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The Department of Veterans Affairs is trying a new path when it comes to caring for and healing the Nation's wounded Veterans. Now, in addition to repairing their damaged bodies and minds, VA is attempting to go one step further and repair their crumbling marriages. The Damage
Veterans
Veterans enrolled in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs have begun to receive personalized booklets that explain their health care benefits and contain other useful information. "VA is committed to providing our Nation's Veterans with consistent, clear information about the services available
Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its efforts to prevent suicide through several new initiatives that increase the availability of services for Veterans, Servicemembers and their families. The new initiatives include a new, free, confidential text-messaging service in the existing Veterans Crisis Line, introduction of
Housing
Home loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs continue to have the lowest serious delinquency and foreclosure rates in the mortgage industry. Veterans have also taken advantage of their home loan benefit in record numbers, as VA loan originations reached their highest total in
Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs partnered with the First Army at Camp Shelby, Miss., to launch a streamlined version of its online application for VA health benefits (VA Form 1010EZ) for Servicemembers returning from deployment. VA will introduce it at demobilization sites nationwide by early spring
Veterans
Veterans, their families, and survivors receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs saw a 3.6 percent increase in their compensation and pension benefits beginning January 1. "Veterans, their families and their survivors are entitled to benefits that keep pace with the cost of living," said
Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs has published a regulation officially amending VA's medical benefits package to include up to seven days of medical care for newborns delivered by women Veterans who are receiving VA maternity care benefits. "The regulation change makes formal the commitment VA made
Downrange Journal
Last month, the last remnants of the U.S. military left Iraq. It appears that military activity in Afghanistan will see a similar decline in the next few years. That means there will be a new surge, that of young military personnel coming home to wind down their enlistments and landing
Veterans
Veterans of the Persian Gulf War with undiagnosed illnesses have an additional five years to qualify for benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. "Not all the wounds of war are fully understood," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. "When there is uncertainty about the
Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that all of its 152 medical centers are now actively represented on Facebook, the world's largest social networking site. "This event marks an important milestone in the overall effort to transform how VA communicates with Veterans and provide them
