Beginning in 2013, my therapy partner, Wilson, and I began volunteering at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. We were fortunate to get this opportunity through Pet Partners, and I am doubly fortunate because I,...
How to get a virtual hearing at the BVA
The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) has held over 13,000 virtual tele-hearings. These virtual...
AUSTIN, Texas - A lawsuit involving more than 229,000 veterans with hearing problems that they...
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Free parks for vets, Gold Star families
Veterans and Gold Star Families will be granted free access to national parks, wildlife refuges and other Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior starting on Veterans Day this year and every day onward. "With the utmost respect...
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License plate to honor female veterans
A new Washington state license plate designed to honor the state's female veterans has been proposed by State Senator Christine Rolfes (D-Bainbridge Island, 23rd District). Senate Bill 6433 is "an act relating to creating Washington state women...
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National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic registration opens
VA is accepting applications from veterans interested in participating in the 2021 National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic. Applications are available online at www.summersportsclinic.va.gov. The deadline to submit an application is May 1, 2021....
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Get a VA/Medicare Advantage combo
As veterans approach 65 years of age and Medicare eligibility, there are questions about Medicare Advantage and how it meshes with their Veterans Administration (VA) benefits.
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Like many veterans, Adam Sawyer's addiction began with a simple prescription for Percocet. Now an outdoors and travel writer, photographer, author and public speaker, his habit developed into a problem when working in the medical field, which...
In this part of the country, any institution celebrating 100 consecutive years in operation is...
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