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VA Benefits and Compensation

Find information on VA benefits, including disability benefits, pensions for Veterans and their families, Veterans’ life insurance and the GI Bill. https://www.nrd.gov/benefits_and_compensation/va_benefits  

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VA’s New Hotline Dedicated to Serving Women Veterans

As part of VA’s goal to implement improvements to its health care for women Veterans, we recently launched our new Women Veterans hotline—1-855-VA-WOMEN (829-6636)—an incoming call center that receives and responds to questions from women Veterans, their families, and caregivers across the nation about available VA services and resources.

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Veterans Crisis Line Website

The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text. Veterans and their loved ones can call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1,chat online, or send a text message to 838255 to receive confidential

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VHA National Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (NCP)

Keeping veterans well and well  informed! http://www.prevention.va.gov/  

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Stress? Problems? Here’s Free Online Help!

Are you struggling with relationships, finances, finding a job, confusion about your future, dealing with loneliness, or adjusting to the challenges of civilian life? A new web program, entitled, Moving Forward, can help you start making steps toward positive change. Moving Forward is a free, anonymous, online

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VA Launches Hotline for Health Care, Women Veteran Questions

The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a new hotline — 1-855-VA-WOMEN — to receive and respond to questions from veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women veterans. The service began accepting calls March 27. “Some women veterans may not

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Meet Vets who are Strong at the Broken Places

  As graduation neared, Meg began to have more flashbacks. Nightmares kept her up, and she found herself fighting to get control of post-traumatic stress. Today, Meg works with colleges and universities around the country to help them understand the student Veteran experience. Read Meg’s story  

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Innovation At VA: Collaboration, Data Aid Veteran Benefits Project

A collaborative effort to combine data previously scattered across multiple federal agencies has led to a single portal where veterans can access key benefits. http://gov.aol.com/2012/11/05/innovation-at-va-collaboration-data-aid-veteran-benefits-proje/

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The Best Ways for Vet Caregivers to Stay Strong

  Mark is a father. He’s also a Caregiver for his son. “Each day is a blessing to have my son with me.” His love for his Veteran son is very evident in this video. And his message to other family caregivers out there is: “Stay strong.”

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Women’s Health Assures Women Vets: VA is The Right Place

A new public service announcement lets women Veterans know they’ve come to “The Right Place” when seeking VA health care. Many of the 1.8 million women Veterans in the United States are unaware that VA offers high quality women’s health care. VA’s Women’s Health Services office intends

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