Action Corps Weekly – November 21, 2018
VFW Action Corps Weekly November 21, 2018 This week’s issue is being delivered early in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. In This Issue: 1. Korean War Remains Uncovered Inside DMZ 2. Military Recruiting Drops 7 Percent 3. November is National Family Caregiver Month 4. TRICARE Prime and Select Open Season 5. TRDP and FEDVIP Update…
VFW Action Corps Weekly – November 16, 2018
VFW Action Corps Weekly November 16, 2018 In This Issue: 1. National Academies Link Hypertension, MGUS to Agent Orange Exposure 2. VA Rates 70 Percent of its Nursing Homes as Failures 3. GI Bill Oversight Hearing Held 4. Hearing on VA’s Oversight of Contract Disability Examinations 5. Blue Water Navy Bill Continues to be Stalled…
National Academies Link Hypertension, MGUS to Agent Orange Exposure
National Academies Link Hypertension, MGUS to Agent Orange Exposure VFW urges VA to swiftly add both diseases to presumptive list WASHINGTON (November 15, 2018) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to add hypertension and a precursor to multiple myeloma to the current list of…
VA Rates 70 Percent of its Nursing Homes as Failures
VA Rates 70 Percent of its Nursing Homes as Failures VFW, Legion national commanders demand immediate action WASHINGTON (November 14, 2018) — The national commanders of the nation’s two largest veterans organizations are demanding that Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie bring immediate attention to his nursing home program that currently has 70 percent…
