Join 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
Read moreVeteran of the Day has been a tradition on VA’s social media pages for more than two years now. Each post gets thousands of views, likes, comments and shares. Since this is a daily publication, we’re always in need for great nominations. If you know a Veteran who deserves to be recognized, please refer to
Read moreThe company that hires a once-homeless Veteran; the landlord who accepts her housing voucher; the faith-based group that helps furnish his new apartment; the foundation that shores up her finances; and the civic group that pays a visit to welcome him home. These are just a few ways that organizations provide a fresh start to
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