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

August is Immunization Awareness Month. Are you up-to-date with all of your vaccines? They protect you and your family. Make sure you’re up to date with shots you need and schedule the vaccinations you should get every year. Read the full story

The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has launched a new way to notify Veteran and Small Businesses of news and information related to VA Acquisition programs.

Because 41% of all Veterans enrolled in the VA Health Care System live in geographically remote areas, VA has an Office of Rural Health dedicated to making sure they have access to quality care. Read the full story

In an effort to improve Veterans’ access to mental health care and perhaps lower the suicide rate among the Veteran population, VA hopes to provide 200,000 video conferencing consultations before the end of the year. Read the full story

Some Veterans will be hired temporarily this summer to help enroll other Veterans in My HealtheVet, VA’s Online Personal Health Record, where Vets can store health information, refill VA prescriptions online and much more. Read the full story

International Assistance Dog Week — Saluting hardworking dogs helping Veterans live more fulfilled lives. These dogs transform the lives of their Veteran partners, performing tasks the Veteran cannot do without assistance. Read the full story

Veterans who served in combat operations after 1998 are eligible for an extended period of eligibility for VA health care for cost free medical care for any condition related to your service in the Iraq/Afghanistan theatre. Read the full story

VA has numerous ways to help Vets. Many do not know our programs exist. You can help. Print out this story, put a few of them in your car, and hand them out when you meet a Vet, on the street, at church on Sunday, wherever. Read the full story