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  • Wounded Warriors Compete in Sitting Volleyball Tournament

    Wounded Warriors Compete in Sitting Volleyball Tournament

    Since 2008, the Department of Defense has designated November as [...]

  • Backlog of Disability Claims Reduced by 34 Percent since March, 93 Percent of Claims Over One Year Old Completed

    Backlog of Disability Claims Reduced by 34 Percent since March, 93 Percent of Claims Over One Year Old Completed

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has made significant progress in [...]

  • Separate System Ensures Wounded Troops Receive Disability Benefits Quickly

    Separate System Ensures Wounded Troops Receive Disability Benefits Quickly

    Director of the Office of Corporate Communications at the Veterans Benefits Administration

    The backlog of disability claims for Veterans is getting a lot of media coverage, and everyone throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs, from the Secretary on down, has acknowledged that this is an urgent problem they are working to fix.

  • Provisional Decisions Coming to Older Disability Claims

    Provisional Decisions Coming to Older Disability Claims

    To be sure, last week was a big one for [...]

  • National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic Kicks Off

    National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic Kicks Off

    The National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic has kicked off [...]

  • Temporary Disability Retirement List – Are You Covered?

    Temporary Disability Retirement List – Are You Covered?

    Project manager, VA Insurance Center

    Did you know that if you have been recently placed on the Temporary Disability Retirement List (TDRL), your Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI), coverage will end 120 days after the date you were placed on the TDRL?

  • ACE Eliminates Need for Some In-Person Disability Exams

    ACE Eliminates Need for Some In-Person Disability Exams

    Communications specialist, Veterans Benefits Administration

    We recently launched a new initiative called Acceptable Clinical Evidence, which helps expedite claims by eliminating steps in the disability claims process.

  • Valor Games Coming to More Cities in 2013

    Valor Games Coming to More Cities in 2013

    U.S. Marine Corps Veteran; Public Affairs Officer, Office of National Veterans Sports Programs & Special Events

    This year, Veterans with physical disabilities will have more opportunities to get active and involved in sports. The Valor Games are coming to more cities across the country this year.

  • VBA Twitter Town Hall Series: Disability Compensation

    VBA Twitter Town Hall Series: Disability Compensation

    U.S. Army Veteran; Communications Specialist, Veterans Benefits Administration

    Last Thursday, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) continued our monthly Twitter town hall series with an event focused on VA disability compensation exams.

  • VA Disability Compensation Increases in 2013

    VA Disability Compensation Increases in 2013

    Communications specialist, Veterans Benefits Administration

    Last month, the more than four million Veterans and survivors who receive compensation benefits from VA saw an increase of 1.7 percent in their total monthly payment.

  • VBA’s Twitter Town Hall Series: Home Loans and Specially Adapted Housing

    VBA’s Twitter Town Hall Series: Home Loans and Specially Adapted Housing

    U.S. Army Veteran; Communications Specialist, Veterans Benefits Administration

    Last week, VBA held a Twitter Town Hall on Home Loans and Specially Adapted Housing. What would you like to talk about in next months Twitter Town Hall?

  • On the Ground at the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic

    On the Ground at the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic

    More than a hundred recently disabled Veterans have descended upon [...]

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