For Veterans who live many miles from a VA medical center, Telehealth is the answer. With telecommunications and videoconferencing, Vets have greater access to healthcare without having to spend an entire day on the road. Read the full story
Veterans tell what it’s like to live with PTSD and how VA treatment turned their lives around. Website features candid videos of Vets sharing their PTSD experiences and how they dealt with them. It’s raw but it’s real. Read the full story
VA’s National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic in San Diego promotes life-changing, year round healing. It encourages Vets to be active and continue to participate in many activities they enjoyed in the past. Read the full story
VA’s annual TEE Tournament, held every year in Iowa City, Iowa, lets eligible Veterans participate in therapeutic adaptive sporting activities demonstrating that a disability is not an obstacle to an active, rewarding life. Read the full story
It’s Suicide Prevention Month. Get involved and help Vets who think there is no help. We are asking you to “Stand by Them: Help a Veteran.” Read how you can help make more people aware of this crisis. Read the full story
Veterans tell what it’s like to live with PTSD and how VA treatment turned their lives around. Website features candid videos of Vets sharing their PTSD experiences and how they dealt with them. It’s raw but it’s real. Read the full story
September is National Preparedness Month, reminding us that knowing what to do during an emergency is an important part of being prepared and makes all the difference when seconds count. Do you have an emergency supply kit? Read the full story
VA has discovered that a brief therapeutic phone conversation called motivational interviewing is an effective way to convince Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with mental health diagnoses to begin getting treatment. Read the full story
VA health care requires that we ask the Veteran, “How can we help you live your life fully?” Veterans committed their lives in defense of our country. We can help them with their health care focused on what matters to them. Read the full story
VA is providing health care for some Vets on active duty at Camp Lejeune between 1957 and 1987. You may have been exposed to contaminated drinking water. See if you have any of the medical conditions described in a new law. Read the full story
