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Exploring Rural VA Communities: Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Whether it’s access to the great outdoors or a calmer pace in your everyday life, you can find it in rural VA communities around the country.
Rural Community Profile: Tomah, WI
Rural VA facilities offer careers that are All About Veterans. Discover a career with purpose in Tomah, Wisconsin.
Experience mission-driven innovation at VA
Read on to learn how innovation enables VA staff to provide the best care to our nation’s Veterans.
Elevate your job search with these VA resources
VA has a range of resources available to job seekers looking to fill mission-critical roles.
Veterans in VA contracting: A recap of the VETS25 Conference
Discover how VA champions Veteran-Owned Small Businesses at VETS25, spotlighting innovation, partnerships and economic growth for our nation’s heroes.
Blue Water Navy Veterans received $140M in retroactive benefits in January, February
Blue Water Navy Veterans and survivors who filed compensation claims in January and February 2020 have so far received over $140 million in retroactive benefits.
Quick Start Guide for Modernized Veteran Appeals Decision Review now available
The VA appeals decision review quick start guide offers Veterans more clarity and control over the decision review process.
VA updates rating criteria for musculoskeletal and muscle injuries
In late 2017, VA began a multi-year effort to revise and update the VASRD, or VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities. The VASRD’s 15 body systems had seen periodic updates, but this continuing effort reflects the first comprehensive review in 70+ years. Today, VA announced its next update: The musculoskeletal system and muscle injuries.
QuickSubmit is the new evidence intake tool for VA claims
VA launched QuickSubmit to replace Direct Upload as the online tool to share documents with VA’s Evidence Intake Center.
View and download your VA decision letters online
If you’ve filed a disability claim with VA and are waiting for a decision letter, you can access it online once it’s ready. Veterans with a VA.gov sign-in can use this online option to access their disability decisions right when they need them.
Separation Health Assessment Part A now required on claims from transitioning service members
Starting April 1st, transitioning service members applying for disability compensation through Benefits Delivery at Discharge or Integrated Disability Evaluation System will be required to complete and submit the Part A Self-Assessment of a new Separation Health Assessment.
2023: End-of-year Veteran benefits update
Veterans have applied for benefits at record rates over the past year. As a result of your applications, VA has been able to deliver more earned benefits to more Veterans than ever before, including $150 billion during 2023 alone.
