eligibility requirements, however, have changed ..."
Snippet of Article: "...Requests for the issuance or replacement of military service medals, decorations, and awards should be directed to the specific branch of the military in which the veteran served. However, for Air Force (including Army Air Corps) and Army personnel, the National Personnel Records Center will verify the awards to which a veteran is entitled and forward the request with the verification to the appropriate service department for issuance of the medals.
The eVetRecs is preferred for requesting medals and awards. Provide as much information as possible in the comments field. Should you prefer to submit your request using a SF180 then provide as much information as possible and send the form to the appropriate address from the following ..."
Snippet of Article: "... To enter this Contest, go to http://www.maxim.com/salutes to the contests page to reach the official entry form.Fill in your name, home address, e-mail address, and date of birth, military status, military branch, answer five (5) trivia questions and as a tie-breaker question, compose a short, creative narrative telling us the name you would give your Harley and why (this will be judged by a panel of judges and will decide who will win the contest) and hit the SUBMIT button...."
Snippet of Article: "... restaurants want to show their appreciation to those who have served our nation and now they want to serve them. ..."
Snippet of Article: "... The case affects VA health care employees who either currently or formerly worked at the VA, on Saturdays or at night after 6 p.m. between September, 1995 and the present time. The Court also decided that the VA must pay Sunday premium pay of 25% to RNs, NAs, PAs, and other job classifications whenever they used paid leave instead of working on their regular Sunday shifts between September 5, 1995 and October 1, 1997...."
Snippet of Book: rating schedule is primarily a guide in the evaluation of disability resulting from all types of diseases and injuries encountered as a result of or incident to military service. The percentage ratings represent as far as can practicably be determined the average impairment in earning capacity resulting from such diseases and injuries and their residual conditions in civil occupations. Generally, the degrees of disability specified are considered adequate to compensate for considerable loss of working time from exacerbations or illnesses proportionate to the severity of the several grades of disability. For the application of this schedule, accurate and fully descriptive medical examinations are required, with emphasis upon the limitation of activity imposed by the disabling condition. Over a period of many years, a veteran’s disability claim may require reratings in accordance with changes in laws, medical knowledge and his or her physical or mental condition. It is thus essential, both in the examination and in the evaluation of disability, that each disability be viewed in relation to its history.
Snippet of Article: "...Lowe’s Companies will offer a 10 percent discount to active-duty, National Guard and reserve members, retirees, veterans and their immediate family members, Nov. 8 through Nov. 15, in honor of Veterans Day. ..."
Snippet of Article: "... There are fewer and fewer veterans today serving as our representatives to the governments in these United States of America. The ratio of the number of veterans of our military services to those who have never served is greater than it has been in 100 years...."
Snippet of Article: "... The U.S. Navy was not ignorant of the dangers of asbestos and evidence suggesting the hazardous qualities of asbestos was swiftly covered up by asbestos manufacturers. The Navy issued a ban on asbestos-contaminated materials on new ships in 1973, but then violated its own ban for the next five years.
In 1983, the Navy Asbestos Control Program was created to help facilitate compliance with asbestos-related regulations set by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Despite these actions, many veterans continued to be exposed to high levels of asbestos even after the Navy began to replace contaminated ships...."
Snippet of Article: "... Veteran's and Active duty eat free on November 11! Proof of service required. ..."
Snippet of Article: "... It's hard to figure out exactly how many education claims VA needs help in processing, since that information has been missing from a VA Web site since the beginning of October...."
Snippet of Article: "... Next month, the Veterans Affairs Department will deploy an automated tool that will make a "big difference" in the processing of claims for education benefits for veterans attending college under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told Nextgov late last week. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...it is exponentially more critical to a Department like Veterans Affairs—which serves millions of our nation’s Veterans each day. Until today, VA had not had the ability to plan its budget in advance—and a late budget meant that VA couldn’t effectively plan. But today, that has all changed. While VA has consistently provided world class health care to our Veterans, having advanced appropriations will now allow us the ability to raise that care to an even higher standard. ..."
Snippet of Article: "... The U.S. Senate gave final approval Tuesday to legislation that will finally reform the budget and appropriations process for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ medical care programs, ensuring veterans receive the health care they have earned in a timely manner..."
Snippet of Article: "... Veterans with those conditions will not have to prove any connection between their sickness and their military service when filing a health benefits claim. ..."
Snippet of Article: "... As announced Sept. 25 by VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, 57 national Veterans Benefits Administrations opened its doors Oct. 2 to issue $3,000 emergency checks as advanced VA payments to students who are owed their benefits...."
Snippet of Article: "...When veterans return to the workforce, they face challenges that their civilian counterparts don’t - issues only amplified by the abysmal job market that has left one in six Americans unemployed. They often find that the skills they learned in the military don’t always apply on the outside ..."
Snippet of Article: "...Participants came from California to Camden, Texas to Newark and were alerted by alumni networks, mentors and advertisements in military specialty publications. Demand outstripped available spots for the two-day workshop. Organized by the nonpartisan, nonprofit Veterans Campaign, the event came at a time when an increasing number of veterans ..."
Snippet of Article: "...VA Form 21-526, Veteran's Application for Compensation or Pension, is the document that should be used in applying. Supporting evidence and/or documents should be submitted with your application ..."
Snippet of Article: "... The federal VA provides medical care and benefits to all enrolled veterans, with a range of preventive outpatient and inpatient services offered within its health care system. OEF/OIF veterans receive an additional benefit — five years of free health care in the VA system for any issue related to their deployment. ..."
Snippet of Article: "... Overview of Veterans' Compensation Program - how to apply, elegibility, appeals, how to find the law ... a Full list of list of rates, see the VA Compensation..."
Snippet of Article: "...Compensation & Pension Service administers a variety of benefits and services for veterans, their dependents and survivors, including, but not limited to: service-connected compensation, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), non-service connected pension, burial & accrued benefits, guardianship and public contact services. This page contains information about what benefits we administer. ..."
Snippet of Article: "... Too many veterans’ disability claims take more than a year to process, the Veterans Affairs Department’s inspector general said. An audit showed that a year ago, 11,000 veterans had claims pending more than a year...."
Snippet of Article: "... In Iowa, up to 73 percent of the property taxes paid by a disabled veteran can be paid through Homestead Credit Claims filed with the Iowa Department of Revenue. Monday’s decision by the County abates the remaining 27 percent of the property taxes on the three properties...."
Snippet of Article: "... "If you served your country, they (the U.S. government) promised to pay," says Jeff Kohler, 23, a Navy veteran of the Iraq war who now attends Ohio State University. However, he says, the $4,300 in initial tuition fees, housing and expenses promised under the new G.I. Bill have not arrived. "They sort of dangle your education in front of you and then right when you're going to get it, they say, 'Oops, sorry,' " says Kohler...."
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