Sedona AZ (August 14, 2014) – More than 500 disabled U.S. military Veterans are competing at the 34th National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through August 17. The event not only promotes physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle, but also aims to help Veterans realize they can adapt and overcome any challenge. The National Veterans Wheelchair Games is a sports and... 

Veteran Administration Acting Secretary Sloan GibsonSedona AZ (June 4, 2014) – At his first meeting with the leadership of Veterans Service Organizations VA’s Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson today announced that VA has reached out to all Phoenix Veterans identified in the recent VA Office of Inspector General interim report. During a breakfast discussion with the American Legion, AMVETS, Disabled... 

Sedona AZ (April 1, 2014) – One year after the backlog of pending disability compensation claims peaked at over 611,000 in March 2013, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reduced that number by approximately 44 percent to 344,000 claims – a reduction of more than 267,000 – while at the same time improving the accuracy of the decisions being made on Veterans’ disability... 

Randy McCracken Sedona AZ (December 11, 2013) – “I have used a motorized chair. I have used a manual chair. This work I do is important to me because I know how it feels.” Martin Sheppard served in Operation Desert Storm with the Army’s 8th Infantry Division and later with 10th Mountain Division. He can relate to other Veterans, especially combat Veterans. He suffered an injury during... 

Dr. Sally Haskell, MD Sedona AZ (November 20, 2013) –  Each year, the Veterans Administration teams up with the American Cancer Society to support the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday in November. This year, November 21, 2013, is the day to encourage Veterans and the general public to try, at least for the day, to quit smoking, in the hopes that they can quit for a lifetime. As... 

Sedona AZ (October 1, 2013) – Alcohol and drug misuse can lead to serious health and relationship problems. The Veterans Health Administration has many resources to help Veterans and their loved ones answer questions, find support, get treatment and recover. Please read on to find information on some of these resources. Problems with drinking or drug use may occur in response to stress, or in... 

LeAnn Shipp, a nurse at the San Diego VA Medical Center, is using VA’s electronic medical record. VA researchers are studying how to best use the records to boost suicide prevention. Photo by Kevin Walsh Sedona AZ (September 6, 2013) – Natural language processing — part of the technology that makes Google work — could help VA detect suicide risk among Veterans. That’s the idea behind... 

Yvonne Napolitano of ACS Adult Day Care stands in front of the recently purchased Mingus Center in Old Town Cottonwood AZ slated for remodel and reopening as the Susan J. Rheem Adult Day Center Sedona AZ (August 18, 2013) – The board of directors of Adult Care Services, Inc. (ACS), Adult Day Care Services, Inc. (ADCS) and Yvonne Napolitano, Executive Director, are excited to announce the recent... 

Sedona AZ (August 2, 2013) – Earlier this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Veteran unemployment data for the month of July 2013. The unemployment rate for all Veterans was 6.4 percent last month—a very slight increase from 6.3 percent in June and still one percentage point below the national average of 7.4 percent. For post-9/11 Veterans, the rate bumped up to 7.7 percent in... 

Washington DC (July 18, 2013) – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reached another milestone in its disability claims transformation process – over 30 percent of the current disability claims inventory is now digital and accessible to claim raters in VA’s electronic claims processing system, which has now been fielded ahead of schedule at all 56 Regional Offices across the country....