—Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano released the following statement expressing his concerns with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) interim final rule, which immediately changes how veteran disability ratings are evaluated. Before this change, VA could not reduce ratings based on the effects of medication when evaluating a service-connected disability, requiring evaluation of a veteran’s true functional impairment. This new VA rule changes that standard… Read More
—Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-CA) released the following statement after today’s full committee markup.
“Several bills moved forward at today’s markup with bipartisan support. Committee Democrats supported four of the five bills considered, including legislation to strengthen veteran caregiver experiences, Fisher House access, improve VA patient scheduling experiences, and the quality of VA’s advisory committees,” said Ranking Member Takano. “However… Read More
— Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement applauding Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera), Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside), and Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo’s (D-Santa Clarita) leadership and California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s stewardship as Senate Bill 694 (SB 694) was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.
“Veterans were willing to give everything in service to our country. For that service, we promised th… Read More
VA's "GI Bill College Comparison Tool" - https://www.vets.gov/gi-bill-comparison-tool
DoE's "College Scorecard" - https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
Veteran Education Success Top Ten Tips for student veterans - https://veteranseducationsuccess.org/top-ten-tips/
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that it plans to propose expanded disability compensation eligibility for Veterans exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
From 1953 to 1987, water sources at the base were contaminated with industrial solvents that are correlated with certain health conditions. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald decided to propose presumptions of service connection for certain conditions as… Read More
The unemployment rate for veterans dropped to a seven-year low in August, and the rate for Iraq and Afghanistan war-era veterans fell to the lowest level since federal officials started tracking that population.
The news came the same day that Bureau of Labor Statistics officials announced the national unemployment rate in August had dropped to its lowest level since 2008, before President Obama took office.
Analysts have cautioned against making long-term assumptions based on the monthly … Read More
