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From Channel Nine News, August 10, 2011
DENVER - Nearly 75,000 veterans across the U.S. - 1,500 in Colorado alone - are eligible to receive a thorough review of their disability ratings. The review could make the difference between a one-time s...
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From: McCabe, Thomas J., Jr. Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:13 AMSubject: VA Referral Source
I am the supervisor at the Veterans Affairs Combat Call Center in Lakewood, Colorado. We are a 24/7, 365 day a year referral source for veterans, their f...
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From the Marine Corps Times, April 25, 2011
WHAT'S UP: Older veterans could use Medicare benefits to receive health care from veterans hospitals under legislation sponsored by Rep. Bob Filner of California, ranking Democrat on the House Veterans' A...
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Many of you have heard about the new Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers recently passed into law. VA will start accepting applications for the program on Monday, May 9th.
In addition to many services already in place ...
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Hospitals Shouldn’t Make You Sicker
A vigorous quality-improvement program at more than 150 Veterans Affairs hospitals has achieved remarkable results controlling infections over the past several years. It reduced the spread of ...
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VA – from a rating coach at Philadelphia Pension Center 1/12/2011
Pension is based on income
Average days pending: 194.3 Average days: 70.1
Veterans need to give the correc...
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Enhanced Enrollment Window for Some Non-Enrolled Combat Veterans Discharged Prior to January 28, 2003 Set to Expire in January 2011
In January 2008 Congress increased Combat Veteran benefits by extending the period of enhanced health care enrollment eli...
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The following link goes to a summary of H.R. 3219, the Vetrans' Benefits Act of 2010, signed into public law on 13 October, 2010. The summary is provided by the Congressional Research Service, an arm of the Library of Congress.
http://www.govtrack.us/...
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Below is an e-mail sent by the PAO of the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System on Friday, 12/3/2010, concerning an e-mail "warning" purportedly sent by the VA. This e-mail has been circulated among veternas organizations but, according to the PAO, "TH...
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VA announces change in Agent Orange benefit claims processBy Emily Long elong@govexec.com August 30, 2010
The Veterans Affairs Department is easing the standards under which Vietnam War veterans qualify for benefits related to Agent Orange exposure.
VA ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 27, 2010
Denver VA Medical Center Joins Consortium to Study Military Suicide
DENVER - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eastern Colorado Health Care System announced today that it has joined a...
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Miscellaneous VA Documents available for downloading in PDF format (requires Adobe Reader)
1) ACE - Ask, Care, Escort: VA Brochure - Suicide Prevention for Veterans and Their Family and Friends
2) Mental Health Safety Plan
3) PTSD
4) VA Cares Flyers -...
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From the Department of Veterans Affairs
September 2, 2010
To; All VA Regional Offices
SUBJECT: Modifying the Development Process in Claims for Hearing Loss and/or Tinnitus
Purpose
This letter introduces the Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing, a rating j...
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VA Announces Change to Medication Copays for Some Veterans
WASHINGTON - As previously announced on January 7, 2010, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) froze prescription copayment increases for six months. Veterans who generally have higher income...
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CASTLE ARGGHHH!, a first rate military blog, has posted an exhaustive list of web resources for veterans at http://thedonovan.com/links-for-veter.html . To quote from the site:
Please pass this information on to every Veteran you know. Nearly 100% of t...
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From the Denver VAMC / Eastern Colorado HCS:
We can save you a trip to the hospital and we are happy to assist you with addressing your primary care health care needs over the telephone.
Health Information Call Center (HICC)
303-399-8020
or
Toll Fr...
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Follow the link to http://www.whitehouse.gov/2010-Cabinet-Reports then click on the picture of the Honorable Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for a brief video report....
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website:MyHealtheVet http://www.myhealth.va.gov/
Some tools so you can mamage your care better today.
Vitals Prescriptions Emengency contact Labs
Medical libraries ...
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My Health eVet Web Site http://www.myhealth.va.gov/
A very useful resources to monitor your care.
Create a strong password [8] or more characters, chg every [3] mos
Keep your password secret
1. register 2. log in 3. manage your c...
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From the VFW Magazine, November/December 2009:
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