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Veteran communities receive latest resources for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs encourages Veterans affected by inflammatory bowel diseases to access a new website that raises awareness of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
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VA supports women Veteran entrepreneurs in how to obtain government contracts
Graduates from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Women Veteran-Owned Small Business Initiative recently finished the VetBizLadyStart program, paving a way for their future in the federal marketplace.
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VA will propose adding rare cancers to the presumed service-connected list as related to military environmental exposure
The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to propose adding certain rare respiratory cancers to the list of presumed service-connected disabilities in relation to military environmental exposure to particulate matter.
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VA encourages donating blood amid blood crisis
The Department of Veterans Affairs and its participating VA medical centers across the country are in the midst of “Roll Up Your Sleeve 2022” blood drives through March in response to the ongoing national need for blood during the continuing COVID-19 public health emergency.
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VA Proposes Updates to Rating Schedule for Respiratory, Auditory and Mental Disorders
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing changes to the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities specifically pertaining to the respiratory, auditory and mental disorders body systems.
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VA Funding Available to Create Technology Helping Eligible Service Members and Veterans Adapt Their Homes
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology grants available for fiscal year 2022 to develop new technologies that enhance the ability of seriously disabled service members and Veterans to live more independently.
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VA appointees brought on board in early 2022
More Department of Veterans Affairs key appointments are filled at the start of the new year.
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VA establishes new threshold for reporting benefit and medical debt
The Department of Veterans Affairs published a final rule in the Federal Register, Feb. 2, amending VA’s procedures for reporting debt to consumer reporting agencies.
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VA amplifies access to home, community-based services for eligible Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care is expanding its Home-Based Primary Care, Medical Foster Home and Veteran-Directed Care programs to make them available at all VA medical centers by the end of fiscal year 2026.
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VA takes action to become federal model for inclusion, diversity, equity, and access for Veterans and employees
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs becomes attuned making inclusion, diversity, equity and access a part of its cultural transformation action plan.v
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VA seeks feedback to guide new copayment waiver program for Veterans at risk for suicide
WASHINGTON — To encourage outpatient mental health care and reduce any potential barriers associated with seeking it, the U.S.
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Third report details VA’s continued efforts addressing COVID-19 pandemic
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs releases the third iteration of its
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VA strengthens care for Veterans impacted by intimate partner violence and sexual assault
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs recently initiated a pilot program to improve services for Veterans who have experienced or are experiencing intimate partner violence or sexual assault.
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VA advances Electronic Health Record Modernization program
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today its updated plan to move forward with its systemwide Electronic Health Record Modernization program.
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VA and Indian Health Service broaden scope to serve American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service renewed a partnership, Oct. 1, to help the country’s nearly 145,000 American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans overcome health care access barriers.
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Smoking rates steadily trend down among Veterans receiving VA care
WASHINGTON — In conjunction with the Great American Smokeout observed Nov. 18, the Department of Veterans Affairs is encouraging Veterans to talk to their health care providers about smoking cessation programs to help them quit, as cigarette use continues to decline nationwide.
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VA helps women Veteran entrepreneurs power up
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the PenFed Foundation, helped three women-owned small businesses earn business development grants used to support their growing companies in the economic marketplace.
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VA updates disability rating schedules for genitourinary and cardiovascular systems
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced its update to the genitourinary and cardiovascular regulations in the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities at Title 38 Code of Federal Regulations.
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VA pilots evaluation model to determine potential exposure to environmental hazards while serving
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Nov. 11 it is piloting a comprehensive military exposure model to consider possible relationships of in-service environmental hazards to medical conditions.
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VA releases cybersecurity strategy to secure Veteran information and privacy
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs publishes new cybersecurity strategy, Nov. 4, to protect against exposure of Veterans’ personal information or the corruption of critical data.
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VA extends presumptive period for Persian Gulf War Veterans
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has extended the presumptive period to Dec. 31, 2026 for qualifying chronic disabilities rated 10% or more resulting from undiagnosed illnesses in Persian Gulf War Veterans to ensure benefits established by Congress are fairly administered.
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VA expands offering of COVID-19 booster vaccines
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is now offering Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J)/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine booster shots under Emergency Use Authorization, expanding on last month’s authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech booster.
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VA stands up commission to recommend new Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs established a commission to identify candidates to lead and manage the Veterans Health Administration.
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VA adopts new artificial intelligence strategy to ensure trustworthy use of technology for Veteran care
WASHINGTON — As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ efforts to explore the use of artificial intelligence in the delivery of health care and benefits, VA implemented a new AI strategy late September, to serve as a guideline for ethical use of the technology throughout its enterprise.