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Redesigned Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/burnpits/registry.asp
VA and the Biden Administration announce new government-wide website, call center to protect Veterans from fraud and scams: https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-and-the-biden-harris-administration-announce-new-government-wide-website-call-center-to-protect-veterans-from-fraud-and-scams/
VA to expand benefits access for US vets of K2 Uzbekistan base: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/08/14/va-to-expand-benefits-access-for-us-vets-of-k2-uzbekistan-base/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb
Homeless vets set to receive more housing help: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/08/09/homeless-vets-set-to-receive-more-housing-help/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb
VA awards over $800 million in grants to help homeless and at-risk Veterans and their: https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-awards-over-800-million-in-grants-to-help-homeless-and-at-risk-veterans-and-their-families/
In two years of the PACT Act, VA has delivered benefits and health care to millions of toxic-exposed Veterans and their survivors: https://news.va.gov/press-room/in-two-years-of-the-pact-act-va-has-delivered-benefits-and-health-care-to-millions-of-toxic-exposed-veterans-and-their-survivor/
Vets may see only a small cost-of-living boost in benefits next year: https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/08/19/vets-may-see-only-a-small-cost-of-living-boost-in-benefits-next-year/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb
Former VFW commander gets probation for stealing $40,000 from his Oklahoma post: https://www.vetthenews.com/former-vfw-commander-gets-probation-for-stealing-40000-from-his-oklahoma-post/
Urgent Care Benefits: What You Need to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XuBW06LG3s
GOP military veteran lawmakers sign letter denouncing Walz: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/21/republicans-congress-tim-walz-military-service-00175282?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb
Vets’ PACT Act claims continue to rise, two years after law’s passage: https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/08/20/vets-pact-act-claims-continue-to-rise-two-years-after-laws-passage/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb
The VA withheld $84M from eligible disabled veterans. Now nonprofit legal clinics are stepping in: https://delawarevalleyjournal.com/the-va-withheld-84m-from-eligible-disabled-veterans-now-nonprofit-legal-clinics-are-stepping-in/
A golden ticket: Florida veterans awarded free homes: https://www.arcamax.com/homeandleisure/consumer/home/s-3376069
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