Veterans Benefits

2017 Jobs For Heroes Act Helps Servicemembers Obtain Commercial Driving Licenses

By Debbie Gregory. A bipartisan bill was introduced by Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina, John Cornyn of Texas and…

7 years ago

Shulkin Backs Off Plan to Cut Benefits of Elderly Veterans

By Debbie Gregory. It’s good to know that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has announced that he wants to avoid…

7 years ago

Veteran’s Campaign to Make Stanford More Veteran Friendly

By Debbie Gregory. Adam Behrendt is on a mission. The former U.S. Navy corpsman who enrolled as a transfer student…

7 years ago

Veterans and Hearing Loss

By Debbie Gregory. Hearing loss affects more than 28 million Americans, including more than half of those over age 75.…

7 years ago

Supreme Court Decision May Seriously Impact Ex-Military Spouses

By Debbie Gregory. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that may have serious implications for the…

7 years ago

Will VA Choice be Replaced with CARE Plan?

By Debbie Gregory. Key senators were bolstered by veterans groups to conditionally endorse a plan from VA Secretary David J.…

7 years ago

Veteran Sought Mental Health Care Before Murder- Suicide

A few days before 30-year-old Army veteran Joshua Stiles fatally shot his wife and took his own life, he had…

7 years ago

A Little About our VA Secretary Shulkin

By Debbie Gregory. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin may be an unlikely choice to overhaul veterans services. Although he…

7 years ago

VA Takes Back Compensation Benefits From Disabled Vets

By Debbie Gregory. From 2010 to 2015, the Department of Veteran Affairs has taken almost half a billion dollars in…

7 years ago

Veterans Groups Agree on Four GI Bill Changes

By Debbie Gregory. Last month, thirty-five veteran groups banded together and stalled a congressional hearing. The groups were in the…

7 years ago