by Christian Southards | Jan 9, 2023
California veterans news for the second week of 2023. Readers can submit veterans news stories to southards.calegion@gmail.com. All California Veterans News...
by Christian Southards | Dec 27, 2022
On Dec. 14, six veterans services organizations sent a joint letter to Congress expressing concerns that the VA will not have the funding it needs to execute provisions outlined in the Honoring Our PACT Act if a budget deal for fiscal year 2023 is not reached. The...
by Christian Southards | Dec 15, 2022
As of Dec. 12, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is processing claims authorized by the Honoring Our PACT Act for terminally ill veterans, allowing them to access benefits early. The development preceded the VA’s ongoing PACT Act Week, which aims to educate and...
by Christian Southards | Nov 9, 2022
California veterans news from the second week of November 2022. All California Veterans News Beginning Nov. 8, all veterans enrolled in VA Health Care are eligible for a toxic exposure screening, as per the PACT Act. Veterans can undergo additional screenings “at...
by Christian Southards | Sep 29, 2022
On Sept. 28, the U.S. the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is expanding eligibility and delaying deadlines for Gulf War and Post-9/11 veterans to enroll in VA health care, as provisioned by the Honoring Our PACT Act that was signed into law on Aug. 10....
by Marty Callaghan | Aug 16, 2022
VA has announced that all the presumptive conditions included in the PACT Act are eligible for benefits, effective 10 August 2022 (the day the bill was signed into law): https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5815 There are no waiting periods for future...
