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  • Who we are: VBA employee Heather Osborne continues to serve to improve the quality of life for her fellow Veterans

    Who we are: VBA employee Heather Osborne continues to serve to improve the quality of life for her fellow Veterans

    Heather Osborne is the Veterans Benefits Administration’s lead contracting analyst in the Benefits Assistance Service, where she manages contracts that provide and bridge critical services for Veterans.

  • Veterans Benefits Administration rehiring federal retirees

    Veterans Benefits Administration rehiring federal retirees

    UPDATED 1/3/2018: The correct email address has been added to [...]

  • VA commission established to recommend under secretary to lead the Veterans Benefits Administration

    VA commission established to recommend under secretary to lead the Veterans Benefits Administration

    The commission is a prerequisite to the president’s appointment of an undersecretary candidate, subject to Senate confirmation.

  • VA to redesign benefits program for service members leaving the military

    VA to redesign benefits program for service members leaving the military

    VA plans to redesign the Benefits Delivery at Discharge program to enable service members to receive disability benefit decisions the day after their discharge.

  • Who We Are: Sheba Akridge serves Veterans to say “thank you”

    Who We Are: Sheba Akridge serves Veterans to say “thank you”

    Sheba Akridge is a Mississippi native, spouse to a Navy Veteran, and a current program analyst in the Veterans Benefits Administration.

  • Who we are: Brian Venerick helps Veterans grow their economic opportunity

    Who we are: Brian Venerick helps Veterans grow their economic opportunity

    As a service-connected disabled Veteran, VA employee Brian Venerick knows the programs he works on firsthand -- as a beneficiary.

  • VA apprenticeship program to train, employ Veterans to assist other Veterans in properly filing for VA benefits

    VA apprenticeship program to train, employ Veterans to assist other Veterans in properly filing for VA benefits

    Paralyzed Veterans will provide a 36-month on-the-job training program to qualified Veterans who are selected for the apprenticeship program.

  • VA modernization initiative reduces processing time for Veterans’ claims, saves future taxpayer dollars

    VA modernization initiative reduces processing time for Veterans’ claims, saves future taxpayer dollars

    This new “paper-extraction” process ensures that when a claim is filed, the Veteran’s electronic record is already available in VA’s computer systems, reducing processing time for benefit claims from Veterans and their survivors.

  • Warrior training program helps Veterans serve Veterans through VA careers

    Warrior training program helps Veterans serve Veterans through VA careers

    While WARTAC serves to provide qualified Veteran service representatives to serve Veterans at VA, the highlight of the program is the answer it can provide transitioning Veterans looking for ways to continue to serve, and serve their fellow Veterans.

  • VA career opportunities in St. Louis

    VA career opportunities in St. Louis

    Opportunity is knocking at VA in St. Louis, as our [...]

  • Winston-Salem VA employees serve North Carolina Veterans at claims clinic

    Winston-Salem VA employees serve North Carolina Veterans at claims clinic

    Last Saturday, hours before sunrise, North Carolina Veterans formed a [...]

  • How VA is Structured (and Why It Matters to You)

    How VA is Structured (and Why It Matters to You)

    An examination of the three administrations in the Department of Veterans Affairs in the context of a Veteran's disability and Montgomery GI Bill claim.

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