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In Connecticut, municipal teachers are not covered by Social Security, but are covered by a teachers’ retirement system.  Benefits are administered by the Teachers’ Retirement Board. [...]

If you are a Connecticut State employee and you wish to apply for a disability retirement, your agency may be handing you a new form. It is a form which states, “I wish to waive my right to [...]

Military Times – This podcast from Military Times examines the alarming rate of military and veterans suicide, offering new insights based on research and effective clinical and peer [...]

Federal Computer Week – The Veterans Benefits Administration at the Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to reprogram about $250 million in COVID-19 emergency funding to modernize its [...]

Becker’s Hosptial Review – The Department of Veterans Affairs partnered with Apple to provide more than 50,000 veterans with cellular-enabled iPads to increase their access to virtual [...]

Connecting Vets – The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering debt relief to veterans impacted by natural disasters, including the wildfires plaguing the West Coast and Hurricane Sally. [...]

Connecting Vets – Veterans who are at odds with a decision the VA has made on their compensation claim can now request a virtual hearing with the Board of Veterans Appeals. Read More >

Military.com – Military dependents and retirees now have through the end of June 2021 to access benefits using ID cards that expired this year, thanks to an extension of temporary ID card [...]

Military Times – In April a barbecue near the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, led to the release of 60,000 gallons of the potentially toxic aqueous film-forming foam, known as [...]

Military.com – Senators have ramped up efforts to add three new diseases to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ list of Agent Orange-related diseases, pressing the House and Senate [...]