RAO Bulletin Index 1 July
2009
Note: Updates are indicated as [01] [02] [03] etc.
Below is an alphabetical listing of articles previously
published
in the Bulletin which are available on request to raoemo@sbcglobal.net
Those ending with a date (i.e. in year/month/day format) can
also be seen
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109th Congress Senate (Pending vet bills)
110th Congress [01] (Performance Stats) 090101
110th Congress Schedule (Senate 1st session)
110th Congress Schedule [01] (At a Standstill) 081015
110th Congress U.S. House (Contact info)
111th Congress (Composition/Duration) 090101
AAAFES Gas Pricing Policy (Not tax free)
AAFES 2004 Holiday Catalog (Now available)
AAFES Community Malls (Six Planned) 080515
AAFES Gas Discount (3 cents per gallon) 080901
AAFES Gas Pricing Overseas (Weekly adjustment)
AAFES Match It Program (Lower prices)
Absentee Voting Overseas [01] (Time to submit FPCA)
Academy Life Insurance Refunds ($160 million settlement)
Acid Reflux Disease (Cancer Impact)
ACM & ICM (Afghanistan & Iraq Campaign Medals)
ACM & ICM [01] (DoD eligibility criteria)
ACM & ICM [02] (AF approves wearing)
ACM & ICM [03] (Campaign Stars) 080501
Active Duty Pay 2007 (Pay parity jeopardy)
Administration on Aging (Elder Care Assistance) 090615
Adoption in RP [Immigration] (Orphan & Nonorphan children)
Adventure Excursions for OEF/OIF Vets (Fully Funded) 080715
Aetna Data Breach (65,000 at Risk) 090601
AF Combat Action Award (Study ongoing)
AF Combat Action Award [01] (Awards begin Apr 07)
AF Combat Action Medal (Eligibility)
AF Data Security Breach (Personnel records accessed)
AF Expeditionary Service Ribbon (Combat operations indicator)
AF JROTC Needs Retirees [01] (Active duty pay level)
AF Recall Program (Retired Rated Officers) 090201
AF Recognition Ribbon (Eligibility to wear expanded)
AF Reservists Virtual Accounts (Now available)
AF Retiree Council (Recommendations)
AF Retiree Council [01] (Overseas agenda items)
AFAS (Air Force Aid Society)
AFB Clinic Malpractice Lawsuit ($7.5 million Awarded) 080901
AFJROTC Needs Retirees (Openings for 402 retirees)
AFPC Contact Center (How to Reach)
AFRC {Armed Forces Recreation Center}
AFRC Accommodations (Good deal)
AFRC Garmisch Partenkirchen (Specials for Retirees)
AFRC Shades of Green (Temporary closure)
AFRC Shades of Green [01] (Reopening DEC 2003)
AFRC Shades of Green [02] (Doubled in size)
AFRC Shades of Green [03] (End of summer specials)
AFRC Shades of Green [04] (Vet rooms offered)
AFRC Shades of Green Reopens (Doubled in size)
AFRC Virginia Beach VA (Cape Henry Inn)
AFRH (Eligibility criteria)
AFRH (Fees charged)
AFRH (Active duty allotments)
AFRH [01] (Admission criteria)
AFRH [02] (Poor conditions alleged)
AFRH [03] (Adverse Reports Overblown)
AFRH {Armed Forces Retirement Home}
AFRH Gulfport [01] (Options for future)
AFRH Gulfport [02] ($76 million requested)
AFRH Gulfport [03] (Ready for demolition)
AFRH Gulfport [04] (Reopening March 2010)
AFRH Washington [03] (49acre plot sold)
AFRH Washington [04] (Residents sue Rumsfeld)
AFRH Washington [05] (Expansion Frozen) 090301
AFSA {Air Force Sergeants Association}
AFSA Benefits Monitoring (Reduced fringe benefits)
Afterburner [01] (Subscription Criteria) 090601
AFVC (Armed Forces Vacation Club)
Agent Orange see AO
Agent Orange Diseases [02] (Intergenerational) 090615
Agriculture Dept. Data Breach (Ongoing Since 1996)
AHLTA (DoD health record system)
AHLTA [01] (Problem for VA)
AHLTA [02] (USAF to go online)
AHLTA [05] (Outlook Dim) 090415
AHLTA Warrior (TMIPJ 5th upgrade)
Aid & Attendance (Eligibility)
Aid & Attendance [01] (Underutilized)
Aid & Attendance [02] (Criteria)
Air America (Seeking vet benefits)
Air Force Email for Life (Effective April 07)
Air Force Enlisted Home (Applications now available)
Air Force Enlisted Home [01] (Facilities expanded)
Air Force Enlistment (Recruits still needed)
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon (Approved)
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon [01] (Change approved)
Air Force Memorial (Scheduled to open SEP)
Air Force New Unit Medals (In design)
Air Force News Delivery (Changing methods)
Air Force Pharmacy Policy (Limited distribution of some meds)
Air Force Pharmacy Policy [01] (Some medications named)
Air Force Week Schedule (2007 locations/dates)
Airline Baggage Inspection (Valuables in checked baggage)
Airline CarryOn Restrictions (Be prepared)
Airline Ticket Comparisons (Locate the cheapest)
Airport Baggage Security (What to expect)
AL {American Legion}
Alaska Territorial Guard (Retirement Pay Reduction) 090201
Albinism (Overview) 090101
Allergy Relief (Overview) 090515
Allergy Relief [01] (Seasonal Strategies) 090601
ALS (Presumptive service connection)
ALS [01] (VA Disability Issue)
ALS [02] (ALS Registry)
ALS [03] (Service Link Confirmed)
ALS [04] (All Vets to be Rated) 080801
ALS {Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis}
Alzheimers (Overview)
Alzheimers [01] (Early treatment)
Alzheimers [02] (A step forward)
Alzheimers [03] (Heart Impact on Brain)
Alzheimers [04] (7 Stages) 080615
Alzheimers [04] (Progress Cited in Diagnosis)
Alzheimer's [06] (10 Warning Signs) 090701
Amerasians (Location assistance)
American Amicable Refunds (70,000+ vets due)
American Amicable Refunds [01] ($2.3 Million Unclaimed) 090501
American Fidelity Life Insurance (Refund settlement)
Americans at War (Online) 080501
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis see ALS
Anesthesia Awareness (Waking Up in Surgery)
Angel Food Ministries (Grocery Savings) 080901
Angioplasty vs. Drugs (Equally effective)
AnheuserBusch Hero Salute (Extended through 2007)
AnheuserBusch Hero Salute [01] (Program extended)
AnheuserBusch Theme Parks Offer (Complimentary admission)
Antarctic Service Medal (Eligibility)
AO {Agent Orange}
AO 50/50 Test (Supreme Court Ruling)
AO and Diabetes (Relationship reinforced)
AO and Diabetes [01] (Benefit Rules Published)
AO and Diabetes [02] (Air Force Health Study)
AO and Heart Disease (Correlation Found) 081201
AO and Hypertension (Possible association)
AO and Prostrate Cancer (PSA tests essential)
AO and Prostrate Cancer [01] (Exposure Double Risks) 080815
AO Cancer Study (Prostate & Melanoma risks)
AO Cancer Study [01] (Ranch hand ends)
AO Claims (Retroactive)
AO Claims [01] (Recent Developments)
AO Claims [02] (Faster OK Sought)
AO Claims [03] (USS Ingersoll DD 652)
AO Compensation NonVietnam (Proving Exposure)
AO Compensation NonVietnam [01] (VN Vets can Sue)
AO Compensation NonVietnam [02] (DoD Locations Disclosed)
AO Compensation NonVietnam [03] (Service connection presumption)
AO Compensation Package (ExGratia payment)
AO Diabetes (Type 2 presumption)
AO Dig in Alaska (Buried 40 Years)
AO Diseases [01] (Associated)
AO Diseases [02] (Nonassociated)
AO Eligibility (Blanket presumption in effect)
AO Equity (H.R.6562) 080801
AO Guam (Assessment Requested)
AO Lawsuits (Overview)
AO Lawsuits [01] (Individual lawsuits)
AO Lawsuits [02] (Upcoming law preps)
AO Lawsuits [03] (U.S. Supreme Court landmark decision)
AO Lawsuits [04] (Offshore eligibility)
AO Lawsuits [05] (Compliance impact)
AO Lawsuits [06] (AFEM vs. VSM)
AO Lawsuits [07] (Awaiting VA appeal)
AO Lawsuits [08] (Blue/Brown water navy)
AO Lawsuits [09] (Haas appeal delayed)
AO Lawsuits [10] (Ramifications)
AO Lawsuits [11] (VA WinWin Maneuver)
AO Lawsuits [12] (Haas vs. Peake Reversed) 080515
AO Lawsuits [14] (Haas Appeal Refused) 090201
AO Nam Vet Study (Risk of ills higher)
AO Okinawa Use (BVA 1998 ruling)
AO Presumptive Illnesses [Kids] (AO Impact on Kids)
AO Presumptive Illnesses [Vets] (AO impact on vets)
AO Registry [Korea] (Korean War Vets)
AO Retroactive Benefits (New VA provision)
AO Stateside Use (30 Locations)
AO Stateside Use [01] (Banned in 1979)
AO VAVA Compensation (VietNamese/RoK vets)
AOL Advisory (AOL continues to block Bulletin)
AOL Advisory [01] (How to adjust filters)
AOL Advisory [02] (AOL blocks Bulletin distribution)
AOL Advisory [03] (Call 8882125537 to complain)
AOL Advisory [04] (Removal from directory)
AOL Advisory [05] (5700 Removed from directory)
AOL Advisory [06] (6 million customers lost)
AOL Advisory [07] (Business as usual)
AOL/Yahoo Email Tax (Misunderstood)
APO ZIPS for Iraq (List)
Appendicitis (Overview) 090401
Arizona Memorial (Visitor's Center Sinking) 081115
Arizona Taxes see Tax
Arizona Tuition for Military (Bill in progress)
Arlington Naionalt Cemetery [05] (Funeral Home Conditions) 090415
Arlington National Cemetery (Filling Up)
Arlington National Cemetery [01] (Good thru 2060)
Arlington National Cemetery [02] (Honors Given Questioned) 080401
Arlington National Cemetery [03] (Expansion Plans) 081015
Arlington National Cemetery [04] (New Media Policy) 081015
Armed Forces Day] (16 May 2009) 090515
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (Eligibility)
Armed Forces Vacation Club (Overview)
Armed Forces Vacation Club [01] (Affordable vacations)
Armed Services Blood Program (Tattoo Policy change) 080415
Armed Services Committee (New House members)
Armed Services Committee [01] (Special hearing)
Armed Services Tax Fairness Act (Increased benefits)
Army Award Citations (USN policy change)
Army Citations (USN policy change)
Army Combat Action Badge (Eligibility)
Army Combat Action Badge (Stuck in Committee)
Army Combat Action Badge [01] (Retroactive Award Bill) 080601
Army Disability Ratings (Why so low?)
Army Enlistment Age (Raised to age 39)
Army Enlistment Age [01] (Raised to 42)
Army Involuntary Recall (5,600 to be recalled)
Army Leisure Travel Services (Discounts offered)
Army Medals and Awards (List)
Army Recruiting Referral Bonus (Pilot program)
Army Recruiting Referral Bonus [01] (Raised to $2000)
Army Recruiting Referral Bonus [02] (Expanded to Army civilians)
Army Recruiting Referral Bonus [03] (Funds run dry)
Army Reenlistment Policy (Former personnel sought)
Army Reserve Employer Partnership (Jobs Opportunity) 090101
Army Reserve Health Web Site (www.hooah4health.com)
Army Retired Soldiers Pin (New pin)
Army Retired Soldiers Pin [01] (Mailing complete)
Army Retiree Council (Report to the chief)
Army Retiree Council [01] (Retiree Council issues)
Army Retiree Council [02] (2009 Recommendations) 090701
Army Sea Duty Ribbon (Guard & Reserve Eligible) 080701
Army Survivors Call Center (ALTFCM) (New POC)
Arrears of Pay (Due upon death)
Arrears of Pay [01] (Death Month Policy) 090315
Arthritis [01] (Common Myths) 090201
Asbestos Litigation Reform (Request sent to Judiciary committee)
Asbestosis (Overview) 090215
Ashes to Diamonds (Family heirloom cremation option)
Asthma (Seniors)
Asthma [01] (Dust Mites) 080501
Asthma Medication Recall (Precautionary)
Atomic Vets Info (Obtaining info for claims)
Atomic Veterans Relief Act (Bill proposes VA eligibility change)
Atomic Vets [02] (HR 4183 & 4184 status)
Atomic Vets [03] (Benefit Awareness) 090401
Atomic Vets [04] (Right to Sue) 090615
Atrial Fibrillation (What it Is) 080715
Australia Vacations Offered (From $1300 for DoD personnel)
Avandia Safety Alert (Diabetes Type II medicine)
Avian Flu Fact Sheet (Overseas living considerations)
Award see ACM & ICM (Afghanistan & Iraq) Medals
Award see AF Combat Action Medal
Award see AF Expeditionary Service Ribbon
Award see AF Recognition Ribbon
Award see Antarctic Service Medal
Award see Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Award see Army Citations
Award see Army Combat Action Badge
Award see Army Medals and Awards
Award see Army Retired Soldiers Pin
Award see Bronze Star Medal WWII
Award see CAR
Award see Certificate of Military Service
Award see Chinese War Memorial Medal
Award see Close Combat Badge
Award see Cold War Medal
Award see Cold War Recognition Certificate
Award see Combat Action Ribbon
Award see Combat Medics Badge
Award see CT Vets Wartime Service Medal
Award see Expeditionary Warfare Pin
Award see French Legion of Honor Medal
Award see French Liberation Certificate
Award see Good Conduct Medal
Award see Guardians of Freedom Pin
Award see GWOT Medal
Award see In Memory Medal
Award see KDSM
Award see Korean War Veterans Commemorative Pin
Award see Malta George Cross Medal
Award see NATO Air Force Medals
Award see NATO Medal for Kosovo
Award see NDSM [National Defense Service Medal]
Award see NJ DSM (Distinguished service Medal)
Award see Normandy Service Medal
Award see Nuclear Radiation Medal
Award see Philippine Liberation Medal
Award see POW Purple Heart
Award see Presidential Memorial Certificate
Award see Republic of China Badge of Honor
Award see ROK War Service Medal
Award see Silver Star
Award see Southwest Asia Service Medal
Award see Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Medal
Award Modifications (TIOH Changes) 080601
Awards Replacement (Where to write)
Awards Replacement [01] (What to expect)
Awards Replacement [02] (Letter request format)
Awards Review/Replacement Request (What to do)
AXPOW HQ Data Breach (Personal info stolen)
Back Pay Interest (Now Allowed) 081101
