Connecticut State Employees and Parking Lot Injuries
If you are a Connecticut State employee who has been injured in a State parking lot on your way to or from work and you are permanently disabled [...]
New SEBAC Provision For Disabled State Workers
In 2017, the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) entered into an agreement with the State of Connecticut. The purpose of that [...]
New Federal Circuit Rules
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit hears appeals from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. It has limited [...]
Better Communication Still Needed On VA’s EHR Push, Congressional Watchdog Says
Fedscoop – The Department of Veterans Affairs needs more input from clinicians and other stakeholders on its massive electronic health [...]
Vets Group Urges White House Task Force To Release Plan For Suicide Prevention After Delays
Stars and Stripes – A national veterans organization urged the Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary on Friday to release its past-due [...]
Vets Who Lost Jobs Due To Coronavirus Could Be Eligible For New Job Training
Military Times – A new bipartisan congressional plan would create a rapid retraining program for veterans who lost their jobs due to the [...]
Vets Affairs Lawmakers Introduce Major Bill To Help Homeless Vets During Pandemic
Connecting Vets – As the coronavirus pandemic continues in the United States, veteran advocates have increasingly warned that the economic [...]
Senators Introduce Bill To Help Vets With Toxic Exposure Facing Coronavirus Diagnosis
Stars and Stripes – Military and veteran health care providers would be required to ask service members and veterans who test positive for [...]
VA Lacks Enough PPE For Potential Second Wave Of Coronavirus, Top Official Claims
Newsweek – The top health official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has warned that the agency may lack adequate supplies of [...]
230,000 Vets’ Disability Ratings Are Stuck In Limbo Due To COVID-19
Task & Purpose – Hundreds of thousands of veterans are stuck in limbo in regards to their disability compensation because the novel [...]
Seeking The Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 21: Betsey Mercado, Director Of The Objective Zero Foundation
Military Times – This podcast from Military Times examines the alarming rate of military and veterans suicide, offering new insights based [...]
VA Unlikely To Deploy Cerner EHR Before Fall
Becker’s Hospital Review – A new COVID-19 outbreak at a local veterans home in Spokane, Wash., may cause the Department of Veterans [...]
Trump Extends Guard Coronavirus Missions Until Mid-August
Military Times – President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will extend National Guard orders authorizing domestic coronavirus response [...]
VA Secretary Defends 2021 Budget Ask, Pandemic Response In The Senate
Connecting Vets – Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Wilkie faced the second panel of Capitol Hill lawmakers in as many weeks on [...]
Gulf War Illness Can Persist 25 Years In Female Vets
PsychCentral – More than a quarter-century after the Gulf War, female combat veterans have nearly double the risk of reporting more than [...]
Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Require VA Track All Vets Exposed To Toxic Burn Pits
Connecting Vets – Lawmakers this week introduced a bill that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to document, track and notify [...]
VA Backlog Of Claims Grows To 119,000 As Work Stopped For Coronavirus
Stars and Stripes – The backlog of Department of Veterans Affairs claims has grown by tens of thousands of cases since the department [...]
Seeking The Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 20: Kate Hendricks Thomas
Military Times – This podcast from Military Times examines the alarming rate of military and veterans suicide, offering new insights based [...]
Suicide Risk For Vets Could Grow As Coronavirus Crisis Winds Down
Military Times – Veterans’ isolation and stress from the coronavirus pandemic could increase their chances of suicidal thoughts, but health [...]
VA Trials Of Hydroxychloroquine Will Continue Despite Troubling Studies
Stars and Stripes – The Department of Veterans Affairs will continue to use hydroxychloroquine to treat some coronavirus patients despite [...]
Pentagon Leaves Open Possibility That Some Guardsmen Could Fall Short Of Accruing Benefits In Virus Response
Stars and Stripes – The Pentagon is open to having some National Guard members stay on federal orders beyond a June 24 date set by the [...]
Top Vets Affairs Senator Pledges To Pass Major Vet Mental Health Bill
Connecting Vets – The top Veterans Affairs lawmaker in the Senate pledged to pass a major veterans’ mental healthcare bill in a [...]
Lawmakers Seek Solutions For Vets Denied Benefits After VA Canceled Exams Amid COVID-19
Connecting Vets – Veterans have been denied benefits during the coronavirus pandemic because their compensation and pension exams at the [...]
Seeking The Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 19: Retired Army Maj. Gen. Mark Graham
Military Times – This podcast from Military Times examines the alarming rate of military and veterans suicide, offering new insights based [...]
Duckworth Introduces Bill To Extend Deployments, Benefits To Guard Troops Fighting Coronavirus
Stars and Strips – Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced a bill Wednesday to extend the federal orders for National Guard troops [...]
Women Vets Advocates Worry Coronavirus Crisis Will Overshadow Other Needed Fixes
Military News – Women veterans advocates worry another victim of the coronavirus pandemic could be progress in addressing [...]
Tele-Town Hall Meetings New Norm For VA
Federal News Network – The Veterans Benefits Administration aims to talk to hundreds of thousands of veterans in a series of town hall [...]
Oversight Of Vets Homes To Be Probed After Virus Deaths
U.S. News & World Report – A congressional watchdog agency has agreed to investigate the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ oversight [...]
Group Says Vets Could Be Excluded From CARES Act Grants
Inside Higher Ed – College students who are veterans of the U.S. military could be disproportionately denied emergency aid grants under the [...]
VA Disputes Yale-Linked Report, Says No Evidence Agent Orange Was Used On Guam
Stars and Stripes – The Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing back against a recent report that says veterans who served on Guam [...]
