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Military Times
When retired Army Capt. Ryan Kules went house hunting in 2015, he had to factor in an extra $100,000 in costs because of his war injuries.
That included widening doorway so his wheelchair could fit through, making kitchen cabinets and hallway closets more accessible, and completely renovating showers so he could walk in without difficulty.
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VentureBeat
After a decade, the Call of Duty Endowment is hitting its stride when it comes to placing veterans into good jobs. Since 2012, the nonprofit group funded by the profits from Activision Blizzard’s popular Call of Duty video game series has placed more than 54,000 veterans into jobs.
The average salary for the jobs is $58,250, or 1.9 times the national average. And the cost of placing veterans in those jobs is $522 per person, or far lower than the cost it takes for the federal government to place people into jobs.
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We Are The Mighty
On June 22, 2019, VA celebrated the 75th anniversary of the G.I. Bill. It was on that date in 1944 when President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Serviceman's Readjustment Act into law, which became widely known as the G.I. Bill of Rights. As veterans came home from the war, many started families and used their VA home loan entitlement to become homeowners. Through subsequent decades, new generations of veterans continued to use the VA home loan benefit that they earned through service to our nation, becoming a fundamental pillar of the U.S. housing industry and the building of communities.
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The Hill
Three employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs said in new interviews that they were sidelined at their jobs and stripped of responsibilities after they raised alarms about improper treatment of patients.
In interviews with USA Today the three staffers, physician Katherine Mitchell, CT technologist Jeffrey Dettbarn, and physiologist Minu Aghveli said that they were removed from patient care positions to prevent them from learning of future or ongoing abuses at the agency.
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Military Times
A therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder that some doctors believe will “revolutionize the way PTSD is handled” was the subject of a recent “60 Minutes” report featuring a number of afflicted veterans, including one Medal of Honor recipient.
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Military.com
The VA Medical Center in Washington, D.C. has taken steps to overcome a "culture of complacency" that put patients at risk. But the reform effort suffered another setback last month with a bizarre escape from the locked psychiatric ward, a House subcommittee was told Thursday.
The May 5 escape from a third-floor unit, first reported by NBC4 Washington, occurred when a 29-year-old patient allegedly broke through ceiling tiles in the shower room and made his way to an adjoining office.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
For the new director and CEO of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, a sense of duty and service goes back generations.
William “Bill” Caron, who just finished his second week at the helm of the North Las Vegas VA facility, is an Air Force veteran who began his medical career as a physical therapist at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
His grandfather served in World War II, and his father is a Vietnam-era veteran.
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (blog)
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Kristine Yaffe Lab at the University of California, San Francisco, have taken a new approach to understanding the association of mild traumatic brain injury — with and without loss of consciousness — with dementia among veterans. Their recent study, one of the largest in the United States, included 178,779 veterans in the VA health care system who were diagnosed with various levels of TBI severity.
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By Catherine Iste
 It used to be that a high school diploma was enough to land a good job. Then, a bachelor’s degree became the minimum standard. Now, it seems everyone is compelled to get a master’s degree. No job requires an MBA but the degree can validate that we possess a set of knowledge required for the role. Whether it is a perceived requirement in our industry, something to improve our network, or the pursuit of a lifelong dream, here are the reasons to — or not to — get an MBA.
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Veterans Association of America wants to know ...
Has the VA Medical Facilities helped or hindered your road to recovery or alleviated any of your mental, physical or emotional traumas you've had?
- No, they have not. I'm still dealing with the same problems as before.
- Yes, they've made it easier for me to cope with my conditions.
- I'm not really sure how to assess their service. I guess it's debatable.
- It's too much "red tape" just trying to see a specialist when you need them most.
- I'd rather see a private outside physician or specialist that would focus specifically on me.
Click here to provide Veterans Association of America your answer.
We assess all answers with the utmost of care and consideration. Survey results revealed in next week's VAA Dispatch.
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'VA Care for Vets' Results
In the previous issues of VAA Dispatch, we asked, "Does the VA actually take care of their veterans like they're supposed to?"
Here's how our readers responded:
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