Baggage Locking System (Inspectors will break locks)
Balance Bracelet Pain Reliever (FTC says no good)
Bankruptcy (New law effective 17 Oct 05)
Bank of NY Data Breach (4.5 million @ Risk) 080615
Barcode Basics (Country of Origin) 081115
Bariatric Surgery (Obesity treatment)
Bariatric Surgery [01] (High complication rates)
Base Decals (AF No longer requires)
Basra Toxic Exposure (NG Unit CO Dying) 090301
Bataan Death March [01] (Apology Given) 090615
Beer Belly Control (12 beers a day OK)
Benefits Checkup (Recommended for 50+)
Benefits Upgrades (H.R. 1268 interim changes)
Benefits Upgrades 2008 (Much left to do) 090101
Bequest Basics (Types) 080701
Biotape Refunds ($2.5 Million Available)
BLOG (Latest news source)
Blood Donation & vCJD (Ineligible Donors) 090301
Blood Donor Month (Retiree Donations Needed)
Blood Platelets (Shortage in San Diego)
Blood Pressure (Guidelines)
Blood Thinners (Possible Warfarin Replacement) 080801
Blood Thinners [01] (Gene Testing) 090301
Blood Thinners [02] (Medicare Genetic Test Decision) 090515
Blue Water Navy see VA: AO Claims or Lawsuits
Bone Marrow Donor Registration (Enrollees Sought)
BRAC (24% excess base capacity)
BRAC [01] (DoD School closings)
BRAC [02] (Amendment to delay)
BRAC [03] (Latest proposed base closings)
BRAC [04] (Base closure rational speculation)
BRAC [05] (Action dates)
BRAC [06] (Rumsfeld lowers estimate)
BRAC [07] (Facility listing released)
BRAC [08] (Changes to list anticipated)
BRAC [09] (Impact on medical facilities/care)
BRAC [10] (Political maneuvering to save bases)
BRAC [11] (Cost savings estimate questioned)
BRAC [12] (Commission adds some bases)
BRAC [13] (Current round may be last)
BRAC [14] (Panel votes are in)
BRAC [15] (Timing criticized by Commission)
BRAC [16] (Now up to congress)
BRAC [17] (System critique)
BRAC [18] (Last obstacle overcome)
BRAC [19] (DoD must begin by Sep 07)
BRAC [20] (Commission wants another year)
BRAC [21] (More funding needed)
BRAC {Base Realignment and Closure}
BRAVE & GIVE Acts (SSA rating acceleration)
Bronze Star Medal WWII (Eligibility)
Budget Proposal Impact on Vets (Bend over)
Budget Shortfalls Blamed on Retirees (Veteran groups outraged)
Bug Safety (Children) (Summer safety tips)
Bugles Across America (Available for funerals)
Bump Keys (Home Security Compromised) 080401
Burial see Arlington
Burial see Bugles Across America
Burial see Vet Cremains
Burial see Veteran Disinterment
Burial in Arlington (Guidelines) 090101
Burial: At Sea (Overview)
Burial: At Sea [01] (Ceremony)
Burial: At Sea [02] (Obtainment)
Burial: Body Shipment (InterCountry)
Burial: Bugler Shortage (Echo Taps project to highlight shortage)
Burial: Green (A better way)
Burial: National Cemetery (Scheduling available daily)
Burial: Private Cemetery (Things to consider)
Burial: Rosecrans San Diego (Inurnments only)
Burial: Veterans (Choices)
Burn Pit Lawsuit [01] (Halliburton Denies Liability) 090115
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions (Iraq & Afghanistan) 081201
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions [01] (Army Report Aug 07) 081201
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions [02] (Akaka Wants Review) 081215
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions [03] (Halliburton/KBR Sued) 081215
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions [04] (Under Study) 090101
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions [04] (VA to Investigate) 090215
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions [05] (Questionable Death) 090301
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions [06] (VA to Monitor) 090401
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions [07] (Lawsuits Filed) 090501
Burn Pit Toxic Emissions [08] (H.R.2419 Provisions) 090601
Business Opportunity Scams (FTC action)
BX Rights for Vets (Bill introduced)
CA Vet Legislation (Recently Signed) 081015
CA Vet Legislation [01] (Budget Woes) 090301
CA Vet Legislation [02] (March 09) 090401
CA Vet Legislation [03] (Committee Actions) 090515
CAC {Common Access ID Card}
Caffeine (Common doses)
California & Federal Disabled Benefits (70 to 100% SC)
California & Federal Disabled Benefits (100% SC) (List)
California & Federal Disabled Benefits (20% SC) (List)
California & Federal Disabled Benefits (30% SC) (List)
California & Federal Disabled Benefits (40% SC) (List)
California & Federal Disabled Benefits (50% SC) (List)
California & Federal Disabled Benefits (60% SC) (List)
California & Federal IU Benefits (Entitlement List)
California & Federal Pension Benefits (Nonservice Connected)
California Veteran' Home [02] (Proposed New Rates) 090115
Call Home Act S.2653 (Passed)
Camp Lejeune Toxic Exposure (Health survey)
Camp Lejeune Toxic Exposure [01] (Notification policy)
Camp Lejeune Toxic Exposure [02] (Guests Health Risk) 081201
Camp Lejeune Toxic Exposure [03] (No Chemicals Found)
Camp Lejeune Toxic Exposure [04] (Registration) 090315
Camp Lejeune Toxic Exposure [05] (About Face) 090501
Camp Lejeune Toxic Exposure [06] (Disease Link Study) 090701
Canadian Nat Mil Cemetery (Available to U.S. vets)
Cancer Prevention (Guidelines)
Cancer Prevention [01] (Diet impact)
Cancer Statistics (19992005) 090215
Cancer Vitamin Study (C & E Ineffective) 081215
Cancer: Bladder (4th most common form)
Cancer: Bladder [01] (Cause & treatment)
Cancer: Brain Link to Sarin (Gulf War vets sent letter)
Cancer: Brain Link to Sarin [01] (VA clinicians given guidelines)
Cancer: Brain Link to Sarin [02] (Exposed units identified)
Cancer: Breast (Army study results)
Cancer: Breast [01] (Vaccination results)
Cancer: Cervical (Preventable & curable)
Cancer: Cervical [01] (WRAMC offers vaccine)
Cancer: Cervical [02] (Tricare covers vaccinations)
Cancer: Hepatitis & Liver Cancer (Five known viruses)
Cancer: Prostrate (Medications)
Cancer: Prostrate [01] (Support Groups)
Cancer: Prostrate [02] (Omega 3Fatty Acid)
Cancer: Prostrate [03] (Detection)
Cancer: Prostrate [04] Delayed Treatment)
Cancer: Prostrate [05] 0 (Abiraterone Clinical Results) 080801
Cancer: Prostrate [06] (Screening Age Limit) 080815
Cancer: Prostrate [07] (Vitamin E & Selenium) 081101
Cancer: Prostrate [08] (FDA Approves Degarelix) 090201
Cancer: Prostrate [09] (Screening Decision) 090401
Cancer: Prostrate [10] (Misleading Bayer Ads) 090701
Cancer: Skin (Cause & treatment)
Cancer: Testicular (75,000 affected annually)
Candidates DAV Questions (Responses)
Canes for Veterans (No Charge)
Canes for Veterans (01) (WWII/Korean war vets)
Captioned Telephone: (Hearing Impaired Vets)
CAR (Marines Combat Action Ribbon) (Eligibility)
CAR Eligibility (Clarified)
Car Insurance Requirements [PI] (What to expect)
Car Key Alarm (Security Tip)
Car Leasing (Pro & con)
Car Rental Tips (How to Save Money) 080515
Cardiovascular Disease (Recognize the Signs)
Carefree RV Resorts (50% Vet Discount) 090615
Caries (Tooth Decay) (Ramifications) 080515
Cash Flow Control (Useful Techniques) 080901
Cash Flow Control [01] (Plug the Leaks) 080901
Casualty Assistance (Check out the RAO)
Casualty Assistance [01] (New VA pamphlet)
Casualty Assistance Officers (What they do)
Cataracts (Symptoms & treatment)
CBI {Compliance and Business Integrity}
CBO FY 2006 Review (DoD GDP percentage)
CBO Health Care Budget Options (2010 Options) 090201
CBO Military Compensation Report (Noncash benefit value)
CBO Military Compensation Report [01] (Pay raise questioned)
CBOC (Community Based Outpatient Clinic)
Cell Phone Deactivation if Stolen (How to)
Cell Phone Deactivation if Stolen [01] (GSM applicability only)
Cell Phone Discounts (Available to some military)
Cell Phone Payment Suspension (90+ day deployments)
Cell Phone Scare Message (FTC debunks)
Cell Phone Service Plan Basics (Are you overpaying?)
Cell Phone Tips (Did you know?)
Cell Phone Tips [01] (Correction)
Cell Phone Use on Bases (Prohibited while driving)
Cellphone *77 (Phony Cops) 081201
Cellphone Discounts (Veterans) 090701
Census Bureau Data Breach (672 missing laptops)
Census Bureau Job Recruiting (Taking Applications) 081201
Census Bureau Job Recruiting [01] (1.2 Million Needed) 090401
Ceremonial Bugle for Taps (DoD approves)
Certificate of Creditable Coverage (Preexisting medical condition)
Certificate of Creditable Coverage [01] (How to obtain) 061201
Certificate of Creditable Coverage[02] (Eligibility) 081201
Certificate of Military Service (Availability)
CHAMPVA Survivor Policy (Extended reinstatement deadline)
Changing Medicare Health Plans (When Allowed) 081115
Changing Military Records (Request within 3 years)
Changing Military Records [01] (Application procedure)
Changing Military Records [02] (Board action)
Chapter 61 (Overview)
Chapter 61 [01] (CRSC Eligibility)
Chapter 61 CRSC Claims (Guidance Released) 080701
Chapter 61 Disability Pay [02] (CRDP Plan Details) 090601
Chapter 61 Disability Pay [03] (More Details) 090615
Chapter 61 Disability Pay [04] (Half Step Forward) 090701
Chapter 61 Legislation [01] (S.944) 090515
Chapter 61 Legislation [02] (Dems find Money) 090701
CHCBP (Transitional Medical Coverage)
CHCBP {Continued Health Care Benefits Program}
CHCSII (Patient records to go digital)
CHCSII {Composite Health Care System II}
Check Floating (No longer possible after 28OCT)
Check/Money Order Scams (Consumers easy prey)
Chewing Gum To Replace Brushing (Army will test)
Chinese War Memorial Medal (Eligibility)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia [01] (VA must pay)
Cigarette Firesafe Law (Self extinguishment)
Citizenship Legitimation Rqmts [U.S] (Persons born out of wedlock)
Civil Air Patrol Wants Retirees (Volunteer & paid positions)
Claims and Appeals (Responsibility is yours!)
CLL (Chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
Close Combat Badge (New)
Close Combat Badge (New badge for noninfantry approved)
Cloture Parliamentary procedure to end debate and take
an immediate vote
CNGR Commission (Review of RC)
CNGR Commission [01] (2nd meeting summary)
CNGR Commission [02] (CNGR blasts Pentagon)
CNGR Commission [03] (Final Report Delivered)
CNH (Community Nursing Home)
CNN Attractions Free to Military (Retirees eligible)
COA (Mail) (On line thru USPS)
COBRA (Unemployed Health Insurance) 090115
COBRA [01] (ECS 2009 Impact) 090215
COBRA [02] (ECS 65% Subsidy) 090301
Coca Cola (FDA Warning) 090115
COLA 2000 (2.5 percent)
COLA 2001 (3.5 percent)
COLA 2002 (2.6 percent)
COLA 2003 (1.4 percent)
COLA 2004 (2.1 percent)
COLA 2005 (2.7 percent)
COLA 2006 (4.1 percent)
COLA 2007 (3.3 percent)
COLA 2008 (Decrease of 0.7%)
COLA 2008 [01] (1.2% Decline to Date)
COLA 2008 [02] (1% below 2007)
COLA 2008 [03] (0.3% thru FEB 07)
COLA 2008 [04] (0.8% thru MAR 07)
COLA 2008 [05] (0.8% above April's)
COLA 2008 [06] (0.1% Below Junes)
COLA 2008 [07] (2.0% to 2.3% realm)
COLA 2008 [08] (2.3% effective 1 DEC 07)
COLA 2009 (Up 1.5% YTD)
COLA 2009 [01] (3.5% YTD) 080601
COLA 2009 [02] (5.7% YTD) 080801
COLA 2009 [03] (Bad news, Good news) 080901
COLA 2009 [04] (5.9% Projected) 081015
COLA 2009 [05] (Final Figures) 081101
COLA 2010 (OCT 1.3% Drop) 081201
COLA 2010 [01] (Another Decrease) 090101
COLA 2010 [02] (1% Dec Decrease) 090201
COLA 2010 [03] (0.5% JAN Increase) 090301
COLA 2010 [04] (0.5% FEB Increase) 090401
COLA 2010 [05] (0.2% MAR Increase) 090501
COLA Adjustment Bill (Would Cap retirees COLAs)
Cold Hands (Cause & treatment)
Cold War Experiments Lawsuit (VA Care Sought) 090115
Cold War Medal (Veterans Want Recognition)
Cold War Medal [01] (DoD does Not Want)
Cold War Medal [02] (Not in NDAA 09)
Cold War Recognition Certificates (Approved by SECDEF)
Colds (Sleep Impact) 090115
College Financial Plan (Future costs)
Colon Cancer Detection (2nd highest U.S. cancer killer)
Combat Action Medal [02] (VFW Wants USN CAM) 080901
Combat Action Ribbon (Retroactive)
Combat Action Ribbon [01] (USN IED eligibility)
Combat Medics Badge (Pending)
Combat Related Death Gratuity (Retroactive to 7 OCT 01)
Combat Veteran Health Care see VA
Combat Veteran Health Care [04] (New Definition Sought) 090401
Combat Zone Death Tax Reporting (How to)
Commerce Dept Privacy Breach (Lost/stolen computers)
Commissary (Self checkout)
Commissary [01] (Notes of interest)
Commissary [02] (Variable pricing)
Commissary [03] (Merger concept resurfaces)
Commissary Bag Selection (Paper less expensive)
Commissary Construction (Program impacted)
Commissary Coupon Use [01] (Internet coupons now accepted)
Commissary Coupon Use [02] (Home printed coupons reinstated)
Commissary Gift Certificate (Supplier Goes Bust) 090315
Commissary Savings Tip (Plan ahead)
Commissary User Savings (32% Annually)
Commissary Watch List (Nine stores under scrutiny)
Common Access Card (CAC) (H.R.3046 & 3128 impact)
Communicating with Congress (Advocacy tip sheet)
Communicating with Congress [01] (Making it harder)
Communicating with Congress [02] (800 numbers)
Complementary & Alternative Medicine (FDA limits)
Computer Keyboards (Cleaning) 090215
Computer Power Surge Protection (Are you prepared?)
