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Forward Observer

Forward Observer: Figuring Out the Camp Lejeune Tort Mess

It is still tough to figure the complete score concerning Camp Lejeune tort claims raised by the “Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022” provision (Section 804 of PL 117-168) in the Honor Our PACT past last August — especially the puzzle of how the VA will calculate a successful filing’s Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 6 daysJanuary 29, 2023 ago
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LVMAC Tidbit: Colonial Penn Move Over, VA is Launching a New Life Insurance Policy

On 1 January 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs will open enrollment for its new VALife life insurance policy — making life insurance available to more Veterans than ever before.   According to the news release, this is the first new VA life insurance program for Veterans in more than 50 Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 2 monthsNovember 30, 2022 ago
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LVMAC Tidbit: Retired VA Phone Number Putting Veterans at Risk

Oh, and By the Way,  Know Your Shortcut Numbers   Today,  our VISN-4 Community Relations Office informed us with the message below that a retired VA phone number may put military veterans’ information at risk: The Department of Veterans Affairs established 1-800-MyVA411 (1-800-698-2411) in 2020 to help Veterans, their family Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 2 monthsNovember 28, 2022 ago
Forward Observer

Forward Observer: The Straight Poop on COVID Booster Shots (and Flu Shots)

There has been recent confusion in the local veterans community over receiving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.  Part of it is due to the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center’s (VAMC) recent cancellation of scheduled appointments for the recommended, regular booster.  That occurred because a new, bivalent versions from Pfizer and Moderna suddenly Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 4 monthsSeptember 24, 2022 ago
Tidbits

LVMAC Tidbit: Immediate Local VA Healthcare … As Easy as 1, 2, 3?

We have previously written about the VISN-4’s Health Chat program, an improvement on the previous longstanding, “night nurse” scheme that has existed for eon’s in the VA Healthcare system.  What has not been written about is the investment our VISN-4 has made to get veterans to the “right care, right Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 5 months ago

Agent Orange Exposure — What You Need to Know

By Rich Hudzinski, 5 months ago

Wilkes-Barre VAMC Virtual Town Hall

Note this is a virtual meeting.  There is no physical location.

By Rich Hudzinski, 5 monthsSeptember 9, 2022 ago
Tidbits

LVMAC Tidbit: Understanding the PACT Act a Bit Better

At the American Legion’s National Convention on 31 August, Secretary of Veterans Affair  McDonough announced that he will make all conditions outlined in the PACT Act, one of the biggest expansions of veteran benefits in history, presumptive from the date President Biden signed the bill into law (August 10). The Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 5 monthsSeptember 4, 2022 ago
Forward Observer

Forward Observer: So, How Does the New “Honoring Our PACT” Act Affect You, Veterans and Survivors?

After starting off as HR 3967, 3373 (Honoring our PACT) – and over a year’s worth of going back and forth, additions and deletions, combining of other proposed Acts, a quiet correction of a Senate procedural error, and a debate on the budget control dangers of converting discretionary funding to Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 6 monthsAugust 18, 2022 ago
Forward Observer

Forward Observer: “Honoring Our PACT” Finally on Its Way to President

Senate Reverses Itself Under Pressure Senator Schumer, Majority Leader of the Senate, with the help of other key senators, such as Tester and Moran, delivered on his goal in getting S. 3373 passed late Tuesday evening.  It took the concerted actions of the true believers to get beyond the quibbles Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 6 monthsAugust 3, 2022 ago

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