Tag: VA Top Ten News

The shiny item coming up through dirt near Rome turned out to be the dog tag for an American soldier from World War II.

The National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic will be held March 25-30 in Snowmass Village, Colorado. Veterans will ski, fish, kayak, and more, as well as bond with fellow disabled Vets.

The Department of Defense and VA are using their partnered programs to identify and treat traumatic brain injury.

Maryland's General Assembly has voted unanimously to create a "veteran" status on Maryland driver's licenses.

VA’s Offices of Rehabilitation Services, Research and Development, and Public Health will highlight VA’s state-of-the-art care provided for Veterans as part of the Congressional Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012.

March is Professional Social Work Month and more than 9,000 master's level social workers serve as licensed independent practitioners in VA's healthcare system.

All month, VA is celebrating the contributions made by women Veterans to our Nations history. Several new videos are available from the Stories of Service series, in which women Veterans speak of their experiences in the military and their return to civilian life.

Victoria Advocate Through the outpatient Department of Veterans Affairs clinic, he started meeting with a social worker and joined a weekly therapy group.

Assistant Secretary of Defense Douglas Wilson, who heads of the U.S. military’s global public affairs arm, announced his retirement Thursday.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its efforts to prevent suicide through several new initiatives that increase the availability of services for Veterans, Servicemembers and their families.

Veterans facing criminal charges who are in need of mental health or substance use treatment may be eligible for Veterans Treatment Court, if they live in one of the growing number of communities where these courts exist.

Home loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs continue to have the lowest serious delinquency and foreclosure rates in the mortgage industry.

On February 13, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki participated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Association of State Veterans Affairs Directors and VA.

VA is sending new Health Benefits Handbooks to Veterans enrolled in VA health care starting this month. The handbooks are personalized with details on VA health services each Veteran may be eligible to receive.

February is designated as National Recreation Therapy Month in recognition of the contributions made to health care nationwide by recreation therapy professionals.

The National Veterans Small Business Conference, the government’s premier event for Veteran-owned small businesses, is coming to Detroit’s Cobo Center June 25-29.