Computer Security (Spyware elimination)
Computer Tip (Email print size)
Concurrent Receipt see Pay
Concurrent Receipt Status JUL 07 (570,000 not yet eligible)
Congress Contacting (Congressional contact data base)
Congress Returns to Work SEP 05 (Unresolved issues)
Congress Vet Voting Record (Check out your rep)
Congressional Budget Schedule (FY 2007)
Congressional Cola 2007 ($3300 Increase)
Congressional Cola 2008 ($4,100 Increase)
Congressional Cola 2009 ($4700 Increase) 090101
Congressional Communication Hints (How to be most effective)
Congressional Contacts (Staff members duties)
Congressional Hearings 2008 (About to Start)
Congressional Mail (Tips on writing them)
Congressional Salaries & Benefits 2004 (What they get)
Congressional Terminology (Military funding terms)
Congressional Terminology [02] (Pro Forma Session) 090101
Congressional Vet Committee Lineup (Major changes)
Connecticut Veterans' Home (New VA grant)
Consumer Health Digest (Phony health care)
Consumer Price Index (CPI explanation)
Contact Info for Vets (Who to Call) 080801
Contact Info for Vets [01] (Quick Reference Guide) 080901
Contact Lens Prescriptions (More competition)
Continuing Resolution (What it is) 081015
Cool Blue Listerine Recall (Found to be inadequate)
Coronary Artery Disease (Symptoms)
Coronary Heart Disease Mgmt (72 page guide)
Cost of Government Day (16 July) 080801
Coughing (Overview) 090615
CPR (Old and new)
CRDP see Pay
CRDP [16] (Grass roots effort impact)
CRDP [17] (SECDEF position)
CRDP [18] (Bush proposed plan)
CRDP [19] (Number of retirees)
CRDP [20] (A step forward)
CRDP [21] (Discharge petition)
CRDP [22] (Signed into law)
CRDP [23] (Phase in amounts)
CRDP [24] (New official name)
CRDP [25] (CR/CDP now CRDP)
CRDP [26] (Civil service retirement impact)
CRDP [27] (Possible elimination of 10yr phase in for 100%)
CRDP [28] (Payment Increases)
CRDP [29] (Accelerated CR for IU mulled)
CRDP [30] (Decision still pending on IU Vets)
CRDP [31] (100% Disabled w/IU chances now 5050)
CRDP [32] (100% Disabled w/IU chances remain 5050)
CRDP [33] (100% disability w/ IU)
CRDP [34] (More on Unemployables)
CRDP [35] (Discharge petition in House)
CRDP [36] (H.R.2076 introduced in Congress)
CRDP [37] (100% IU approved)
CRDP [38] (IU advances to 5 years)
CRDP [39] (2006 strategy to improve)
CRDP [40] (New legislation)
CRDP [41] (2007 Increase)
CRDP [42] (IU Payments Begin) 080915
CRDP [43] (Majority leader support)
CRDP [44] (Back Pay for IUs) 081101
CRDP [45] (IU Retro Pay Tax) 081201
CRDP {Concurrent Retirement Disability Pay}
CRDP earlier than expected (150,000 by 1 Feb 04)
CRDP/CRSC Claim Backlog (39,000+ Pending)
CRDP/CRSC Open Season (1 thru 31 JAN 08)
CRDP/CRSC Option (Election due by 31 JUL)
CRDP/CRSC Option [01] (2008 Open Season)
CRDP/CRSC Option [02] (2009 Open Season) 081201
Credit Card Charges (APR Reduction Possible)
Credit Card Charges [01] (Hearing Impact on Penalties)
Credit Card Charges [02] (Reform Legislation) 080515
Credit Card Late Fees (Tripled in 10 years) 081015
Credit Card Late Fees [01] (How to Avoid) 081015
Credit Card Offers (How to reduce)
Credit Card Scam (Report it if called)
Credit Card Scam [01] (EPPI Card system) 080701
Credit Freezes in Jeopardy (Consumer protection)
Credit Report Content (Basics)
Credit Score (How to raise)
Credit Score [01] (Misunderstood) 080915
Crime Victim Resource Overseas (Crime victim assistance)
Crime Victim Resources U.S. (Where to go)
CRSC see Pay
CRSC [09] (Reservist eligibility)
CRSC [10] (Expanded program)
CRSC [11] (NDAA 04 provisions)
CRSC [12] (Backlog to increase)
CRSC [13] (SMC/IU issue)
CRSC [14] (www.crsc.army.mil)
CRSC [15] (SMC & IU resolved)
CRSC [16] (Claim processing status)
CRSC [17] (Wait for new applications)
CRSC [18] (Implementation policy letter)
CRSC [19] (New application rules)
CRSC [20] (Where to send naval applications)
CRSC [21] (Chapter 61 retirees)
CRSC [22] (Payment of IU in AUG)
CRSC [23] (DFAS payment schedule)
CRSC [24] (Backlog almost gone)
CRSC [25] (Applications encouraged)
CRSC [26] (31OCT DFAS backlog elimination)
CRSC [27] (Backlog resolution)
CRSC [28] (Chapter 61 coverage)
CRSC [29] (Chapter 61 retirees)
CRSC [30] (Electronic statement delivery initiated)
CRSC [31] ($21 billion untapped)
CRSC [32] (COA for USN/USMC)
CRSC [33] (68% approval rate)
CRSC [34] (New bill S.2385)
CRSC [35] (CRSC/CRDP open season)
CRSC [36] (You may qualify)
CRSC [37] (Chapter 61 Guidance)
CRSC [38] (Phishing Scam) 080601
CRSC [39] (Glitch Surfaces) 080801
CRSC [40] (Air Force TERA/TRDL) 080901
CRSC {CombatRelated Special Compensation}
CRSC Application Tips (Good to know)
CRSC under Disability Retirement (How to Compute) 080601
CSRS {Civil Service Retirement System}
CSRS COLA 2007 (2.3% &3.3% Increases)
CSRS Survivor Annuity (Loophole) 090215
CSRS/FERS Retirement t2005 (Planning guides available)
CT Soldiers, Sailors & Marines Fund (Cuts
Pending) 090301
CT Vet Educational Benefits (Overview) 080615
CT Vet Property Tax (Disability Verification Letter) 081015
CT Vet Wartime Service Medal (270K Vets eligible)
Cyberspace Command (Keesler AFB a Contender)
DACMC (SECDEF compensation review)
DACMC [01] (Proposed pay changes)
DACMC [02] (Sweeping changes)
DACMC {Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation}
Data Breach see AF
Data Breach see Agriculture Dept
Data Breach see AXPOW
Data Breach see Bank of NY
Data Breach see Census Bureau
Data Breach see Commerce Dept
Data Breach see Dave & Buster Restaurants
Data Breach see Express Scripts
Data Breach see FL Dept of Finance
Data Breach see Georgia Department of Community Health
(GDCH)
Data Breach see Hannaford Bros
Data Breach see IRS
Data Breach see MA DPL
Data Breach see MOAA
Data Breach see Navy
Data Breach see NIH
Data Breach see Pentagon
Data Breach see SSA
Data Breach see TJX
Data Breach see Tricare (SAIC)
Data Breach see TSA
Data Breach see U of U Hospital
Data Breach see USDA
Data Breach see USMC
Data Breach see VA
Data Breach Walter Reed
Dates to Remember (Mark Your Calendar) 080501
DAV Transportation Network (Volunteer drivers needed)
Dave & Buster Data Breach (Cash Register Terminals) 080515
Daylight Saving Time (DST) (Start/Stop dates)
Daylight Savings Time (Different in 2007)
Daylight Savings Time [01] (Why & When) 081101
DD214 see Military records
DD214 Privacy in Texas (Confidential for 75 years)
DDay (Overview) 090615
DDay [01] (Memorial Funding Problems) 090615
DDay Anniversary Tours (60th anniversary)
Death Benefits (Active duty)
Death Benefits [CA & Federal] (Service Connected)
Death Benefits [CA & Federal] (Nonservice Connected)
Death Gratuity (Combat Related)
Death Gratuity [01] (Increases effective 1 SEP 05)
Death Gratuity [02] (More Choices) 080801
Death Gratuity [03] (Check Cashing Problem) 080801
Death Gratuity [04] (Electronic Deposit Available) 080815
Death Issues (Things to consider)
Death of U.S. Citizen Abroad Report (SF192 necessity)
Debit Card Data Breach (Bank Card Skimming) 080515
Debit Cards (Types & advantages)
Debt Reduction Planner (Elimination cost)
Debt Statute of Limitations (Suits) 090415
DeCA {Defense Commissary Agency}
DeCA Bad Check Policy Change (New policy on NSF checks)
DeCA Dietician Service (Online) 080501
DECA Double Coupon Policy (Prohibited by Law) 080401
DeCA Scholarships 2007 (Apply by 21 FEB)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (Kills 200,000 Annually)
DEERS {Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System}
DEERS Facts [01] (Keeping Current) 090501
DEERS: Facts (Policies & Responsibilities)
DEERS: Former Spouse see Tricare
DEERS: OCONUS Communications (How to)
DEERS: Registration in RP (ID Cards Available)
DEERS: Registration in RP [01] (Hours of Operation)
DEERS: Registration in RP [02] (General Guidelines)
DEERS: Registration in RP [03] (Procedures/Hours)
DEERS: Reserve Enrollment (Policy)
DEERS: Update & COA (How to)
Defense Health Agency (Proposed new agency)
Dependency & Indemnity Compensation (Overview) 090215
Dependents Educational Assistance (Available to widows
& their kids)
Depleted Uranium (Compensation for exposure)
Depleted Uranium [01] (Guardsmen sue)
Depleted Uranium [02] (Gulf War Syndrome cause)
Depleted Uranium [03] (Controversial health issue)
Depleted Uranium [04] (Report due OCT 07)
Depleted Uranium [05] (Advocates Protest NY Inaction) 080415
Deploy Med Research LINK (Info on health research)
Deployment Aid Library (Information source)
Dextromethorphan AAFES Sales (Limitation on sales)
DFAS {Defense Finance and Accounting Service}
DFAS 1099R for 2007 (Availability Dates)
DFAS 1099R for 2008 (Viewing Dates) 081115
DFAS 2004 1099R & RAS (Availability dates promulgated)
DFAS 2005 1099R & RAS (Should be received NLT 5 JAN)
DFAS 2006 1099R & RAS (Download from myPay)
DFAS Contact Info (Methods)
DFAS Contact Info [01] (Keep current)
DFAS Death Notification (Where/How to notify)
DFAS Emergency Contact (Numbers to call for pay)
DFAS myPay Look Alikes (Not affiliated)
DFAS myPay System (Pay matters made easier)
DFAS myPay System [01] (1099R hardcopy option)
DFAS myPay System [02] (400,000 to receive letter)
DFAS myPay System [03] (Electronic 1099R)
DFAS myPay System [04] (New Security Measure)
DFAS myPay System Change (Users must request mailed documents)
DFAS Notes [01] (Current actions)
DFAS Overseas Direct Deposit (IDD program)
DFAS Overseas Direct Deposit [01] (Exchange rates)
DFAS Payroll ($3 billion + per month)
DFAS Profile 2006 (Stats & POC)
DFAS Reserve/Guard Pay Center (Officially opened)
DFAS Tax Statements via Mail (Mailing imminent)
DFAS Website (http://www.dod.mil/dfas)
DFC "V" Device for Heroism (Eligibility)
DFC "V" Device for Heroism (Air Force)
DHS Report Trashes Veterans (Vets Outraged) 090501
DHS Report Trashes Vets [01] (Report Withdrawn) 090601
Diabetes (Overview)
Diabetes see AO
Diabetes [01] (Safety alert)
Diabetes [01] (Drug Spending Doubles) 081101
Diabetes [02] (New medication approved)
Diabetes [03] (Take the test)
Diabetes [04] (Obesity Surgery Cure)
Diabetes Eye Exam Program (Medicare sponsored)
DIC see VA
DIC {Dependency and Indemnity Compensation}
DIC+SBP [01] (Concurrent Receipt)
DIC+SBP [02] (Remarriage after Age 57)
DIC+SBP [03] (GSW Offset Goal)
DIC+SBP [04] (DIC increase to $1500 proposed)
DIC+SBP [05] (H.R.808 would repeal offset)
DIC+SBP [06] (Offset Impact) 080801
DIC+SBP = (Overview)
Diet and Exercise Myths (Top 10) 080915
Diet Pills (Read the small print)
Diet Pills [01] (False claims)
Diet Slim Chance 2004 Awards (Worst diet gimmicks)
Diet: Eat More, Stay Thin (What to do)
Digital Camera Basics (How to use)
Digital TV Upgrade (Implementation Deadline FEB 09)
Digital TV Upgrade [01] (50% Households Unprepared)
Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act (S.713 introduced)
Diploma Mills (What they are/do)
Disability Evaluation System DoDVA (Pilot Expansion) 081115
Disability Evaluation System DoDVA [01] (Initial Reviews) 090101
Disability Evaluation System DoDVA [02] (May Never Mesh) 090401
Disabled Can Sue States (Supreme Court ruling)
Disabled Retiree Back Pay see VA Retro Pay
Disabled Retiree Back Tax (3 years refund limit)
Disabled Retiree Back Tax [01] (Refund beyond 3 years)
Disabled Tenant Eviction (Possible in some cases)
Disabled Vet Jobs ($11/hr training pay)
Disabled Vet License Plate (TX criteria)
Disabled Vet Tax (Bill to eliminate)
Disabled Vet Tax Termination Act (New CRDP legislation)
Disabled Veterans Assistance Phone Line (Employment assistance)
Disabled Veterans Memorial ($65 million needed)
Disabled Veterans Memorial [01] (Commemorative Coin) 080801
Disabled Veterans Memorial [02] ($86 Million Project) 080815
Disabled Vets Sought To Testify (30+ day waits)
Disaster Preparedness (Are you prepared?)
