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entitled Review of Veterans Disability Compensation Rehabilitating Veterans which began a thorough look at VA s rehabilitation system in the context of the larger veterans disability compensation system Following...gold standard rehabilitative services Today the Committee heard about ongoing community efforts I urge VA to join these efforts to ensure that veterans receive timely high quality rehabilitative care and services...Social Work Veterans Health Administration Department of Veterans Affairs Dorcas Hardy Former Chair VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force John Lancaster Executive Director National Council...

Combat Veterans Act This legislation would remove a barrier to the fair adjudication of claims for VA benefits filed by veterans who have disabilities incurred or aggravated by their military service in...official military documents Under an opinion of the Department of Veterans Affairs General Counsel VA GC Opinion 12 99 veterans must establish by official military records or decorations that they personally...encounter with a military foe or hostile unit or instrumentality Oversight visits by Committee staff to VA regional offices have found claims denied as a result of this policy because those who served in combat...

seamless transition when leaving the military I am especially proud that this bill will extend automatic VA health care eligibility for returning veterans from two years to five years said Akaka Chairman Akaka...Reports on the unacceptable conditions at Walter Reed Medical Center helped to highlight the need for VA and DoD to adapt to the changing needs of this newest generation of combat veterans This Wounded Warrior...from S 1233 would Require VA to develop a comprehensive rehabilitation and community reintegration plan for each veteran with traumatic brain injury TBI Authorize the use of non VA facilities if a veteran...

returning from active duty eligible for VA health care for five years after their separation from active duty Under current law servicemembers have unfettered access to the VA health care for only two years upon...on as a cosponsor to this legislation The Returning Servicemember Health Care Access Act will extend VA health care benefits to military personnel returning from active duty and moving to veteran status...Senator Akaka said In Hawaii 25 30 percent of veterans receive mental health services from the Hawaii VA Over one third of these patients are diagnosed with PTSD The legislation Senator Akaka introduced today...