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In observance of PTSD Awareness Month, June 2016, VA’s National Center for PTSD presents the following profile of a Veteran who is living with PTSD and has turned his life around with treatment. Chris Tyler joined the Army in 1996, right after he graduated from high school. During his nine years of service he was
Read moreThe Silent No More campaign was born out of the idea that no Veteran should suffer in silence from a mental illness of any kind. The campaign is comprised of photographs of Veterans holding up signs of encouragement and the words they wished they heard when they were at a crossroads in their own lives,
Read moreJoin the Burn Pit Registry to document your exposures and heath concerns, obtain a free health evaluation by a VA or DoD provider, and stay infromed of VA’s research. The registry is your opportunity to help answer the question of what burn pit exposure could mean for your health and that of fellow Veterans in
Read moreOver the last four years, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) employees have worked hard to serve our Veterans, their families and survivors and to move the organization into the digital age. This long overdue transformation resulted in improvements of historic measures that ultimately provided faster, higher quality benefits and services to our Veterans. Accomplishments such as
Read moreVA launched the Million Veteran Program (MVP) in 2011, with the goal of enabling genomic discoveries that can translate into improvements in health care for Veterans and the nation at large. With nearly 500,000 Veterans enrolled to date, the program is already one of the world’s largest databases of health and genomic information. The database
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