Disaster Preparedness [02] (Emergency Kit) 090615
Discharge & Examination Processing (VA/DoD cooperating)
Disneys Armed Forces Salute] (2009 Offer) 090115
Disposal of Electronic Products (What to do)
Disputing Credit Reports (How to dispute)
Divine Strake (Test on hold)
Divorce see Military
Divorce Considerations (Property division)
DMDC Philippine Outreach (Will issue ID cards)
DoD & VA COLA 2006 [03] (4.1% for 2006)
DoD Budget FY 2010 [01] (Resolutions Approved) 090415
DoD Budget FY 2010] (Process Begins) 090401
DoD Disability Evaluation System (Undergoing overhaul)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [01] (Firms volunteer)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [02] (Pro Bono Effort)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [03] (NDAA includes S.1606)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [04] (Joint system)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [05] (Bushs proposal)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [06] (Unique)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [07] (Pilot/Future Plans)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [08] (Single Physical)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [09] (Improvements)
DoD Disability Evaluation System [10] (VASRD Compliance) 080401
DoD Disability Evaluation System [11] (Army Not Complying) 081015
DoD Disability Evaluation System [12] (Chu at it Again) 081201
DoD Disability Evaluation System [13] (CombatRelated Definition)
081201
DoD Disability Evaluation System [14] (Expedited DES) 090201
DoD Disability Retirement (Overview)
DoD Disability Retirement [01] (1/3rd Reserves Impacted)
DoD Disability Retirement [02] (Discharge parameters)
DoD Disability Retirement [03] (TDRL GAO Issues) 090501
DoD Disability Severance [01] (Revised Regulation) 090515
DoD Disability Severance Law (Violated?) 080701
DoD EHR System (Computerized medical records)
DoD Genetic Illness Policy (Genetic discrimination)
DoD Gift Limits (Approval reqd over $20)
DoD Gift Limits [01] (Additional clarification)
DoD Hearing Aids (RACHAP/RHAPP Program)
DoD Mental Health Task Force (Input requested)
DoD Mental Health Task Force [01] (18 Dec meeting)
DoD Mental Health Task Force [02] (Combat stress concerns)
DoD Mental Health Task Force [03] (22 Jan meeting)
DoD Mental Health Task Force [04] (Task Force results)
DoD Mental Health Task Force [05] (Mental health shortfalls)
DoD Military Retiree Employment (New policy)
DoD Millennium Cohort Study (21 year study)
DoD PDBR (New Board) 080715
DoD PDBR {Physical Disability Board of Review}
DoD PDBR [01] (Anticipated Problems) 080715
DoD PDBR [02] (Applications Available DEC 08) 081115
DoD PDBR [03] (Review Board Comparisons) 081201
DoD PDBR [04] (Review Process) 081215
DoD PDBR [05] (Accepting Applications) 090201
DoD PDBR [06] (Expanded Ratings Review) 090515
DoD Personnel Death Policy (Decedents desires lack authority)
DoD PTSD Lawsuit (Army Denied Benefits) 090101
DoD Rehab Treatment (Adequacy Questioned) 090401
DoD Retiree Employment (New Policy)
DoD Retiree Pay Offset (CRSC/CRDP Impact)
DoD Retiree Pay Offset [01] (HR 333 Action Alert) 090115
DoD Retiree/Reserve Benefits Policy (Entitlement raises opposed)
DoD Rising Medical Cost (Copay increase could be forthcoming)
DoD Rising Medical Cost [01] (Medicine cost determines availability)
DoD SMART Scholarships (How to apply)
DoD to VA Record Transition (Not smooth)
DoD to VA Record Transition [01] (Not going well)
DoD to VA Record Transition [02] (Agreement reached)
DoD to VA Record Transition [03] (Hearings highlight efforts)
DoD to VA Record Transition [04] (New Legislation)
DoD to VA Record Transition [05] (No date set)
DoD to VA Record Transition [06] (16th hearing comments)
DoD to VA Record Transition [07] (Health Records) 090201
DoD to VA Record Transition [08] (Uniform Registration) 090415
DoD to VA Record Transition [09] (Obama Promises Change) 090415
DoD Vet Betrayal Claim (Combatrelated Defined) 080915
DoD/USPS Military Mail Policy (Generic Addressees)
Draft see SSS
Draft Exposure (Impact on Elderly)
Drug Cost Increase Rejected (Pharmacy copay increase)
DSHS Veterans Project [01] (Older vet assistance)
DTRA (DR program abolishment)
DU {Depleted Uranium}
Dual Nationality and US Law (Allowed)
Duty Station Verification [USN] (Sources to recover data from)
Eagle Hammock RV Park (MWR Vacation Site) 080601
Earwax Removal (National Guidelines) 080915
Echo Taps Worldwide (Armed Forces Day plan)
Economic Stimulus Package (Impact on Vets)
Economic Stimulus Package [01] (File Early)
Economic Stimulus Package [02] (Vet Eligibility)
Economic Stimulus Package [03] (6 Steps to take)
Economic Stimulus Package [04] (VA Benefit Impact) 080401
Economic Stimulus Package [05] (Payment Dates) 080401
Economic Stimulus Package [06] (File after 15 APR) 080515
Economic Stimulus Package [07] (Filing w/ITINs) 080601
Economic Stimulus Package [08] ($2 billion Confiscated) 080701
Economic Stimulus Package [09] (IRS Issues Reminder) 080815
ECS {Economic Stimulus}
ECS 2009 (Impact on Vets) 090201
ECS 2009 [01] (Approved by Conferees) 090215
ECS 2009 [02] (Not Enough for Vets) 090301
ECS 2009 [03] (CSRS retirees) 090301
ECS 2009 [04] (Vet/DIC Pmt) 090301
ECS 2009 [05] (SSA Payment) 090301
ECS 2009 [06] (Eligibility) 090315
ECS 2009 [07] (Unwanted Withholdings) 090401
ECS 2009 [08] (Residency Criteria) 090401
ECS 2009 [09] (Retiree Action Alert) 090415
ECS 2009 [10] (Tax Tables Released) 090415
ECS 2009 [11] (Rude Surprise for Some) 090601
ECS 2009 [12] (VA $250 Pmt) 090701
Elderly Blood Pressure & Mortality (Survival Rates)
Elderly Cold Prevention (Vitamin E impact)
Elderly Emergency Room Use (Drug Side Effects)
Email see Spam
Email: Addressing (Bcc use)
Email: How to Make Sure You Get Yours (Bypassing spam filters)
Email: Navy/Marines Block (Send COA if applicable)
Email: Petitions (Ineffective)
Email: Questionable (Dont Be Fooled)
Emergency Contraception (H.R. 2064)
Emergency Room Tips (Preparations & Use) 090501
Employment Restrictions [Post Service] (Dont jeopardize
retirement pay)
Enlistment see Recruiting
Enlistment Pool (Limited to 5 million) 080401
Enlistment to Avoid Prosecution (No longer allowed)
Enlistment Waivers (On the Increase)
Enlistment Waivers [01] (Process Standardized) 080715
Environmental Certificate Training Program (OIF/OEF/ONE vets)
EOB {Explanation of Benefits}
EPassport (Available end of 2006)
Equal Justice for Servicemen (Supreme Court access)
Estate Planning (Pro Bono Service) 090201
Estate Planning [01] (Taxdeferred Investments) 090215
Estate Tax see Tax
Exchange Consolidation [01] (Transparent to consumers)
Exchange Consolidation [02] (UETF modified plan)
Exchange Restrictions Remain (No high cost items)
Expatriate Income Tax (Who must file)
Expatriate Income Tax [01] (Deadlines) 080615
Expeditionary Warfare Pin (Approved)
Expeditionary Warfare Pin (USN) (Approved 31 JUL 06)
Express Scripts Data Breach (Ransom Demands) 081115
Eye Exams/Glasses [01] (Military community options)
FAA Data Breach (45,000 at Risk) 090215
Fair Tax Act [01] (Reintroduced as H.R.0025)
Fake Heroes see Military Stolen Valor
Falcon Loan Program (Loan to $500)
Family Care Giving (Medicaid Cash Allowance)
Family Film Festival (No Cost Movies) 080715
Fat Tax (Alabama) 080901
FDA {U.S Food and Drug Administration}
FDA Assessment (Lower Enforcement)
FDA Drug Safety Issues (List) 080915
FDA Scam (Impersonators) 081201
FDIC {Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation}
FDIC Insurance (Limits)
Federal Audit (Government exposure $50 trillion)
Federal Excise Tax Refund Credit see Tax
Federal Recovery Coordinators (DoD & VA)
Federal Retirement for Vets (Military earnings rule)
Federal Student Aid (CCRAA Vet Impact) 090315
Federal Student Aid (Retirees eligible)
Federal Student Aid [01] (Interest suspension bill)
FEHB {Federal Employees Health Benefits}
FEHB Open Season (14 Nov to 12 DEC)
FEHBP Premiums 2007 (2.3% Increase)
FEHBP Reserve Reimbursements [01] (Extended to 24 Months)
FEMA Mobile Homes (Sale to vets)
Feres Doctrine (Petition)
Filipino VA Benefits (Upgraded)
Filipino Vet Inequities (Wartime promises)
Filipino Vet Inequities [01] (Opposition to S.0057)
Filipino Vet Inequities [02] (S.0057 passes committee)
Filipino Vet Inequities [03] (H.R.760 funding issue)
Filipino Vet Inequities [04] (Pensions protested)
Filipino Vet Inequities [05] (Republicans protest)
Filipino Vet Inequities [06] (SMP benefit loss)
Filipino Vet Inequities [07] (S.1315 Impasse)
Filipino Vet Inequities [08] (Dual US/RP Pensions)
Filipino Vet Inequities [09] (S.1315 Passes Senate) 080501
Filipino Vet Inequities [10] (OneTime Payment) 081015
Filipino Vet Inequities [11] (Sen. Burr Comments) 081101
Filipino Vet Inequities [12] (ECS 2009 Funding) 090201
Filipino Vet Inequities [13] (ECS Committee Decision) 090215
Filipino Vet Inequities [14] (Payment Guidelines) 090301
Filipino Vet Inequities [15] (23,000 Claims to Date) 090401
Filipino Vet Inequities [16] (Claim Denials) 090615
Filipino Veterans New Benefits (9,000 Filipinos in U.S)
Filipino Veterans Pension Request ($100 VA monthly pension)
Fisher House Expansion (New homes)
Fisher House Expansion [01] (Tampa opens)
Fisher House Expansion [02] (New Chicago Facility) 080415
Fisher House Expansion [03] (Boost 38 to 62) 080615
Fisher House Expansion [04] (New LA Facility) 090215
Fisher House Hero Miles (Frequent flyer mile donations)
FL Dept of Revenue Data Breach (Identity Theft protection)
FL Disabled Vet Tax Exemption (Increase up to $5k)
FL Disabled Vet Tax Exemption [01] (Property tax discounts)
Flag Day (Overview) 090601
Flag Insignia Policy for Uniforms (Authorized)
Flag Laws & Regulations (Customs & Observances) 090701
Flag Legislation (No ban on burning)
Flag Legislation [01] (Display prohibitions)
Flag Legislation [02] (Burial Option Criteria)
Florida Taxes see Tax
Florida Vet Legislation (4 New Laws) 090615
Florida Vet Property Tax Relief (Tax Credits) 080401
FLTCIP {Federal LTC Insurance Program}
Flu Prevention (Vaccination urged)
Flu Shots (Necessary for 65+ retirees)
Flu Shots [01] (Who Should Get) 080915
Flu Shots [02] (Best Protection Available) 081101
Fluorescent Bulb Hazards (Mercury Disposal Problems) 080401
Fluoridation (Southern CA Completed)
FMP (Overview)
FMP [01] (Dental care clarification)
FMP {Foreign Medical Program}
Food Packaging (Less Content Same Price) 090315
Foreclosure (Avoidance Tips) 080401
Foreclosure [01] (Mortgage Aid Proposal) 080401
Foreclosure [02] (Take it to Court) 080801
Foreclosure [03] (Vet Protections) 080815
Foreclosure Impact on Renters (Little Recourse) 080515
Foreign Service Officer Exam (Second career option)
Forgotten Military Orphans (Adverse Impact of Law) 080715
Fourth Cliff Recreation Area (Family recreation area in Humarock
MA)
Fraud see Medicare, Tricare, and VA
Fraud: RentaPatient & Capping (Health care)
Fraudulent Internet Coupons (How to spot)
Fraudulent on Base Sales (Congressional action)
Fraudulent on Base Sales [01] ($70 million in refunds)
French Legion of Honor Medal (Eligibility)
French Legion of Honor Medal (WWII vets now being considered)
French Liberation Certificate (Eligibility)
Ft. McClellan Vets (Registry development)
FTC {Federal Trade Commission}
FTC Consumer Complaint Form (How to get results)
FTC Fraud Survey (30.2 million Adults defrauded)
FTC Funeral Rule (Funeral home investigation)
FTC Kellogg Complaint (Fraudulent Cereal Ads) 090501
Funeral see Air Force
Funeral see Burial
Funeral see Military
Funeral (PreNeed) (Pitfalls)
Funeral Disorderly Conduct (CA legislation)
Funeral Disorderly Conduct [01] (CA legislation)
Funeral Disorderly Conduct [02] (CA legislation)
Funeral Disorderly Conduct [03] (CA legislation)
Funeral Disorderly Conduct [04] (CA legislation)
Funeral Honors see Military
Funeral Honors [00] (DOD Authorization Act FY 2000)
Funeral Honors [01] (Authorized Provider Partnership program)
Funeral Honors [02] (Bugler ranks thinning)
Funeral Honors [03] (Customs & tradition)
Funeral Honors [04] (Florida) 090301
Future for Vets Commission (Tampa meeting)
FVE Scholarships (Fall 08 Applications) 080415
GAO {Government Accounting Office}
Gasoline Savings (Where to find)
Gasoline Savings [01] (Slow Down) 080501
GDCH Data Breach (71,000 Records) 080415
Generic Drug Prices (Pharmacy gouging)
Generic Drug Prices [01] (WalMart decrease)
Generic Drug Prices [02] (WalMart expands program)
Generic Drug Use (Safe & cheap)
Generic Drug Use [01] (Medical necessity)
GI Bill see REAP
GI Bill see Reserve GI Bill
GI Bill SR & Reserve Absences (Refund unused benefits)
GI Bill [01] (20% increase)
GI Bill [02] (VEAP to MGIB)
GI Bill [03] (1 OCT 02 increase)
GI Bill [04] (1 OCT 03 increase)
GI Bill [05] (MGIB Eligibility gap)
GI Bill [06] (Increase to $1000 per month)
GI Bill [07] (Education program guidelines)
GI Bill [08] (Accelerated payment plan)
GI Bill [09] (Payment rate increase)
GI Bill [10] (Simplification sought)
GI Bill [11] (Modest rate increase)
GI Bill [12] (S.0644 & H.R.1102)
GI Bill [13] (H.R.1969 fee waiver)
GI Bill [14] (10year deadline)
GI Bill [15] (Cost gap increasing)
GI Bill [16] (Faster Education Benefits)
GI Bill [17] (2008 Goals)
GI Bill [18] (Amended Bill)
GI Bill [18] (DoD Alarmed) 080401
GI Bill [19] (H.R.5684 & H.R.5740) 080415
GI Bill [20] (Republicans Strike Back) 080501
GI Bill [21] (S.22 Concerns) 080515
GI Bill [22] (H.R.2642 Passes House) 080601
GI Bill [23] (Passes Senate 7522) 080601
GI Bill [24] (Webb Bill Passes Congress) 080701
GI Bill [25] (20% Increase) 080715
GI Bill [26] (Post 911 Bill Primer) 080801
GI Bill [27] (Post911 Q & A) 080901
GI Bill [28] (Online Calculator) 080901
GI Bill [29] (Change Preparations) 081015
GI Bill [30] (Private Sector Involvement) 081015
GI Bill [31] (DVA Preparations) 081201
GI Bill [32] (Post9/11 on Schedule) 090101
GI Bill [33] (20 Years of Service) 090101
GI Bill [34] (Payment Rates) 090101
GI Bill [35] (Post9/11 Transferability) 090201
GI Bill [36] (Rule Freeze Impact) 090201
GI Bill [37] (Yellow Ribbon Program) 090215
GI Bill [38] (Preliminary Costs List) 090301
GI Bill [39] (OnCampus Attendance) 090301
GI Bill [40] (Proposed Cap) 090301
GI Bill [41] (Living Stipend) 090315
GI Bill [42] (USPHS/NOAA Corps) 090415
GI Bill [43] (Transfer Rights) 090501
GI Bill [44] (Application Process Begins) 090501
GI Bill [45] (Which to Pick) 090515
GI Bill [46] (Transfer Rules Approved) 090515
GI Bill [47] (Signup Status) 090601
GI Bill [48] (Colorado Vet Tuition Change) 090615
GI Bill [49] (California Policy) 090615
GI Bill [50] (IG IT Report Findings) 090615
GI Bill [51] (Final Transfer Policy) 090701
GI Bill Inequities (Low DoD priority)
GI Bill Inequities [01] (Total Force proposal)
GI Bill Inequities [02] (Means test)
GI Bill of Rights (21st Century upgrade proposed)
GI Bill of Rights [01] (New legislation)
GI Bill OJT & Apprenticeship (Alternative use of benefits)
GI Bill Rate Increase (Effective 1 OCT 06)
GI Bill Rate Increase [01] (2008 rates)
GI Bill Transferability (In development)
GI Bill Transferability [01] (Pilot program details)
Gift Cards (Consider Where You Buy) 081201
Gift Policy for USA (New Website) 080901
Glaucoma [01] (Those at Risk) 090115
GOFP (Overview)
GOFP {Guardians of Freedom Program}
Gold Star Family License Plates (Honoring fallen servicemen)
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act ($125 monthly pension)
Golden Access Passport see National Park
Golden Corral Military Buffet (Complementary Dinner) 081101
Good Conduct Medal (AF elimination)
Good Conduct Medal Elimination (Air force only)
Google Maps (New & user friendly)
Government Credit Card Abuse (VA/DoD/DHS/ ++) 080415
Government Data Protection (What to do)
Government Overpayments (Whos responsible?)
Government Vet Expenditures (1947 High Exceeded) 080801
Grace After Fire (Women Vet Resource) 081215
Grand Canyon National Park (Overview)
Grandparents Day (Did you know?)
Gray Area Retiree (Benefits)
Gray Area Retiree Space A (Feasibility study only)
Grayhound Bus Discounts (Honoring servicemembers)
Great Pond Recreational Facility (MWR vacation site)
Green Burial see Burial
Green Card Lottery (90,000 selected for 2006)
Greyhound Military Discount (10% ++) 080915
Guam Radiation & Contaminants (Guamblue ribbon report)
Guard and Reserve Personnel (2007 fact sheets)
Guard/Reserve Retirement Pay Point System (Clarified) 090101
Guardians of Freedom Pin (Distribution)
Guide Dogs for the Blind (Free services & benefits)
Gulf War Presumptive Disease [01] (Expires 31 DEC 11)
Gulf War Presumptive Disease [02] (Signs or symptoms)
Gulf War Syndrome (Still not defined)
Gulf War Syndrome [01] (DoD report available)
Gulf War Syndrome [02] (Brain size findings)
Gulf War Syndrome [03] (Sarin gas exposure)
Gulf War Syndrome [04] (Rumors Impact) 081101
Gulf War Syndrome [05] (GWS is Real) 081201
Gulf War Syndrome [06] (Kilpatrick Disagrees w/Report) 081201
Gulf War Syndrome [07] (IOM to Review Report) 081215
Gulf War Syndrome [08] (Brain Changes) 090501
Gulf War Syndrome [09] (Security Classification Review) 090701
Gulf War Vet Advisory Committee (Request to Establish)
Gulf War Vet Fatigue Study (CoEnzyme Q10) 080701
Gun Salutes (Overview)
GWOT {Global War on Terrorism}
GWOT Medal [01] (Criteria still in review)
GWOT Medal [02] (Qualifying areas)
GWOT Medal [03] (Eligibility expanded)
GWOT Returning Heroes TF [01] (Recommendations)
GWOT Returning Heroes TF [02] (Implementation order)
Handicapped Vet Offer (Good deal)
Hannaford Bros Data Breach (2 Lawsuits Filed) 080401
HASC (Background)
HASC [01] (Democrats restructure)
HASC [02] (111th Congress)
HASC [03] (New Vet on Committee) 090301
HASC [04] (Benefits Boosts Blocked) 090701
HASC {House Armed Services Committee}
Health Care Availability (Federal health centers) 090201
Health Care Broken Promise (Recruiters)
Health Care Broken Promise [01] (Ltr writing campaign)
Health Care Broken Promise [02] (Not a cureall)
Health Care Broken Promise [03] (New legislation)
Health Care Myths (5 Most Popular) 080401
Health Care Provider Performance (Where to look)
Health Care Quality and Price (Medical data sharing)
Health Care Quality and Price [01] (DoD improvements)
Health Care Reform (Hidden Health Tax) 090615
Health Care Reform [01] (House Discussion Draft) 090701
Health Search Engine (Quick & easy to use)
Hearing Aids see DoD or Tricare or VA
Heart Attack (Survival When Alone)
Heart Attack [01] (In Woman)
Heart Disease (Awareness)
Heart Failure (Condition vice stoppage)
Heartland Data Breach (Massive) 090301
HELOC {Home Equity Line Of Credit}
HELOC Fraud (Identity Theft) 081215
Help Lines (USMC & USCG)
HHS 2007 Budget Proposal (Programs impacted)
Higher Education Act (Student Loan Rate)
Holiday Mail Policy (2003)
Home Insurance (How much is needed?) 090701
Homeless Vet Standdown (LA Statewide Event)
Homes for Our Troops (Mission) 090701
Honor Guard Restriction (Statute restricts support)
Horatio Alger Scholarship (Military veterans)
HOS/ETS {Home of Selection/End of Tour service}
HOS/ETS Extension Requests (6 year possibility)
Hospice Care (Patients Living Longer)
Hospice Care [01] (An Overlooked Option)
Hospital Cleanliness (5% infection rate)
Hospital Death Rates (Now Available Online) 080901
Hospital Observation Stays (Patient Medicare Coverage) 090401
Hospital Quality of Care (Where to check)
House Armed Services Committee see HASC
Household Goods FRV (Not till 2008)
Household Hints (Useful info)
HP/Staples Lawsuit (Ink Cartridges)
HUD {US Department of Housing and Urban Development}
HUDVASH {HUD Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing}
HUDVASH (Homeless Vet Program) 090501
Hurricane Preparedness (Are you ready?)
