Tag: Veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a new partnership with the American Association of Kidney Patients to improve the everyday lives of Veterans with kidney disease in coordination with VA’s Kidney Medicine Program.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that Veterans under 40 who may have been exposed to burn pits and other toxins during their service are now eligible for breast cancer risk assessments and mammograms (as clinically appropriate) at VA.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will conduct a scientific review to determine whether there is a relationship between three conditions — acute leukemias, chronic leukemias, and multiple myeloma outside of the head and neck — and toxic exposures for service members who deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Uzbekistan, and the entire Southwest Asia theater of operations.

Good morning, thanks for that warm welcome; and, Jean Gurga, thanks for the kind introduction. Let me start by saying how much I regret not being with you in person.

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $11.5 million in legal services grants for Veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness as part of its national homeless prevention efforts.