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Pro-bono legal services for low income veterans

Attorney General Mark R. Herring has announced that a pro-bono Veterans Legal Services Clinic for low income veterans will take place in November. It will take place on November 17th at the Petersburg Freedom Support...

VA Failing American Veterans Aid Appeals

White House officials are pushing Congress to amend and improve, if not completely overhaul the appeals process for American veterans aid appeals for benefit claims this year, noting the shrinking legislative window and calling...

Trump on Veterans Programs

His recent speech In Virginia was Donald Trump on veterans programs.  It was the latest in a series of prepared remarks aimed at articulating his policy agenda and convincing still-reticent Republicans that he has...

American Veterans Complaints About Response Time

VA backlogs and wait times are a consistent  cause for American Veterans complaints. Vets in need of care  cite long waits at the VA.  Currently there are more than 70,000 veteran disability claims that...

Homeless Veterans Numbers Down by Half

The good news is that the number of homeless veterans in America is down significantly since 2010. According to HUD and the VA the number is 47% overall and some states are even better...

Aid for Older American Veterans with TBI

Studies on American veterans with TBI - traumatic brain injury - reveal that they may be at greater risk for developing dementia later in life. One such study published in July 2014 issue of...

American Veterans Benefits and Incarceration

Some 700 000 American Veterans are incarcerated in jails or prisons.  Many of them are there because of PTSD and substance abuse.  When a vet is found guilty of a crime and sentenced to...

American Veterans Benefits Bill Preserves Housing Preference

  A compromise version of an American Veterans Benefits Bill passed by both branches of the state Legislature recently, ensured that the boards of trustees for soldiers' homes in Holyoke and Chelsea, Massachusetts, would remain...

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