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Veterans Affairs wrestles with growing number of claims - Tampabay.com
June 19, 2009

By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer The Department of Veterans Affairs is closing in on a dubious distinction: Soon it will have 1 million claims from veterans waiting for someone ? anyone ? to act on their applications for benefits. ... more
Wheeling Jesuit helps vets with tuition - Charleston Gazette
June 19, 2009
The school has joined the national Yellow Ribbon Campaign for Vets, which is designed to help veterans with costs that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition rate. The program, for which the Veterans Administration provides matching ... more
House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health Reviews Legislation - Imperial Valley News
June 19, 2009
(Hare, D-IL) - HR 1302 establishes the position of Director of Physical Assistant Services within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) at the VA. The Director must report to the VHA's Under Secretary for Health on all matters relating to the ... more
VA Addresses Failures of Contaminated Endoscopic Equipment Use - Imperial Valley News
June 19, 2009
The hearing also focused on the findings of a recently released VA Office of Inspector General (VAOIG) report following unannounced visits to more than 42 facilities operated by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). ?Exposing our veterans to that ... more
Revamped GI bill helps returning vets - Highlands Ranch Herald
June 19, 2009
?The old GI bill only paid a flat sum regardless of your school costs,? said Henry Bohne, manager of the Douglas County Office of Veterans Affairs. ?This bill pays based on the level of needs and adds things not in the old bill, like cost of living. ... more
Free seminar for veterans' benefits - Daily Press
June 19, 2009
Eligible recipients receive up to $1949 monthly from the Veterans Administration to pay for home health care. And they can get this benefit with as little as 90 days of military service. Williamsburg: 2-4 pm at the Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland ... more
Rare Hearing for VA Claim by Jailed Wisconsin Veteran - Daily Kos
June 19, 2009
But a torrent of criticism by veterans' groups and Democrats forced the Bush administration to back down. On August 10, 2005 Sen. Barrack Obama (D-IL) blasted the administration in a letter to then VA Secretary Nicholson In order to truly create ... more
VA opening satellite office at SIUC - Marion Daily Republican
June 19, 2009
... director of the legal assistance program and assistant dean for administration with the SIU School of Law. ?It's a natural extension to partner with them,? he said. ?It's taken a long time to work to this. The Veterans' Affairs department handles ... more
Veterans Eligible for Full Education at Clarion University - Gant Daily
June 19, 2009
In that time frame, 7.8 million World War II veterans had participated in an education or training program and 2.4 million veterans had home loans backed by the Veterans Administration. For additional information on Post-9/11 GI Bill contact Clarion ... more
VA to Revamp Its Technology Management - Washington Post
June 18, 2009
"We want to ensure that claims are decided in an expeditious, accurate and timely manner," Deputy Undersecretary for the Veterans Benefit Administration Mike Walcoff told a House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee yesterday. more
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