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The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability ...
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health [2] that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation ...
The particular services provided can vary by jurisdiction, but can include things such as: Resolving issues regarding compensation due following service; Provision of military pensions
The Fiduciary Service provides oversight for VA's most vulnerable beneficiaries who are unable to manage their own VA benefits. Additionally, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) provides monthly benefits to eligible survivors of service members who died in the line of duty or veterans whose death resulted from a service-related injury ...
Just a little more after Dr. Goodwin's work began, the effort to maintain and improve this corner piece of Virginia and United States history remains a remarkable work-in-progress. In addition to the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, the city's railroad station was restored to become an intermodal passenger facility (see Transportation ...
The GI Bill: a new deal for veterans (2009), brief scholarly overview; Archuleta, Brandon Jason. "Recruit, retain, separate, and reward: military pension policy and the American experience" (Thesis. U of Texas, 2014). online; Bennett, Michael J. When Dreams Came True: The G.I. Bill and the Making of Modern America (New York: Brassey's Inc., 1996)
West Virginia: January 20, 2017 February 14, 2017 25 days Donald Trump (2017–2021) 9 David Shulkin: Pennsylvania: February 14, 2017 March 28, 2018 1 year, 42 days – Robert Wilkie Acting: North Carolina: March 28, 2018 May 29, 2018 62 days – Peter O'Rourke Acting: Virginia: May 29, 2018 July 30, 2018 62 days 10: Robert Wilkie: North ...
George Lafayette Carter (1857–1936) was an American entrepreneur known as "the empire builder of southwest Virginia." His ventures led to the development and modernization of many parts of the southern Appalachian region during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.