Veteran News That You Can Use

Bob Plummer - 9/1/2025

VA offers yearlong community care authorizations for 30 services https://news.va.gov/press- room/va-offers-yearlong- community-care-authorizations- for-30-services/

Prepare for VA’s removal of DS Logon https://www.myhealth.va.gov/ mhv-portal-web/ss20241209- tips-creating-login-gov-id-me- account

Manage your VA information all in one place https://www.va.gov/resources/ managing-your-vagov-profile/# content

File a Supplemental Claim for Denied Benefits:  If VA denied your disability claim in the past, but now considers your condition presumptive, you are encouraged to file a Supplemental Claim. This will allow VA to re-adjudicate your claim when presented with new evidence or policy.  https://links-1.govdelivery. com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.va. gov%2Fdecision-reviews% 2Fsupplemental-claim%2F/2/ 01000198853a2caa-70fb4627- 1887-4ec5-ba58-ad769de02c23- 000000/MWl_ EhS8vwcMW3bzEiXrt0X5IeNkoJJgwt zzZOZhNLI=417

Board of Veterans Appeals surpassed 92,000 completed appeals ahead of 92nd birthday:  https://news.va.gov/141518/ board-of-veterans-appeals- 92000-92nd-birthday/

Benefits Delivery at Discharge:    https://www.va.gov/disability/ how-to-file-claim/when-to- file/pre-discharge-claim/

VA needs more oversight of health care options to prevent waste: Study:  https://www.militarytimes.com/ news/pentagon-congress/2025/ 08/19/va-needs-more-oversight- of-health-care-options-to- prevent-waste-study/?utm_ source=sailthru&utm_medium= email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

Veterans’ voices shape report on the Afghanistan War’s lessons, impact:  https://www.militarytimes.com/ veterans/2025/08/19/veterans- voices-shape-report-on-the- afghanistan-wars-lessons- impact/?utm_source=sailthru& utm_medium=email&utm_campaign= mil-ebb

VA redirects millions in wasteful union spending back to Veterans https://news.va.gov/press- room/va-redirects-millions-in- wasteful-union-spending-back- to-veterans/