Hurricane Safety (Are you prepared)
HVAC (House Veterans' Affairs Committee)
HVAC [00] (What it is)
HVAC [01] (5 bills passed)
HVAC [02] (Support for 7 Bills)
HVAC [03] (Vet Bills Hearing)
HVAC [04] (Vet Bill Action) 090401
HVAC [05] (Vet Bill Action) 090515
HVAC [06] (Vet Bill Action) 090601
HVAC [07] (Subcommittee Hearings Held) 090615
HVAC [08] (Committee Bills Cleared) 090615
Hydration (Importance) 090701
Hypertension (Overview)
Hypertension [01] (Blacks vs. Whites) 081115
ICE [In Case of Emergency] (Recommendation)
ID Card (DoD CAC plans)
ID Card 100% Disabled Vets (Policy clarified)
ID Card Philippines (U.S. Embassy workstation)
ID Card Philippines [01] (Walkins discouraged)
ID Card Philippines [02] (General guidelines)
ID Card see Military
ID Card Copying (When copying authorized)
ID Card Copying (01) (Tricare providers authorized)
ID Card Expiration Date (Ignore) 081101
ID Card Former spouse (Criteria)
ID Card Numbers (Overview)
ID Card Numbers [01] (SSN removal)
ID Card Numbers [02] (SSN Phase Out) 080415
ID Card Request by Mail (Guidelines)
ID Card w/o Sponsor Present (How to obtain)
ID Cards for Age 75+ (Expiration date eliminated)
ID Cards for Age 75+ [01] (Available SEP 05)
Identity Theft [01] (DD214 Courthouse filing)
Identity Theft [02] (IRS audit)
Identity Theft [03] (Uniform national credit reporting standards)
Identity Theft [04] (Phony IRS W9095)
Identity Theft [05] (Cancelled)
Identity Theft [06] (Pishing)
Identity Theft [07] (VA Eligibles targeted)
Identity Theft [08] (Prevention, Identification & Mitigation)
Identity Theft [09] (Take Precautions)
Identity Theft Insurance see Lifelock
Identity Theft Victim Action (Timely action essential)
Illegal Aliens Medical Coverage (Bush authorizes payment)
Illinois Scholarships for Vets (110 available)
Illinois Vet Hiring Tax Credit (Vet hiring incentive)
Illinois Veteran Home Tax Donation (Donate via IL tax form)
Illness refer to name of malady
Immigrant Enlistment (Criteria)
Immigrant Recruitment (Under consideration)
Immigrant Sponsor Domicile Rqmt (Overseas residence impact)
Immunizations (What you should have)
Immunizations [01] (Fainting Stats) 081115
In Memory Medal (H.R.2370 introduced)
Income Tax (State) see Tax: State Tax on Personal Income
Independent Budget (VA $4.5B Hike Urged) 090215
Indiana RC Deployment Grants (Annual up to $2,000)
Indiana Vet Initiatives (Proposed benefit improvements)
Indiana Vet Initiatives [01] (Signed into law)
Individual Ready Reserve (Overview)
Infections in Seniors (How to Spot) 080901
Insurance Refund Settlements see Academy Life Insurance
Insurance Refund Settlements see American Amicable
Insurance Refund Settlements see American Fidelity Life
Insurance
Insurance Refund Settlements see Trans World Assurance
Company
Insurance: Kidnap & Ransom (Now available)
Insurrection Act (S.513 to repeal)
International Direct Deposit (Country list grows)
Internet Neutrality (HR 5252 to keep)
Internet Overseas Voting [01] (Postponed indefinitely)
Internet Taxation (Senates ban)
Iowa Home Ownership Program ($5k to eligibles)
Iowa Vet Benefits (Whats available)
Iowa Vet Benefits [01] (4 New Laws) 090615
Iowa Veteran Grant Program ($500 per Semester) 080601
Iowa Veterans Trust Fund (Law to Expand Use)
IRR Musters (MAR thru JUN 08)
IRS see Combat Zone Death
IRS see Data Breach
IRS see Economic Stimulus Package
IRS Assistance Center Closures (Less service more enforcement)
IRS Audit (Dont Panic)
IRS Collection Policy (Collection firms profit)
IRS Collection Policy [01] (Collection Agency Use) 080501
IRS Collection Policy [02] (Softer Line in 2009) 090115
IRS Collection Policy [03] (Obama Orders Review) 090215
IRS Consumer Warning see Scam
IRS Data Breach (Number affected unknown)
IRS Data Breach [01] (Problems Still Exist)
IRS Data Breach [02] (IG Report Results) 080415
IRS Dividend Rule Change (2003)
IRS Education Credits (Hope vs. Lifetime)
IRS FBAR {Foreign Bank Account Report}
IRS FBAR Tax Amnesty (6 Months) 090701
IRS FEIE {Foreign Earned Income Exclusion}
IRS FEIE Residency Test (330 Days ++) 081215
IRS Informant Rewards Program (1% to 15%)
IRS Military Capital Gains Tax Exemption ($500k per couple)
IRS Offshore Evaders (Leniency Offer) 090415
IRS Penalties & Interest (How Accessed) 080501
IRS Phishing (Identity theft)
IRS Phishing [01] (Consumer Warning)
IRS Phishing [02] (3000% Increase in JAN) 080401
IRS Private Debt Collection (Opposed by Congress)
IRS Special Tax Rebate 2000 ($300 to $500)
IRS Statute of Limitations (Expat False Assumptions) 080615
IU {Individual Unemployability}
Jet Lag Avoidance (Tips to reduce impact)
Jets for Vets (Non Relative travel option)
Jobs w/o College Degree Rqmt (20 top paying)
JROTC Teaching Positions (AF needs retirees)
Katrina Navy Website (Guidelines for naval personnel)
Katrina Recovery (Veteran interim measures)
KDSM Overview)
KDSM [01] (Implementing instructions)
KDSM [02] (Verification Delays)
KDSM [03] (AF Automates award)
KDSM {Korean Defense Service Medal
Keep the Promise [07] (Retiree lifetime free medical care)
Kentucky Military Legislation (Senate passes 3 bills)
Kentucky State Park Discount (Veterans Eligible) 081101
Kentucky Vet Cemeteries (Overview) 080401
Kessler AFB Medical Program (1 JUL 07 takeover)
Kidnap & Ransom Insurance (Most kidnappings go unreported)
Kidney Stones (Avoidance Tips) 080901
Kilauea Military Camp (Vacation location)
Knott's Berry Farm Vet Offer (Veterans tribute)
Know Your Food (Read the Label) 080801
Korean Defense Service Medal see KDSM
Korean War Armistice Day (27 July 2007)
Korean War Recognition Pins (How to Obtain)
Korean War Service Medal (Approval to Wear)
Korean War Service Medal [01] (Eligibility)
Korean War Veterans Commemorative Pin (How to get)
Korean War Veterans Memorial (Overview) 080415
LA Veterans Honor Medal (Eligibility) 090215
Laptop Hardware Security (Steps to take)
Lawsuit see AO
Lawsuit see SBP
Lawsuit see USFSPA
Lawsuit see VA Cancer
Lawsuit see VA Data Breach [19]
Lawsuit see VA Lack of Care
Lawsuit see VA Religious Discrimination
Lawsuit see Wiccan Pentacle
Lawsuit see Wrongful Death
LCD Screen Cleaning (Magic eraser)
Legal Permanent Residents Abroad (U.S. domicile requirement)
Legal Residency (Guidelines) 080715
Legislation of Interest (109th Congress vet bills)
Legislation of Interest [10] (Houses Passes 10 Vet Bills) 080601
Legislation of Interest [11] (4 New Bills) 090201
Legislative Agenda for 2007 (Legislation needed)
Legislative Process (Bill to Law)
Libel Protection Weakened (Internet newsletters)
Lifelock (Identity Theft Insurer)
Lifetime Tricare Coverage (Unfit for duty discharges)
Living Will (Preparation for eventual death)
Locating Deceased Insurance Policies (Where to search)
Locating Veterans (Some helpful means)
Locating Veterans [01] (How To) 081201
Long Term Care Expense (Insurance or Self Pay) 080701
Long Term Care FLTCIP (Federal Ins Program)
Long Term Care FLTCIP [01] (Website)
Long Term Care FLTCIP [02] (Something to consider)
Long Term Care FLTCIP [03] (Eligibility)
Long Term Care FLTCIP [04] (Premium Increase) 090515
Long Term Care w/Medicaid (Coverage) 080601
LongTerm Care for Vets (VA Underestimated Needs) 090401
Lou Gehrig'sDisease see ALS
Low Income Vet Benefits (Disability not always a prerequisite)
Lowcalorie Sweeteners [01] (Facts about Safety) 090115
Lowcalorie Sweeteners] (Overview) 090115
LTC see Long term Care
LTC Catch 22 (Middle Class Plight) 081101
MA DPL Data Breach (450,000 SSNs released)
Macular Degeneration (Impact on 60 & older vets)
Macular Degeneration [01] (Prevention) 080901
Making Sure You Get Your Email (How To)
Malta George Cross Medal (Eligibility)
Malware (PC Hazard) 080515
Marine Corps Coin (Mint Strikes 230th anniversary silver dollar)
Marine Corps Museum (Completion 2009)
Marine Det Memorial USS Arizona (To be demolished)
Marine Reserve Bonus (Expanded)
Marines' Memorial Association (San Francisco Military Club)
Marriage Abroad (Guidelines)
McCormick & Schmicks Vet Tribute (Complementary Dinner)
081101
Medal see name of medal
Medal of Honor [01] (Commemorative Coin) 090501
Medal of Honor [02] (Declining Award Numbers) 090401
Medal of Honor Day (March 25th)
Medal Request via Internet (http://veteranmedals.army.mil)
Medicad Funding [01] (Bush Strikes Again) 081115
Medicaid Copay (New Rules) 081215
Medical Hold (Guidelines)
Medical Identity Theft (Red Flags Rule) 090615
Medical Imaging (Good or Useless) 090315
Medical Malpractice (Feres doctrine)
Medical Mistakes (Being proactive)
Medical Pricing (Byzantine System) 080915
Medicare [01] (Part B special enrollment system failure)
Medicare [02] (Means testing in 07)
Medicare [02] (Premium rise of 10% projected)
Medicare [03] (What lies ahead)
Medicare [04] (Financing trigger)
Medicare [06] (Payment Reforms Recommended) 090401
Medicare B Premium (11% Increase FY 07)
Medicare B premiums [01] ($109.40 projected FY08)
Medicare B premiums [02] (Means Testing)
Medicare B Premiums [03] (Medically Retired Vets)
080715
Medicare B Premiums [04] (09 Rates Frozen)
Medicare Advantage Plans (No advantage)
Medicare Advantage Plans [01] (Illegal/Unethical tactics)
Medicare Advantage Plans [02] (Delayed refunds)
Medicare Advantage Plans [04] (Impact on Taxpayers) 090101
Medicare Advantage Plans [05] (RipOff) 090501
Medicare Ambulance Coverage] (What is/is not covered) 080815
Medicare B Automatic Enrollment (How it works)
Medicare Claim Filing by Patient (Use your physician of choice)
Medicare Colorectal Cancer Tests (Available to age 50+)
Medicare Deductibles (How they apply)
Medicare Drug & Improvement Act 2003 (Passed 25 Nov)
Medicare Drug Use Safety Program (Sentinel Initiative) 080601
Medicare Durable Medical Equip (DME Sources) 090601
Medicare Durable Medical Equip [01 (Oxygen Equipment) 090601
Medicare Enrollment [01] (SSDI Waiting Period) 090101
Medicare Enrollment Outside U.S. (How to)
Medicare Enrollment w/Disability (How to apply)
Medicare Enrollment w/Disability [01] (Waiting Period) 081201
Medicare Enrollment w/Disability [02] (Options) 090601
Medicare Extra Help Program (For low income retirees)
Medicare Extra Help Program [01] (Underutilized)
Medicare Eye Care (Coverage)
Medicare Fraud [01] (Federal False Claims Act)
Medicare Fraud [02] ($142 million)
Medicare Fraud [03] ($2 million wheelchair)
Medicare Fraud [04] (Mereck & Co)
Medicare Fraud [05] (Fraud Strike Force) 080401
Medicare Fraud [06] ($638 million in FL) 080615
Medicare Fraud [07] ($205 million) 080615
Medicare Fraud [08] ($92 million) 080715
Medicare Fraud [09] (Part D Plans) 080915
Medicare Fraud [10] (Detection Efforts Beefed Up) 081015
Medicare Fraud [11] (Home Health Billing Practices) 090401
Medicare Fraud [12] (Freehold NJ) 090415
Medicare Fraud [13] (Miami & Houston) 090415
Medicare Fraud [14] (Detroit $50 Million) 090701
Medicare Fraud [15] (Moss Point MS $49M) 090701
Medicare Fraud [16] (MiamiDade $22M) 090701
Medicare Handbook (Under revision to simplify)
Medicare Hospice Care (How it works)
Medicare Hospital Discharge (Rights)
Medicare Hospital Discharge [01] (Readmissions) 090415
Medicare Insurer Status (Primary/Secondary)
Medicare Late Enrollment Penalty [01] (90,000 eligible for no
penalty)
Medicare Late Enrollment Penalty [02] (Not yet eliminated)
Medicare Late Enrollment Penalty [03] (10% per year)
Medicare News (Various)
Medicare News [01] (RAC Goes National)
Medicare Offlabel Coverage Standard (MIPPA Impact) 090515
Medicare Opt Out Rule (Providers) 090415
Medicare Part B NonEnrollment (Ramifications) 080915
Medicare Part B Open Enrollment (Ends 1 Jan 05)
Medicare Part B Open Enrollment [01] (11/15 to 12/31) 081201
Medicare Part B Premiums [05] (2010 thru 2012) 090601
Medicare Part B Tax Credit [01] (H.R.0343)
Medicare Part D (Premiums & deductibles)
Medicare Part D [01] (TMOP much better program)
Medicare Part D [02] (Not for military retirees)
Medicare Part D [03] (Incorrect info in handbook)
Medicare Part D [04] (Cost exceed VA program)
Medicare Part D [05] (Critique)
Medicare Part D [06] (Deadline 15 May)
Medicare Part D [07] (TFL mistaken enrollment)
Medicare Part D [08] (Excluded medicines)
Medicare Part D [09] (2007 cost increase)
Medicare Part D [10] (TFL involuntary enrollment)
Medicare Part D [11] (1 JAN Changes)
Medicare Part D [12] (Comparison chart)
Medicare Part D [13] (Vet enrollment claims)
Medicare Part D [14] (Lower premiums)
Medicare Part D [15] (Tricare beneficiary enrollment)
Medicare Part D [16] (Closing the Doughnut Hole)
Medicare Part D [17] (Less 2008 Coverage)
Medicare Part D [18] (CMS Oversight Lax)
Medicare Part D [19] (Exception Request)
Medicare Part D [20] (Appeal Procedure)
Medicare Part D [21] (Premium Increase Bill) 080501
Medicare Part D [22] (Dual Eligibles Drug Cost) 080815
Medicare Part D [23] ($3Rate Increase) 080901
Medicare Part D [24] (Appeals Process Barriers) 080915
Medicare Part D [25] (Open Season 2009) 080915
Medicare Part D [26] (Doughnut Hole 2007) 080915
Medicare Part D [27] (Repeat of Update 25)
Medicare Part D [28] (2009 Plan Reassignments) 081015
Medicare Part D [29] (Hospital Medical Errors) 081101
Medicare Part D [30] (Advantage Commissions) 081101
Medicare Part D [31] (Oral Cancer Drugs) 090101
Medicare Part D [32] (Inflated Drug Prices) 090115
Medicare Part D [33] (Alternative Legislation) 090201
Medicare Part D Doughnut Hole (Comprehending) 081201
Medicare Part E (Eliminates Insurance Middleman) 090515
Medicare Payment Rule (No to Preventable Complications)
Medicare Physical Therapy Payments (Limited in 2007)
Medicare Physicals (2009 Change) 090101
Medicare Physician Locator (Listing by medical specialty)
