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Gordon H. Mansfield Award

Recognized for her work to advance legislation that enables the VA to provide procreative services to catastrophically injured veterans PVA national president Al Kovach Jr (left) presents the Gordon H. Mansfield Award to Senator Patty Murray (center) in Washington, D.C. Joining them is PVA Northwest chapter executive director Brent King (right) and PVA senior VP […]

Operation PAVE Success Story – Bryan Chaney

Paralyzed Veterans of America has been on a mission to change lives and build brighter futures for seriously injured heroes. Operation PAVE is one such objective Over his 25-year military career, 45 year-old Bryan Chaney served in logistics, recruiting, and combat training. He held six different occupational specialties and oversaw the command of various recruiting posts. Despite […]

The Post Exchange

Honorably discharged veterans can now enjoy the benefits of the military exchange Beginning this Veterans Day, prior service military members will be allowed to return to the post exchange … in a manner of speaking. The Department of Defense announced that Military Exchanges, an online “commissary,” will soon be open for honorably discharged veterans. “We […]

Making or Breaking Trump’s VA Secretary Selection

The problems in the VA don’t stem from the top, but from middle management, which is entrenched in bureaucracy and plausible deniability

New DOT Rules

Paralyzed Veterans of America is applauding the Department of Transportation ruling

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

President Obama proclaims December 7th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Veterans Crisis Line Bill

President Obama signs the veterans crisis line bill Iowa Congressman David Young realized that the veteran suicide rate had reached epidemic proportions and took action. Thanks to his initiative, The, “No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act,” or H.R. 5392 was signed by President Obama and requires the VA secretary to make certain […]

Department of Veterans Affairs’ Appointment App

VA to launch online medical appointment scheduling by 2017

Women Veterans

A new VA initiative is focused on women veterans Women veterans can benefit from a new partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Center for Women Veterans and leanin.org, a nonprofit organization founded by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. The VA initiative, called the leanin.org Women Veterans’ chapter, is intended to empower women […]