Veterans’ Affairs Department
Veterans Needed for Census Jobs
The US Census Bureau is calling for Veterans to apply for temporary positions related to the census. This is a way to do both, service to the community and get paid. It would also help the Department of Veterans Affairs get better numbers on the veteran communities. Key points from the VA blog: JOIN OUR […]
‘The Bible stays’
Vice President Pence weighs in on fight over Manchester VA POW/MIA display Mikey Weinstein’s latest endeavor to remove any and all Christian and Jewish religious symbology from the military has failed. The “Missing Soldier” setting at the Manchester NH VA Medical Center included a Bible donated by a WWII POW. This display raised the ire […]
Female Vets Harrassed at VA Facilities
WASHINGTON — Corey Foster spent her Army career caring for wounded troops, both as a flight medic in the Iraq war and at Walter Reed hospital, so she looked forward to one of the most celebrated benefits of military service — health care for life from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Then she walked through […]
The VA Gets One Right. Sorta.
Last month, the VA “got one right”. Sorta. Specifically, the DVA’s General Counsel ruled that obesity is not considered a service-connected disability. Yeah, that’s pretty much a “no-brainer”. But there’s a reason I said the VA “sorta” got it right. Though obesity alone cannot under VA rules be determined a service-connected disability, it can apparently […]
Look, VA Did It Again
This is disturbing. First of all, those monthly VA disability payments are supposed to be set up for XX months, aren’t they? And isn’t this all done on an autopay basis? Or am I just assuming incorrectly that there are no government sandcrabs in cluttered cubicles who key in this stuff each month and manage […]
Richard E. Kohl, valor thief, pleads guilty to defrauding the VA
HMC Ret sends us a link to the news that 83-year-old Richard E. Kohl pleaded guilty in Pensacola, Florida to defrauding the Department of Veterans’ Affairs of $219,719.39. From the Department of Justice; Documents introduced at the time of the guilty plea reflect that, at some point prior to July 3, 1996, Kohl created and […]
Veteran protests treatment at the VA with self-immolation
Claymore sends us a link to the story of a veteran who set himself on fire using fireworks and gasoline on the Georgia Capitol grounds; The incident happened on Washington Street around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. “We have somebody who claims to be a veteran that is disgruntled by treatment by the V.A.,” he said. The […]
Indiana VA and Gay Pride flag
Bobo sends us a link to WANE which reports that the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System in Fort Wayne removed five service flags so they could fly a gay pride rainbow flag at their facility. The sight drew plenty of attention from residents and visitors to the VA. NewsChannel 15 received several questions and […]
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