Medicare Prescriptions (Electronic Prescribing) 080801
Medicare Preventive Care Services (Guidelines & Frequency)
080701
Medicare Private Health Plans (Higher Standards) 090315
Medicare Rates 2004 (New)
Medicare Rates 2006 [01] (Call your congressman)
Medicare Rates 2006 [02] (Compromise reached)
Medicare Rates 2006 [03] (Not yet finalized)
Medicare Rates 2006 [04] (4.4% cut halted)
Medicare Rates 2007 (Fewer doctors)
Medicare Rates 2007 [01] (Impact on hospitals)
Medicare Rates 2007 [02] (Physician payment cuts)
Medicare Rates 2007 [03] (Lower SS checks)
Medicare Rates 2007 [04] (Federal subsidy reduction)
Medicare Rates 2008 (Could be $109.40)
Medicare Rates 2008 [01] ($2.90 Increase/mo)
Medicare Reimbursement [01] (Payment Delays) 081115
Medicare Reimbursement Rates [02] (Tricare Users Impacted)
Medicare Reimbursement Rates [04] (Cuts Imminent)
Medicare Reimbursement Rates [05] (11th hour fix)
Medicare Reimbursement Rates [07] (Impact by State)
Medicare Reimbursement Rates [08] (Short Reprieve)
Medicare Reimbursement Rates [09] (Time Running Out) 080515
Medicare Reimbursement Rates 2008 (10% cut pending)
Medicare Reimbursement Rates 2008 [02] (18 Days Left) 080615
Medicare Reimbursement Rates 2008 [10] (No Compromise) 080701
Medicare Reimbursement Rates 2008 [11] (Sent to President) 080715
Medicare Reimbursement Rates 2008 [12] (Veto Overridden) 080801
Medicare Reimbursement Rates 2008 [13] (Middlemen Cut) 080801
Medicare Reimbursement Rates 2010 (Physician Impact) 090301
Medicare Scam (Seniors targeted)
Medicare Scams [01] (Insurance)
Medicare Solvency (Insolvent in 2019)
Medicare Solvency [01] (Higher Costs Looming)
Medicare Special Enrollment Mailings (Sign up or no TFL)
Medicare Subvention [01] (HR 4992 introduced)
Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) (What it is) 080701
Medicare Trust Fund (In Trouble) 080601
Medicare Under Age 65 (Tricare claim recoupment on 12K pending)
Medicare Vaccinations (Coverage Rules)
Medicare Wheelchair Availability (Harder to access)
Medicare/Tricare Payment Rates (Rate drop threatens health services)
Medication Lists (Importance of Accuracy) 090201
Medicine Bought Online (What to look for)
Melanoma (Skin Cancer) (50k new cases annually)
Memorial see Air Force
Memorial see Arizona
Memorial see Camp ODonnell
Memorial see Corregidor
Memorial see Disabled Veterans
Memorial see Korean War Veterans
Memorial see Lost Boats
Memorial see Marine Det
Memorial see Memorial Day Visit Sites
Memorial see Mojave Desert Vet
Memorial see Pentagon 9/11
Memorial see Spouse Monument
Memorial see Tomb of the Unknowns
Memorial see United Nations Wall
Memorial see Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Memorial see War Dog
Memorial see Women in Military Service for America
Memorial see VA Museum or Medical Center
Memorial see World War I
Memorial see WWII
Memorial Day History (Why a special day)
Memorial Day Remembrance (What it is all about)
Memorial Day Remembrance [01] (25 May) 090515
Memorial Day Remembrance [03] (Hallowed Grounds) 090601
Memorial Day Visit Sites (In country)
Merchant Marine WWII Compensation ($1000 Mo pension)
Merchant Marine WWII Compensation [01] (Sponsor Increase)
Merchant Marine WWII Compensation [02] (VA Opposed) 080515
Merchant Marine WWII Compensation [03] (H.R.23) 090515
Mesothelioma (Overview) 090215
MGIB {Montgomery GI Bill} see GI Bill
MHS 2008 Conference (Overview)
Microwaves, Plastics & Dioxins (FDA says no problem)
Migraines (Cause & Symptoms) 080415
Mileage Reimbursement Rate (Raised to 58.5 cents) 080901
Military Airfare Discount (BSMA starts petition)
Military Award/Service Claims see Military Stolen Valor
Military Award/Service Misrepresentation see Military
Stolen Valor
Military Awards Review (All Services)
Military Bank Scam (BOA users targeted)
Military Bankruptcy Protection Amendment (Not approved by Senate)
Military Blood Program (Shortage in San Diego)
Military Blood Program [01] (Retiree Donations Needed)
Military Blood Program [02] (New Web Site)
Military Care Package Kit (Post Office freeby)
Military Children Scholarships [01] (Applications due 1 MAR)
Military Comp Offsets (Crumbling Under Scrutiny)
Military Compensation Review (Military retirement system on table)
Military Compensation Review [01] (Special/Incentive Pays) 080815
Military Compensation Review [02] (Retirement System) 080815
Military Compensation Review [03] (Tricare) 080815
Military Compensation Review [04] (Health Care) 080915
Military Compensation Review [05] (NonMedicals) 080915
Military Credit Unions (NCUA Wants $5 billion) 090315
Military Credit Unions [01] ($5B Forfeiture Q&A) 090315
Military Deaths (By Year)
Military Deaths [01] (Faulty Statistics)
Military Disability Retirement (Policy shift)
Military Disability Retirement [01] (One soldier's plight)
Military Discounts (July 4th offers)
Military Divorce & Separation (A private civil matter)
Military Divorce Study (No Significant Increase)
Military End Strength (Increase proposed)
Military Enlistment Proposals (Recruitment up to age 42 ++)
Military Enlistment Tips (How to proceed)
Military Exchange Credit Card (Interest rate increase)
Military Experience College Credit (Degree time and dollar savings)
Military Funeral Ban (Convicted vets exclusion)
Military Funeral Disorderly Conduct (300 foot restriction)
Military Funeral Disorderly Conduct [01] (New law in WI)
Military Funeral Disorderly Conduct [02] (New law in SD)
Military Funeral Disorderly Conduct [03] (New bill in Congress)
Military Funeral Disorderly Conduct [05] (Bill passed in house)
Military Funeral Disorderly Conduct [06] (Federal law signed)
Military Funeral Disorderly Conduct [07] (S.4202 passed)
Military Funeral Disorderly Conduct [08] (NH legislation)
Military Funeral Disorderly Conduct [09] (Parents Suit)
080415
Military Health Care Growth ($27.2 billion)
Military Health Care Growth [01] (DoD overestimated savings)
Military Health Care TF (Holds first meeting)
Military Health Care TF [01] (TMOP Copay)
Military Health Care TF [02] (Health budgeting blasted)
Military Health Care TF [03] (TMC position)
Military Health Care TF [04] (ROA position)
Military Health Care TF [05] (TMOP Copay impact)
Military Health Care TF [06] (Fee increase recommended)
Military Health Care TF [07] (Report Finished)
Military Health Care Transition (Civilians to replace military)
Military History Anniversaries (Jun 115 Summary) 090615
Military History Anniversaries (Jun 1630 Summary) 090701
Military History Anniversaries (01) (January Summary) 090201
Military History Anniversaries (02) (Feb 115 Summary) 090301
Military History Anniversaries (03) (Mar 115 Summary) 090315
Military History Anniversaries (03) (Mar 1631 Summary) 090401
Military History Anniversaries (04) (April 115 Summary) 090415
Military History Anniversaries (04) (April 1630 Summary) 090501
Military History Anniversaries (05) (May 115 Summary) 090515
Military History Anniversaries (05) (May 1631 Summary) 090601
Military History Anniversaries (09) (September) 080915
Military History Anniversaries (10) (October) 081015
Military History Anniversaries (11) (November) 081101
Military History Anniversaries (12) (December) 081215
Military Holiday Mail (2006 Deadlines)
Military Housing Utility Bills (Army initiates billing)
Military ID Cards (CAC Implementation OCT 03)
Military ID Cards (Eligibility & obtainment)
Military ID Cards see DEERS; ID Card
Military ID Cards [01] (New Biometric CAC)
Military ID Cards [01] (Retiree Obtainment change)
Military ID Cards [02] (New Requirements) 081015
Military ID Cards [02] (Next Generation CAC)
Military Ins/Investment Predators (S.418 Sent to President)
Military Insurance/Investment Predators [01] (Bill signed)
Military Legislation Status see Addendum
Military Lodging (Navy Lodges services)
Military Lodging (Facilities available to retirees)
Military Members' Rights Website (www.servicemembers.gov)
Military Museums & Memorials (Websites) 081215
Military One Source (DoD assistance program)
Military One Source [01] (ID code & passwords)
Military Pay Raise 2008 (Projection 3%)
Military Pay Raise 2009 (3.4% Likely)
Military Pay Tax Bill (Active duty only)
Military Payday Lenders (1000% interest rates)
Military Payday Lenders [01] (How they do it)
Military Payday Lenders [02] (One less lender)
Military Payday Lenders [03] (Reconsideration asked)
Military Political Activities Authorized (Do.s & donts)
Military Preexisting Condition Policy (Process Clouded) 080401
Military Recall to Active Duty (USN/USMC/USCG)
Military Recall to Active Duty [01] (USMC)
Military Recall to Active Duty [02] (All vets)
Military Records/DD214 [01] (Quicker access)
Military Records/DD214 [02] (USAF Backlog)
Military Recruiting (2006 Figures are up)
Military Recruiting [01] (Impact of mySpace)
Military Related Job Fairs (June schedule)
Military Related Job Fairs [01] (15 thru 31 Oct)
Military Retiree Alert (DFAS Beneficiary Verification)
Military Retiree Councils (How they serve us)
Military Retiree Tax Relief [01] (California AB 1077) 090501
Military Retiree/Survivor Population (By State) 090115
Military Retirement Pay Restrictions (What they are)
Military Retirement Plan (Options)
Military Retirement System Basics (No longer simple)
Military Retirement Taxation (What is/is not)
Military Savings Deposit Program (10% interest)
Military Spouse Friendly Workplaces (USAA Tops List)
Military Spouse Monument (Proposed)
Military Stolen Valor (Fraudulent Claims)
Military Stolen Valor (House Fake Heroes Bill)
Military Stolen Valor [01] (Fraudulent Claims)
Military Stolen Valor [02] (3 Arrests)
Military Stolen Valor [03] (2 More Cases)
Military Stolen Valor [04] (NY Conviction)
Military Stolen Valor [04] (How to Report) 080501
Military Stolen Valor [06] (LA & Sacramento) 080515
Military Stolen Valor [07] (Xavier Alvarez Sentenced) 080801
Military Stolen Valor [08] (ExAtlantic City Mayor) 080801
Military Stolen Valor [09] (P.O.W. Network Comments) 080901
Military Stolen Valor [10] (Moneymaker Sentenced) 080915
Military Stolen Valor [11] (Cal Expo Policeman) 090515
Military Stolen Valor [12] (Advocate's Charade) 090615
Military Survivor Benefits (Survivor Benefit Plan)
Military Tattoo Criteria (Revised policy)
Military Tattoo Criteria [01] (Rules relaxed)
Military Tax Relief (Quibbling Delays H.R.3997)
Military Travel Discounts & Offers (Vacation ideas)
Military Unemployment Compensation (Vet & spouse)
Millennium Cohort Study (Military health survey)
Minnesota LinkVet (First in nation)
Missing in America Project see Vet Cremains
Mississippi Vet Cemetery (Completion 2011) 090215
Missouri Retiree Tax Exemption see Tax
MMA {Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization
Act}
MN Disabled Property Tax Exclusion (Up to $300,000) 080601
MOAA Annual Awards (2009) 090501
MOAA Data Breach (Email Addees Only)
MOAA Scholarship Fund 2006 (Applications being accepted)
Mobility System (VHA Coverage)
Mobilization Economic Protections (Enhanced)
Mobilized Reserve (Net Increase/Decrease)
Mojave Desert Vet Memorial (Court allows removal)
Mojave Desert Vet Memorial [01] (Supreme Court) 090301
Mold & Mildew (Impact on humans)
Money Recognition by Blind (Currency change ordered)
Montgomery GI Bill see GI Bill
Mortality Rates Active/Reserve (Differences) 090201
Mouse for Shaky Hands (Filter out shaky hand movement)
MPS {Military Postal Service}
MPS Use for Charitable Donations (Prohibited)
MST {Military Sexual Trauma}
MTF Tricare Use [01] (Cost Increase) 090315
MTU Tuition Break (Starting Summer 2008)
Multiple Sclerosis [01] (Leukemia Drug Impact) 081101
Museum see National Guard
Museum see National Vietnam Vet Art
Museum see Purple Heart
Museum see Purple Heart
Museum see Will Rogers
MWR Discount Broadway Tickets . (New program)
NARHA {North American Riding for the Handicapped Association,
Inc.}
NARHA Veterans Program (Horses for Heroes)
National Cemetery Administration (Overview)
National Cemetery Administration [01] (Opening of GA & MI
cemeteries)
National Debt (U.S. citizens owe $247,341.97 each)
National Debt & Consumer Credit [01] ($24,734 & $6939
per citizen)
National Guard & Reserve Mobilized (How to identify)
National Guard Benefits (Overview) 080915
National Guard Birthday (370 years old)
National Guard Bonus Increase (Enlistment & Reup hikes substantial)
National Guard Memorial Museum (Dedication 6 Dec)
National Monuments (Pearl Harbor Considered) 080615
National Park Passports (Overview)
National Park Passports [01] (JAN 07 Change) 080801
National Resource Directory (Recovery/Rehab Aid) 081201
National Retired Military Golf Classic (31 MAY thru 03 JUN 05)
National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans (11 thru 17 FEB)
National Uniform Claim Committee (VHA membership)
National Veterans Wheelchair Games (1923 JUN)
National Vietnam Vet Art Museum (Permanent home)
National Volunteer Week (88,000 VA volunteers)
Nationwide Health Info Network (NHIN) (SSA 1st User) 090101
NATO Air Force Medals (Mission involvement awards)
NATO Medal for Kosovo (Eligibility)
Navajo Code Talkers (Few Left) 090601
Navy Body Modification Policy (Clarified)
Navy Casualty Assistance Division (Organization & duties)
Navy Cross (Overview) 090601
Navy Drawdown (25,000 fewer sailors in 2007)
Navy Drawdown [01] (Sailors will be compensated)
Navy Electronic Service Record (Paper phase out)
Navy IRR {Individual Ready Reserve}
Navy IRR (Remaining service obligation)
Navy Lodge New Facility (Accepting reservations)
Navy Personal Data Breach (When will it stop)
Navy Personal Data Breach [01] (Twice since June)
Navy Personal Data Breach [02] (Are you protected?)
