A Veteran who lost a leg in combat in Iraq is now — at 31 — the Chief of Prosthetics at the San Diego VA Medical Center. He will spend Veterans Day remembering friends who paid the ultimate price. Read the full story
The flu shot rolls around every year, just like taxes. Getting the flu is easy but it’s easier to get the flu shot. Read the full story
My HealtheVet was launched on Veterans Day, November 11, 2003. The website lets Veterans access information in their VA health care records and gives them greater control over their health care. Read the full story
There is now an online “Coach” — developed by VA’s National Center for PTSD — which Veterans can access from their personal computers to help them manage PTSD symptoms. Read the full story
VA is preparing to launch a study that will examine the two leading forms of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: Prolonged Exposure Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Read the full story
Annual Veterans Creative Arts Festival — this year in Reno — helps to promote healing and enhance the quality of life for thousands of Veterans treated in VA’s national health care system. Read the full story
Kellie Lafave, a VA Suicide Prevention Coordinator, crisscrosses Montana in her Ford Escape, teaching people how to detect the warning signs of suicide in Veterans they care about. Read the full story
National Physical Therapy Month reminds us how important VA physical therapists are to so many Veterans on the road to managing their conditions with unique treatment interventions. Read the full story
As a unique component of their training, student nurses work with Veterans to help prepare the nurses to care for Veterans in the real world — a VA and Emory University School of Nursing partnership. Read the full story
Effective September 30, 2013, the former Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) was renamed the Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE). The new name more accurately reflects the CVE mission.