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VISN-4 Introduces New “Wheelchair” Repair Service
Mobility Devices to be Repaired Without Appointment or Consult Today, VISN-4 announced that the VA has partnered with Scootaround, the nation’s leading personal transportation solutions company, to provide a single point of contact for the repair of VA-issued wheelchairs, powerchairs, and scooters. The intention is to provide convenient, fast and Read more…
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Federal Government Offers More Fraud and Scam Advice
The surge of new VA benefits have made veterans, servicemembers and their families targets for bad actors, more and more. The result has been recent federal, intragovernmental efforts to provide better knowledge and tools to avoid fraud and scams because these bad actors who have become increasingly sophisticated. The most Read more…
Forward Observer
Time to End the Claims Sharking Mess
Time to End the Claims Sharking Mess Unqualified organizations and individuals charging exorbitant and improper fees has been a problem amplified by the passage of the PACT Act in August 2022. The matter is now getting out of hand. See the PBS broadcast and transcript below for more about the Read more…
HUD-VASH Landlord Recruitment Fair
Go to “More Info” in right column for direct link rather than wasting time on QR Code camera work. Due to questionable regional and municipal planning and control practices and laws in Pennsylvania — and, sometimes, greed — affordable housing in our valley is a major catastrophe currently. Hence the Read more…
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LVMAC Tidbit: VA Adds Three More Cancers to the Presumptive List
Crescendo of Presumptive Conditions Continues Since the Passage of the PACT Act The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that it is including three new cancer types in the list of presumed service-connected disabilities due to military environmental exposure under the PACT Act. Through a sub-regulatory policy letter Read more…
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LVMAC Tidbit: VA Community Town Hall Comes to the Lehigh Valley
VA Healthcare Changes May Make It Worth Your While The event, scheduled for 5 p.m. on 22 May 2024 at the Allentown VA Clinic, will provide military veterans, family members and the public, feedback on VA operations and give them a chance to ask questions about recent expanded benefits through Read more…
Lehigh Valley VA Community Town Hall
VA Healthcare Changes May Make It Worth Your While The event will provide military veterans, family members and the public, feedback on VA operations and give them a chance to ask questions about recent expanded benefits through the PACT Act. Staff will also be on hand throughout the Community Town Read more…
VA “Wellness Wednesday” Financial Education Seminar
As a result of a partnership between the VA and Prudential Financial, the Office of Outreach, Transition and Economic Development (OTED) is offering to military veterans, transitioning servicemembers, and their family members and caregivers, the opportunity to participate in a Wellness Wednesday Financial Educational series. The series addresses identified, financial Read more…
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VA Offers Financial Literacy “Wellness Wednesdays”
In Partnership with Prudential Financial As a result of a partnership between the VA and Prudential Financial, the Office of Outreach, Transition and Economic Development (OTED) is offering to military veterans, transitioning servicemembers, and their family members and caregivers, the opportunity to participate in a Wellness Wednesday Financial Educational series. Read more…