QPR Gatekeeper Instructor Class of 2021!

Despite all the shifts and barriers brought about by COVID-19, Vet to Vet Tennessee consistently provided support to the East Tennessee Region Veterans. Recently, VTVT’s Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Master Instructor Ed Junod conducted the first in-person QPR Instructor training of 2021. QPR Institute through Brian Quinnett provided us with the first 2021…

VA plans expansion of benefits for disability claims for conditions related to certain toxic exposures

New evaluation process to be applied in identifying future presumptive conditions WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today two major decisions related to presumptive conditions associated with Agent Orange and particulate matter exposures during military service in Southwest Asia. Agent Orange VA will begin implementing provisions of the William M. Thornberry National Defense Authorization…

Army Veteran Honored

A man born in 1933 who served in the United States Army just shy of two years overseas in Korea as an amphibious vehicle driver from February 1954 to January 1956 receives a fifth service medal during a ceremony conducted within the Robert “Bob” Hatley Veterans Service Center in Madisonville, Tennessee. Honorably discharged sixty seven…