Announcements
WASHINGTON – In observance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) awareness month, the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD invites the public to participate in its “Take the Step” campaign. “Every day of the year, we should focus on assisting those who have served our Nation,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “In…
Joint Effort Aimed at Promoting Use of Fully Developed Claims WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Disabled American Veterans (DAV), and The American Legion announced a new partnership to help reduce the compensation claims backlog for Veterans. The effort—the Fully Developed Claims (FDC) Community of Practice—is a key part of VA’s overall…
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today it is implementing an initiative to expedite compensation claims decisions for Veterans who have waited one year or longer. Effective today, VA claims raters will make provisional decisions on the oldest claims in inventory, which will allow Veterans to begin collecting compensation benefits more quickly, if…
The authors, VA researchers, wanted to explore the relationship of combat deaths to changes in strength of religious faith. Findings showed that Veterans’ experiences of killing others or failing to prevent a death weakened their religious faith. Faith was weakened both directly and through guilt. Weakened religious faith was related to greater use of mental health…