VA’s Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) is hosting on-site and virtual hiring fairs in February and March that are designed to connect job seekers with positions related to the PACT Act, the new law that may make Veterans exposed to toxins while serving eligible for benefits and care. The fairs are part of VA’s PACT Act initiative to hire processors to handle the many claims that have been submitted since the PACT Act became law in August 2022.

VA’s Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses to host two Veteran Engagement Sessions for 1990-91 Gulf War Veterans who want to raise questions or share their experience about Gulf War Illness.

VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America will host National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Portland, July 4-9. Eligible Veterans may submit applications from Feb. 1 until April 2.

VA and the Veterans Day National Committee are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Veterans Day Poster Contest. Submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on April 1, 2023.

The National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic is designed to help Veterans whose current rehabilitation goals would benefit from the value of adaptive summer sports. The NVSSC serves Veterans living with spinal cord injuries, amputations, visual impairments, neurological conditions, PTSD, burns, and TBI/polytrauma.

VA has launched a new webpage that shows the number of Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry participants by state and congressional district.

Guns are used in the vast majority of Veteran suicides. To save Veterans’ lives, we must conquer the uneasiness of talking about guns.

Data helps VA create programs and initiatives for our highest clinical priority…preventing Veteran suicide.

Whether writing your resume or prepping for your interview, we’ve got tips to help you on every step of your journey to a career at VA.

On August 10, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022. Section 804 of this law is the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (CLJA), which allows new lawsuits for people exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

Scholarships will cover up to two years of graduate studies. The mental health professionals will serve for six years at one of VA’s 300 Vet Centers.

Between Dec. 10-17, VA hosted more than 120 PACT Act Week of Action events across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to inform Veterans, their families and survivors about the PACT Act and to encourage them to apply for the health care and benefits they have earned.