Veterans can now update their contact information online
Keeping your contact information up to date with VA is extremely important. Certainly for VHA health care, but even more so for VBA benefits. Now the VA has made it…
VA Testing Virtual Appeals Hearings
The Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) of 2017 (implemented in 2019) gave Veterans a greater choice in how to disagree with a VA claim decision. Under AMA, Veterans can choose from…
Veterans can now access patient billing statements online
AccessVA is a convenient new service allowing Veterans to access their patient billing statements online. The new feature is for Veterans who receive care at a VA health care facility…
VA releases updated DOD list identifying Agent Orange sites outside of Vietnam
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released an updated Department of Defense (DOD) list of locations outside of Vietnam where tactical herbicides were used, tested or stored by the United…
Q&A On VA Electronic Health Records
Over the next several years, VA will transition to a new electronic health record (EHR), a system used by health care providers to store and track patient data. This transition…
How To Help Homeless Veterans
Check out the “How to Help Homeless Veterans” video to learn how you can help Veterans who are at-risk or experiencing homelessness in your community. Discover the steps you can…
VA Resource Locator and Find VA Locations
For Veterans who are not aware of these web tools (and many Vets are not), here are two places where you can search for various VA resources and VA locations.…
VA Makes Progress On Resolution Of Legacy Appeals
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Appeals Management Office (AMO) significantly reduced disability compensation legacy appeals inventory during the last nine months as part of the…
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act Goes Into Effect January 1st – Details
The Blue Water Navy (BWN) Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 (PL 116-23) extended the presumption of herbicide exposure, such as Agent Orange, to Veterans who served in the offshore waters of the Republic…
2020 Compensation Benefits Rate Tables COLA Updates Released
These are effective as of 12/1/2019, so will be paid beginning 1/1/2020. See the new rate tables at benefits.va.gov here: https://www.benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/resources_comp01.asp