Navy Personal Data Breach [03] (Another breach)
Navy Reserve Bonus ($15K available to some)
Navy Reserve Bonus [01] (Up to $20,000)
Navy Sabbaticals (Under Consideration)
Navy Uniform Changes (Crackerjacks remain)
NavyMarine Corps Relief Society (A chance to volunteer)
NCSL {National Conference of State Legislatures} www.ncsl.org
NDAA {National Defense Authorization Act}
NDAA 2004 (Benefit Upgrades)
NDAA 2005 Provisions (CR & SBP major gains)
NDAA 2006 [01] (Senate debate delayed)
NDAA 2006 [02] (Debate delayed until Sept)
NDAA 2006 [03] . (Vet amendments affected)
NDAA 2006 [04] (Benefit enhancements on hold)
NDAA 2006 [05] (Republican leadership blocking)
NDAA 2006 [06] (Action anticipated soon)
NDAA 2006 [07] (Debate restarted)
NDAA 2006 [08] (Completion by 12 DEC)
NDAA 2006 [09] (Ready for presidents signature)
NDAA 2006 [10] (President as signed into law)
NDAA 2006 Provisions (House & Senate Committee results)
NDAA 2007 (2006 unfinished business)
NDAA 2007 [01] (Out of committee)
NDAA 2007 [02] (Impact on employers)
NDAA 2007 [03] (Bush not happy w/House)
NDAA 2007 [04] (Debate begins)
NDAA 2007 [05] (White House concerns)
NDAA 2007 [06] (Highlights)
NDAA 2007 [07] (Conference committee)
NDAA 2007 [08] (Chapter 61 Benefits)
NDAA 2007 [09] (Employee Tricare Use)
NDAA 2007 [10] (USFSPA Impact)
NDAA 2007 [11] (House Conferees Assigned)
NDAA 2007 [12] (Debate continues)
NDAA 2007 [13] (Appropriations Act Passed)
NDAA 2007 [14] (Additional Provisions)
NDAA 2007 [15] (Pay Increases)
NDAA 2007 [16] (Authorization Act Signed)
NDAA 2007 [17] (Retirement/SBP Improvements)
NDAA 2007 [18] (UCMJ & Contractors)
NDAA 2008 (TMC Priorities)
NDAA 2008 [01] (Progress Report)
NDAA 2008 [02] (House Initiatives Opposed)
NDAA 2008 [03] (Amendments/Provisions)
NDAA 2008 [04] (Senate Debate Late JUN)
NDAA 2008 [05] (Debate Resumes 9 JUL)
NDAA 2008 [06] (Senate Debate Begins)
NDAA 2008 [07] (In Limbo)
NDAA 2008 [08] (Unresolved Issues)
NDAA 2008 [09] (Senate bill passed)
NDAA 2008 [09] (Senate Bill Passed)
NDAA 2008 [09] (Senate Action)
NDAA 2008 [10] (Senate bill passed)
NDAA 2008 [11] (Conference Committee Results)
NDAA 2008 [12] (Bush Vetoes)
NDAA 2008 [13] (Pocket Veto)
NDAA 2008 [14] (President Signs)
NDAA 2009 (CR/SBP Inequities)
NDAA 2009 [01] (S.2787 SASC Mark Up) 080515
NDAA 2009 [02] (House passes H.R.5658) 080601
NDAA 2009 [03] (Anticipated Senate Amendments) 080601
NDAA 2009 [04] (Steps to Complete) 080615
NDAA 2009 [05] (Cloture Motion) 080915
NDAA 2009 [06] (Final Passage in Doubt) 080915
NDAA 2009 [07] (Approved) 081015
NDAA 2010 (Process Begins) 090615
NDSM [National Defense Service Medal] (Eligibility)
Nebraska Family Military Leave Act (Up to 15 days)
Nevada Vet Benefits (VSO Shortage Impact) 090201
New 2008 Postage Rates [01] (Retiree FPO Users) 080515
New Mexico Vet Tuition (Residency Not Required) 090501
New York Military Assistance (New Initiatives)
NEX Check SSN Policy (No Longer Needed)
NEXCOM Phone Rates (Rates to states reduced)
NFCU Joint Accounts (What happens if you die)
NG {National Guard}
NG Transition Assistance Advisor (Services Provided)
NGB DOD Representation (H.R.5200/S.2658)
NGB DOD Representation [01] (Delayed till May 07)
NGB DOD Representation [02] (NG Empowerment)
NGB DOD Representation [03] (NG in JCS Opposed)
NIH Data Breach (Stolen Laptop) 080401
NJ DSM (Eligibility)
NLS Talking Book Program (Reading Impaired) 090601
NORAD Santa Tracking (51st Year)
Normandy Service Medal (How to obtain)
North Carolina Vet Tax Exemption [01] (Property Tax) 090101
NPRC {National Personnel Records Center}
NPRC Online Records Request (Application Access)
NPRC Online Records Request [01] (DD214) 080515
NPRC Presentations (Available upon request)
NPRC Scam (Potential) 081115
NPRC Spoof (Military records are NOT being destroyed)
NRPC Relocation (New site Millington TN)
NSO {National Statistics Office Philippines}
NSO Document Request (Philippine Records)
NSO Negative Certificates (Replacement procedure)
Nuclear Radiation Medal (H.R. 432)
Nursing Home Daily Rates (Shreveport the Cheapest)
Credit Reports Obtaining Credit (Annual free copy)
Nursing Homes (Comparisons)
Nursing Homes [01] (Performance)
Nursing Homes [02] (Selection Considerations)
Nursing Homes [03] (Rates)
Nursing Homes [04] (NotforProfit Better)
Nursing Homes [05] (CMS Worst List)
Nursing Homes [06] (CMS Database) 080401
Nursing Homes [07] (Updated Ratings) 090101
Nursing Homes [07] (Updated Ratings)
Nursing Homes [08] (Rating System Criticized) 090115
Nursing Homes [09] (Medicaid Criteria) 090201
NY Vet Benefits [01] (Property Tax) 090201
NY Vet Property Tax Relief (Tax Break Delays) 081215
Obama VA Officials (Deputy Secretary) 090215
Obama VA Officials [01] (VBA Undersecretary) 090215
Obama VA Officials [02] (Intergovernmental Affairs) 090215
Obama VA Officials [03] (Duckworth Confirmed) 090501
Obama VA Officials [04] (Four Assume Office) 090601
Ohio State Tax see Tax
Ohio Vet Tuition (New Policy) 080715
Ohio Veteran Services (Ranks 43 of 50)
Oklahoma Vet Benefits (Overview) 090115
Oklahoma Vet Insurance Plan (Suggested)
OMCC (Reservist child care)
Operation Offset (Katrina payment proposals)
Oregon Dependent Tuition Waiver (Survivors) 080415
Overindulgence (Fasting Antidote) 090701
Overseas Absentee Voting (2008 Guidelines) 080801
Overseas Holiday Mail 2008 (Deadlines) 081101
Overseas Holiday Mailing 2007 (Mailing dates)
Overseas Travel w/Tricare (MTF Usage) 080401
Overseas Troop Gift Giving (How To)
Ozone Air Cleaners (ARB warning)
Painkillers & Constipation (Constipation Drug Study)
Parentage (How to verify)
Parkinsons Disease (Isradipine Treatment)
Party Platforms on Vet Issues (Democrats) 080901
Passport see National Parks
Passport Issuance in RP (U.S.) (Revised Procedures)
Passport Issuance in RP (U/S/) [01] (Fee Pmt) 090201
Passport US: Additional Pages (No charge)
Passport US: Amendments (Use FORM DSP19)
Passport US: Amendments [01] (No Longer authorized)
Passport US: Card (Substitute for US passport)
Passport US: Card [01] (Accepting Applications)
Passport US: Child Support Policy (Max $5k in Arrears)
Passport US: EPassport (Trial Issuance)
Passport US: Obtainment (Overview)
Passport US: Obtainment [01] (Initial Issue Requirements)
Passport US: Obtainment [02] (5 Things to Know)
Passport US: Obtainment [03] (Fee Increase)
Passport US: Obtainment [04] (Temporary WHTI Expires)
Passport US: Policy & Ordering (Issuance from U.S only)
Passport US: Policy & Ordering [01] (New Travel Requirement)
Passport US: Renewal (Use FORM DSP82)
Passport US: Replacement (Use FORM DSP64)
Passport US: TwoParent Consent Law (Effective NOV 04)
Patient Privacy Rules (HIPPA Regulations) 081101
Pay as You Drive (CA Bill AB 2800) 080801
Pay Dates (2009) 090115
PDBR {Physical Disability Board of Review} see DoD
Peanut Butter Advisory (Check Your Labels)
Peanut Butter/Paste Recall (Products & Liability) 090301
Pearl Harbor 65th Anniversary (Memorial Ceremony)
Pennsylvania Survivor Education Bill (Free dependent tuition)
Pennsylvania Vet Agency (Separate Existing Dept)
Pennsylvania Vet Bonus see Vet Bonus
Pension Offset Law [Government] (Social Security reduction)
Pentagon 9/11 Memorial (Dedication 11 SEP 08) 080901
Pentagon Data Breach (A National Security Concern)
Pentagon TV Channel (Established)
Pentagon Wasted Supplies ($400 million unnecessary expenditures)
People vs. Hardware (DoD Budget emphasis)
Personal Data Protection [Government] (Security breach prescription)
Personality Disorder Discharge (PD or PTSD?)
Personality Disorder' Separations (Under Review) 081201
Philippine Air Carrier Concerns (Aviation Safety Caution)
Philippine Credit Card Surcharge (No more)
Philippine DEERS Registration (ID Cards Available)
Philippine DEERS Registration [01] (Walkins Discouraged)
Philippine DEERS Registration [02] (ID Cards in PI)
Philippine Liberation Medal (Application procedure)
Philippine Resident Alien Reentry Permit (How to Obtain)
Philippine Tourist Visa (Rules Relaxed)
Philippine Tourist Visa [01] (VIMS Change) 080415
Philippine Tricare Provider Certification (How to)
Philippine U.S. Troop Protest (Joint Military Exercises)
Phishing Alert IRS (99 Scams Identified)
Phishing Alert NFCU (Do not respond)
Phony War Heroes ($100,000 fine)
Photography Franchise Offer (Contest for vets)
Physician Reimbursements (Flawed System)
Physician Reimbursements [01] (Up Front Payment) 090315
Pneumonia (Overview) 081101
Pneumonia [01] (Smoker Risk) 081101
Pneumonia Vaccination (Protection for Life)
Pneumonia Vaccinations see Medicare Vaccinations
Politics As Usual (Bush) (Actions speak louder than words)
Postal Money Order Scam (How to check for counterfeit PMO)
Postal Rate Proposal (2007)
Postal Rate Proposal (2006)
Postal Rates (APO/FPO Discount)
Postal Service (May Postage Increase) 090215
Postal Service [01] (Early Retirement Pushed) 090401
Postal Service [02] (Executive Compensation) 090401
POW see VA
POW Designation (Numbers Raise Questions) 090415
POW Designation [01] (Incentive to Lie) 090415
POW Designation [02] (Sorting Fact from Fiction) 090501
POW Designation [03] (Faking Records) 090501
POW Designation [04] (VA Numbers Questioned) 090601
POW Pay WWII (One grade promotion)
POW Possible VA Benefits (Looking for 11,000)
POW Purple Heart (Eligibility)
POW Roster (http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.hte)
POW Special Compensation (Bill died in committee)
POW VA Benefits (Only 35% registered for benefits)
POW VA Benefits [01] (ExPOWs Benefit expanded)
POW VA Benefits [02] (34,000 Vets Eligible)
POW VA Benefits [03] (29,350 Vets Eligible)
POW VA Benefits [04] (25,000 Vets Eligible)
POW/MIA Databases (WWII/ROK/VN/GWOT)
POW/MIA Day (3rd Friday of SEP)
PRC {Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center}
Pregnancy Resource Centers (Abortion Risks Misstated)
Premium Conversion (Overview)
Premium Conversion [01] (Pretax Dollars)
Preneed Funerals see Funeral
Prescription Drug Disposal (Problems) 090515
Prescription Filling (Options)
Prescription Filling Options [01] (Shop Around) 090615
Presidential Dollar Coins (New Dollar Series)
Presidential Memorial Certificate (Eligibility & obtainment)
Presidential Primary Dates (2004)
Pretax Insurance Premiums . (Tricare & FEHBP)
Property Insurance (State Farm FL Pullout) 090201
Proposals to Aid Vets (Democrats Take Issue)
Prostatitis (Genital and urinary infections)
Prosthetic Limbs see VA
Prostrate Cancer see Cancer
Prostrate Problems (Over Age 50)
Prostrate Problems [01] (Support group availability)
Prostrate Problems [02] (Omega 3Fatty Acids)
Prostrate Problems [03] (New Blood Test)
Prostrate Problems [04] (Delayed Treatment)
Pseudoephedrine Products (Removal from exchange shelves)
Psoriasis (What it Is)
PTSD (72,000 awards under review)
PTSD [01] (Congress unhappy w/VA plan)
PTSD [02] (Rep. Tom Udalls comments)
PTSD [03] (Increase affects 52 million)
PTSD [04] (VA has new plan)
PTSD [05] (Study conclusions)
PTSD [06] (More Hearings)
PTSD [07] (Heart Disease Risk)
PTSD [08] (Funds Not Spent)
PTSD [09] (Propranolol Treatment Study)
PTSD [10] (Heart Attack Risk)
PTSD [11] (Related Health Problems)
PTSD [12] (Alternative Sentencing Program)
PTSD [13] (Effective Sleep Drug)
PTSD [14] (VA Policies Problematic)
PTSD [15] (Pathway Home Program)
PTSD [16] (PTSD & Asthma Link)
PTSD [17] (Proof Policy Change)
PTSD [18] (Policy Change Clarification)
PTSD [19] (RAND Corp Study) 080501
PTSD [20] (VA Diagnosis Policy) 080601
PTSD [21] (VA Denies Money a Factor) 080615
PTSD [22] (H.R. 6268) 080701
PTSD [23] (SERV Act) 080815
PTSD [24] (Higher Numbers Diagnosed) 090201
PTSD [25] (VA Email Investigation) 090201
PTSD [26] (H.R.952) 090501
PTSD [27] (H.R.952 Subcommittee Action) 090615
PTSD {Posttraumatic Stress Disorder}
PTSD 2nd Signature Requirement (VBA Letter 200535)
PTSD Assistance Programs (Free counseling available)
PTSD Basics (What it is)
PTSD Drug Relief (Prazosin)
PTSD Ecstasy Treatment (Participants for study sought)
PTSD FAQ (Answers)
PTSD Purple Heart (Needs to be Looked At) 080515
PTSD Purple Heart [01] (MOPH Opposes) 080601
PTSD Purple Heart [02] (Does not qualify) 090115
PTSD Stressor Letter (Example) 090601
PTSD Website (www.ncptsd.va.gov/facts/general/fs_overview.html)
Publix Prescription Offer (No Cost Antibiotics)
Puerto Rico Medical Fraud (AZFLNYTXVA Impact)
Purple Heart (POW Eligibility) 081015
Purple Heart Hall of Honor (Recipients Sought)
Purple Heart Museum (Debut on 10 NOV)
Purple Heart Postage Stamp (Available 27 May 03)
Purple Heart Postage Stamp [01] (Reissued) 090601
QVMB Program (Vet Mortgage Source)
RAC {Recovery Audit Contractor demonstration program for Medicare}
RACHA {RetireeAtCost Hearing Aid Program}
RACHAP/RHAPP (New DoD Program)
RACHAP/RHAPP [01] (Retiree Hearing Aids) 081115
RAO Bulletin Blocked (Those Affected)
RAO Bulletin Blocked [01] (AOL purge ongoing)
RAO Bulletin Blocked [02] (Recipients not informed)
RAO Bulletin Directory (Unsubscribe & AOL)
RAO Bulletin Directory (Unsubscribe procedure)
RAO Bulletin On Line (http://post_119_gulfport_ms.tripod.com/rao1.html)
RC {Reserve Component}
RC Back Pay Claims (Eligibility moved to 1994)
