Post Tagged with: "veterans affairs"
VA emphasizes addressing mental health issues early
WASHINGTON: Close collaboration between Defense and Veterans Affairs department officials, plus proactive military screening policies are helping to identify and treat mental-health issues in returning combat veterans before they escalate into more serious, long-term problems, said the Veteran Affairs secretary. . Secretary Eric K. Shinseki credited Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ leadership in addressing mental-health [...]
VA to begin recovery of Post-9/11 GI Bill advance payments
WASHINGTON: The Department of Veterans Affairs is beginning the process of recovering advance payments made available during the fall 2009 semester to servicemembers who applied for education benefits. Active-duty servicemembers were actually not eligible for the “advance” or partial payment on reimbursements owed veterans under the Post 9-11 GI Bill, according to VA officials. They [...]
New perspective improves VA programs
LANDSDOWNE, Va: A new perspective has enabled leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the level and accessibility of care provided to servicemembers, the department’s assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs said here Oct. 27. “I bring with me to VA a really different, new perspective that is coming with all the [...]


