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Veterans Choice Program Contractors Overpaid By $100 Million In Bulk Payments
An IG report released this week showed VA contractors administering the Veterans Choice Program were overpaid $100 million from March 2016 to March 2017. Bulk…
Operation Golden Flow: Sec VA Mandates Drug Screening For Stressed Employees
Stressed out employees referred to the Employee Assistance Program drug use were told they must sign an authorization for VA to access their medical records…
New Legal Review For Disabled Veterans Alleging Agent Orange Exposure
Two pro bono legal groups have teamed up to fight for veterans seeking disability compensation for disabilities linked to Agent Orange exposure in a new…
Fall 2018 – DisabledVeterans.org Internship For College Credit
Journalism & Content Writer Internship For Credit This is an unpaid internship for college credit that is for veterans using their GI Bill or Vocational…
Skin In The Game: VA Updates Rating Schedules For Skin Conditions
The VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities, also known as VASRD or simply “the rating schedule,” has undergone updates regarding evaluations for skin conditions. The goal…
Have A Memorable Labor Day From DisabledVeterans.org
From us at the publication DisabledVeterans.org, I want to wish you all a memorable Labor Day this September 2018. All the graphics I could find…
OneSource Benefits Expanded To Serve Recently Separated Veterans Longer
The Department of Defense has extended the eligibility period for the Military OneSource program. Formerly 180 days, the new timeframe for OneSource eligibility is one…
AFGE Wins Again – VA Ordered To Rehire Employees Fired Without PIPs
An arbitration decision this week will force VA to rehire AFGE union employees fired from employment where the agency ignored its obligation to use performance…
Former Lockheed Counterintelligence Attorney Jim Byrne Now Acting Deputy Secretary
VA general counsel Jim Byrne, the lead counterintelligence attorney hired from Lockheed Martin, was just named acting deputy secretary of the agency. Byrne was selected…
Is VA Vocational Rehabilitation About To Improve? VA To Add Nearly 20 Percent New Counselors
The Department of Veterans Affairs finally increased the headcount of its little known VA Vocational Rehabilitation program by hiring 20 percent more counselors. “The VR&E…
Court: Trump Accountability Executive Order Largely Unconstitutional
AFGE heralded Friday’s decision by a judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia who ruled parts of President Donald Trump’s May…
VA Interim CHIO Pulls A Trump, Tweets Resignation From Cerner Project
The interim CHIO Genevieve Morris resigned from her post after just one month leading VA in its project to transition from VA’s open course VistA…