Veterans Law

VA’s National Cemetery Administration leads all public and private organizations in 2022 customer satisfaction ratings

February 21, 2023

VA’s National Cemetery Administration (NCA) – which provides Veterans and their families with burial benefits and memorial services – led all organizations, public or private, in the prestigious American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) for 2022. NCA received a score of 97, the highest score ever achieved by any organization rated by the ACSI. This is…

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Winners revealed in VA’s $20M Mission Daybreak Grand Challenge to reduce Veteran suicides

February 16, 2023

Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the 10 winners of Mission Daybreak, a $20 million grand challenge aimed at developing innovations to reduce Veteran suicides. Read more from the VA: Read More

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VA and NFFE reach key agreements to better serve Vets and support VA employees

February 15, 2023

This month, VA reached three key agreements with the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) that will help VA better serve Veterans and support VA’s employees. Specifically, VA and NFFE agreed to memorandums of understanding that will: Read more from the VA: Read More

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VA offers $30M in grant funding to assist formerly homeless Veterans

February 2, 2023

As a part of ongoing efforts to prevent and end Veteran homelessness, the Department of Veterans Affairs is announcing $30 million in grant funding for organizations to help formerly homeless Veterans maintain their independence and housing stability. Read more from the VA: Read More

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VA housed more than 40,000 homeless Veterans in 2022

January 26, 2023

During 2022, the Department of Veterans Affairs permanently housed 40,401 homeless Veterans, providing them with the safe, stable homes that they deserve. This exceeded the department’s goal to house 38,000 Veterans in 2022 by 6.3%. Read more from the VA: Read More

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VA Expands Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers

January 25, 2023
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Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) January 25, 2023 – On October 1, 2022, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the expansion of its Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) to veterans of all eras. Before the expansion, the program provided a monthly stipend to full-time caregivers of seriously ill or injured Veterans…

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VA adds several new political appointees

January 17, 2023

The Department of Veterans Affairs has added several key leaders to the team in recent months, all of whom will help VA serve Veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors. Read more from the VA: Read More

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Starting Jan. 17, Veterans in suicidal crisis can go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for free emergency health care

January 17, 2023

Starting Jan. 17, Veterans in acute suicidal crisis will be able to go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for emergency health care at no cost – including inpatient or crisis residential care for up to 30 days and outpatient care for up to 90 days. Veterans do not need to be enrolled…

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VA reaches 1M Veterans in military exposure screenings

January 4, 2023

The Department of Veterans Affairs marks a historic milestone by screening 1 million Veterans for military exposures as part of the PACT Act signed into law Aug. 10. Read more from the VA: Read More

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VA will begin processing PACT Act benefits claims for all Veterans and survivors on Jan. 1

December 29, 2022

On Jan. 1, 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs will begin processing PACT Act benefit claims for all Veterans and their survivors. Read more from the VA: Read More

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