RC Disability Claims (Disproportional Denials) 081101
RC Free Child Care (Available to Reserve personnel)
RC Postal Employee Back Pay (Improper Leave Assessment)
REAP (VA now processing claims)
REAP [01] (Multiple Tour Eligibility)
REAP [02] (S.2871 Improvements) 080501
REAP {Reserve Educational Assistance Program}
Recruiter Misconduct (Increase in Wrongdoing)
Recruiter Misconduct [01] (Sexual)
Recruiter Misconduct [02] (Video Surveillance Contemplated)
Recruiting Noncitizens (Under Consideration)
Recruiting Noncitizens [01] (MAVNI Pilot Program) 081215
Red Cross Assistance Request (WRAMC needs)
Red Cross Assistance Request [01] (WRAMC donations)
Red Cross Scam (Phony Calls)
Red Meat Consumption (Premature Death Impact) 090401
Reebok Childrens Sneakers Alert (Bonus gift dangerous)
Remote Infrared Audible Signs [RIAS] (VA hospital use)
Rental Car Age Restriction (Age 70 & Over)
Rental Car Age Restrictions (Cutoff Age at 70 or 75) 080501
Renters Insurance (81 million uninsured)
Renters Insurance [01] (Recommended if Applicable)
Republic of China Badge of Honor (How to obtain)
Reserve see Individual Ready Reserve
Reserve see REAP
Reserve Benefits [02] (Upgrades Needed) 090615
Reserve Compensation (Back Pay claims)
Reserve Component Drill Pay 2006 (Online calculator available)
Reserve Component Mental Health Act (H.R.6075) 080701
Reserve Death Benefit New Mexico (State benefits for vets)
Reserve EMail System (Old System Replaced)
Reserve GI Bill (1.5% increase OCT 03)
Reserve GI Bill [01] (Program Simplification Sought)
Reserve GI Bill [02] (Shortcomings)
Reserve GI Bill [03] (DoD Opposes Raise)
Reserve GI Bill [04] (New Bill)
Reserve GI Bill [05] (Veterans Misled)
Reserve GI Bill [06] (Changes)
Reserve GI Bill [07] (Guard GI Bill Snafu)
Reserve GI Bill [08] (SECDEF Clarification sought)
Reserve GI Bill [09] (2010 Budget Resolution) 090501
Reserve Health Benefit (Tricare Prime eligibility)
Reserve Health Benefit [01] (DoD objects to full time health
care)
Reserve Health Benefit [02] (Temporary reserve health benefit
program)
Reserve Health Benefit [03] (2025% Uninsured)
Reserve Health Benefit [04] (Nonduty Tricare access)
Reserve Health Benefit [05] (Premium increase guidelines)
Reserve Health Benefit [06] (Senate wants House does not)
Reserve Income Replacement (Payments start 1 SEP 06)
Reserve Leave Benefits (New DOL Rules) 081201
Reserve Mobilization Compensation Pay (Opposed by Pentagon)
Reserve Mobilization Compensation Pay [01] (NDAA 06 amendment)
Reserve Pay see Reserve compensation
Reserve Personnel Cuts (Capital hill opposition)
Reserve Reemployment Rights (1994 USERRA entitlements)
Reserve Reemployment Rights [01] (Department of Labor's new rules)
Reserve Reemployment Rights [02] (Implementation regs finalized)
Reserve Reemployment Rights [03] (ESGR a Bureaucratic Mess)
Reserve Retirement Age [01] (S. 2035 Reform act)
Reserve Retirement Age [02] (Less than 60 movement)
Reserve Retirement Age [03] (Legislators need to be persuaded)
Reserve Retirement Age [04] (New bill to reduce retirement age)
Reserve Retirement Age [05] (Change lacking Congressional support)
Reserve Retirement Age [06] (New plan proposed)
Reserve Retirement Age [07] (Progress made)
Reserve Retirement Age [08] (A Different Approach)
Reserve Retirement Age [09] (S.0648 Objective)
Reserve Retirement Age [10] (House NDAA Inclusion)
Reserve Retirement Age [11] (Window Dressing)
Reserve Retirement Age [11] (NDAA 08 amendment)
Reserve Retirement Age [12] (Retroactive to 911)
Reserve Retirement Age [13] (Pay Formula Expansion Bill) 080415
Reserve Retirement Age [14] (Criteria) 090101
Reserve Retirement Age [15] (Extension Proposal) 090115
Reserve Retirement Age [16] (Backdate Credit to 911) 090401
Reserve Retirement Age [17] (H.R.208 Bad news) 090615
Reserve Temporary Health Benefit Program (Expires 1 Jan 05)
Reserve Training Overtime Rules (Bush proposes denial)
Reserves Civilian Employment Program (Mandatory Info Database)
Reserves Commissary Benefit (Eligibility approved)
Reserves Dental Benefit (One year waiver offer)
Reserves Early Tricare Access (Reimbursement from 6 NOV 03)
Reserves Enlistment Age Raised (Increase to age 39)
Reserves FICA Refund (Mobilized)
Reserves Job Placement Program (Spouses)
Reserves Officer Recall to Duty (Formal Commission Resignation)
Reserves Waiver of VA Comp (Concurrent payment not authorized)
Reservist Disability Pay (Awardees Prior to 28 OCT 04)
Reservists Annual Registration (31 Oct Deadline)
Reservists Annual Registration [01] (Registration mandatory)
Reservists Tax Break (New Guidelines)
Retired Army Pin (Lapel Button Replacement)
Retiree Annual COLAs [01] (Tracking Inflation)
Retiree Annual COLAs [02] (COLA Calculations) 090615
Retiree Appreciation Days (2008 Schedule)
Retiree Appreciation Days [01] (Updated List)
Retiree Appreciation Days [04] (2009 Schedule) 090615
Retiree Asset Strategy Survey (Focused on Preserving)
Retiree Death Notification (Procedure)
Retiree Health Insurance Tax Deduction (H.R.1110 Introduced)
Retiree Life Expectancy (Volunteerism Factor) 090515
Retiree Medal Wearing Policy (When & Where)
Retiree Mobilization (Overview)
Retiree Mobilization [01] (Applications being accepted)
Retiree Mobilization [02] (Army expanding its program)
Retiree Mobilization [03] (Plan updated)
Retiree Mobilization [04] (Plan updated)
Retiree Mobilization [05] (PushPull Exercise) 090415
Retiree Numbers Overseas (2003)
Retiree OCONUS Survey (Navy/Marine Corps)
Retiree Pay Statement Change (CRDP combined w/retiree pay)
Retiree Seminar Schedule (2009) 090501
Retiree Seminars 2007 (Where to Go)
Retiree Survivor Comfort Act (Last Check Retention)
Retiree Telephone News Line (Now available) 090615
Retiree Voluntary Recall (Qualified Retirees sought)
Retiree Wearing of the Uniform (Guidance)
Retiree/Annuitant Pay Dates 2008 (DFAS)
Retirement Homes (Types available to vets)
Retirement Household Shipments (Time Limitations)
Retirement in Baguio (Overview)
Retirement Tax Considerations (Sales & Income)
Retirement Tax Considerations [01] (SS & Pensions)
Retirement Tax Considerations [02] (Property Taxes)
Returning GWT Heroes TF (Inviting Feedback)
Reunion Locators (Websites)
Reveille (Retiree Service Rivalry) 080901
Review Board Applications (Online Procedure)
RHAPP {Retiree Hearing Aid Purchase Program}
Rhode Island State DVA (Proposal Fails Again) 080715
Rhode Island Vet Home see Vet Home
ROK War Service Medal see Korean
ROKWSM {Republic of Korea War Service Medal}
RP DEERS Registration see DEERS
RSO Locations by State (Conus) 090701
Safe Haven for Reserves (Now available to reserves)
SAH {Special Adaptive Housing}
Saluting the Flag (Veterans)
Saluting the Flag [01] (Status of S1877)
Saluting the Flag [02] (Civilian Attire) 080701
Saluting the Flag [03] (National Anthem) 081101
Salvation Army (Scam Warning)
SAMHSA (New Web Page)
SAMHSA {Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration}
Sam's Club Military Open House (1 & 15 DEC) 081201
San Antonio North Central Federal Clinic (Joint VA/DoD Venture)
SAT/ACT Offer Extended (Retirees eligible)
SBA {Small Business Administration}
SBA Vet Issues (31 JUL 07 Extension Authorized)
SBA Vet Issues [01] (H.R.0109 to reduce fees)
SBA Vet Issues [02] (Bush Closes Vet Office)
SBA Vet Issues [03] (Patriot Express Loans)
SBA Vet Issues [04] (HR 2366 Passes House)
SBA Vet Issues [05] (Patriot Express Loans start 19 JUL 07)
SBA Vet Issues [06] (Vet Program Expansion)
SBA Vet Issues [07] (PL 110186)
SBP & Divorce (Impact on payments)
SBP & Former Spouse (Eligibility)
SBP {Survivor Benefit Plan}
SBP 30% Alien Withholding (Nonresident alien beneficiaries)
SBP Automatic Coverage & Options (Clarification)
SBP Basics (Overview)
SBP Basics [01] (Program Explanation)
SBP Basics [02] (Good or bad deal?)
SBP Changes After Retirement (Changes you can make)
SBP Delayed Claims (May not be approved)
SBP DFAS Q&A (Info to know)
SBP DIC Offset (Elimination proposed)
SBP DIC Offset [01] (Share of SBP premiums is refunded)
SBP DIC Offset [02] (S.185 cosponsors needed)
SBP DIC Offset [03] (NDAA 07 amendment)
SBP DIC Offset [04] (S.AMDT.2424 approved)
SBP DIC Offset [05] (Still up in the air)
SBP DIC Offset [06] (House would not approve)
SBP DIC Offset [07] (Senate budget committee input)
SBP DIC Offset [08] (Senate amendment passed)
SBP DIC Offset [09] (Still alive)
SBP DIC Offset [10] (New Bill Introduced)
SBP DIC Offset [11] (Senate Amendment Passed) 080915
SBP DIC Offset [12] (New Bill H.R.775) 090215
SBP DIC Offset [13] (S.535 Survivor Equity Act) 090315
SBP DIC Offset [14] (Fight Goes On) 090401
SBP DIC Offset [15] (A Step Forward) 090415
SBP DIC Offset [16] (H.R.2243 Base Change) 090515
SBP DIC Offset [17] (Need Questioned) 090601
SBP DIC Offset [18] (Another Step forward) 090701
SBP for Reservist (Eligibility & Options)
SBP Lawsuit (Full DIC)
SBP Lawsuit [01] (Widows Win 1st Round)
SBP Lawsuit [02] (Judge Orders Payment) 080701
SBP Lawsuit [03] (Pentagon Appeals Ruling) 080901
SBP Lawsuit [04] (NOV 08 SITREP) 081201
SBP Open Season (OCT 05 if you can afford it)
SBP Open Season [01] (Details available late July)
SBP Open Season [02] (Retirees given 2nd chance)
SBP Open Season [03] (Last Chance)
SBP Paid Up Provision (360th month + age 70)
SBP Paid Up Provision [01] (2005 vice 2008 proposed)
SBP Paid Up Provision [02] (1 OCT 05 effective date proposed)
SBP Paid Up Provision [03] (30 Year Payers)
SBP Paid Up Provision [04] (FAQs)
SBP Paid Up Provision [05] (Account Review Begins) 080501
SBP Paid Up Provision [06] (SBP Counter) 081015
SBP Paid Up Provision [07] (Appeal Process) 081201
SBP Paid Up Provision [08] (DFAS Challenge Form) 090115
SBP Reform (Too costly in 2003)
SBP Reform [01] (Offset phase out at 62)
SBP Reform [02] (Offset phase out over 10 years)
SBP Reform [03] (Spending priorities)
SBP Reform [04] (Discharge Petition Introduced)
SBP SSA Offset (What it is & why)
SBP SSA Offset [01] (Elimination over 10 years)
SBP SSA Offset [02] (Phased Elimination)
SBP SSA Offset [03] (DoD effort to scuttle elimination)
SBP SSA Offset [04] (Elimination included in Senate NDAA bill)
SBP SSA Offset [05] (DoD sabotage effort)
SBP SSA Offset [06] (Elimination over the next 3 1/2 years)
SBP SSA Offset [07] (45% effective 1 Apr)
SBP SSA Offset [08] (5% Reduction)
SBP SSA Offset [09] (1 April Decrease)
SBP SSA Offset [10] (No More Offset) 080401
SBP SSDI (Additional $50 Oct 08) 080601
SBP Supplemental Plan see SSBP
SBP Termination (2001 Policy)
SBP Termination [01] (100% Disabled Option) 080401
SBP Termination [01] (100% Disabled Option) 080315
SBP vs. DIC (Comparison)
SC {Service Connected}
Scam see Business Opportunity
Scam see IRS Phishing
Scam see Phishing
Scam see Red Cross
Scam see Social Security
Scam see Tax Refund
Scam see TSP
Scam see Veterans Salute
Scams see Check/Money Order
Scams see Test prep
Scholarship Application Deadline Season (Online Resource) 080501
Scholarship ThanksUSA (1000 available)
Scholarships see AL Dependents
Scholarships see DoD Smart
Scholarships see Illinois
Scholarships see Military Children
Scholarships see MOAA
Scholarships for Military Children (Deadline 16 FEB 05)
Scholarships for Military Youth 2004 (DCA)
Scholarships for Spouses (Applications due 14 APR)
Scholarships: AER (Retired USA Dependents)
Scholarships: AFAS Grants 2004 (4,000 to be awarded)
Scholarships: NMCRS (Whats Available)
SCSD (Overview)
SCSD see Pay
SCSD [01] (No longer applicable)
SCSD {Special Compensation Severely Disabled}
SDVI (Overview)
SDVI see Insurance
SDVI [01] (Application now available online)
SDVI {Service Disabled Veterans Insurance}
SDVOSB {ServiceDisabled VeteranOwned Small Business}
SDVOSB program (Disabled Vet Contracts)
Senate Rules (Clarification) 080701
Senate Vet Action Report NOV 06 (Vet Gains)
Senior Citizen Benefit Cost (Up 24%)
Senior Corps (Service Opportunities) 080801
Senior Drinking (Health Benefits) 090201
Senior Moments (Dementia Alert?) 080415
Senior Vehicular Fatalities (1974 thru 2007) 090201
Seniors Benefit Checkup (Additional Assistance)
Seniors Discounts Website (Could save you some money)
SGLI (http://www.insurance.va.gov)
SGLI [01] (Terminally ill advance payment)
SGLI [02] (New settlement procedure)
SGLI [03] (Additional Time for SGLI Spousal Coverage)
SGLI [04] (Increased coverage proposed)
SGLI [05] (Increased coverage)
SGLI [06] (Premium changes)
SGLI [07] (Beneficiary Options)
SGLI {Servicemens Group Life Insurance}
SGLI/VGLI [08] (Premium Reduction) 080415
SGLI/VGLI Accelerated Benefits (Available to terminally ill)
SGLI/VGLI Conversion (Policy)
SHAD (Exposed ship listing)
Shad (Overview)
SHAD see VA
Shad [01] (High/low test)
Shad [02] (Project 112)
Shad [03] (HR 4259 for new study)
Shad [04] (Studies Flawed)
Shad [05] (Chemical Exposed Vets)
Shad [06] (H.R.5954 Hearings) 080615
Shad [07] (Low Claim Approval Rate) 080701
SHAD {Shipboard Hazard and Defense}
Shingles (Chickenpox Related)
Shingles [01] (Vaccine shows promise)
Shingles [02] (Vaccine Available at VA)
Shingles [03] (Vaccination via Tricare)
Shingles [04] (Tricare Vaccination Coverage)
Shingles [05] (TFL Vaccine Cost)
Shingles [06] (Vaccine Utilization)
Silver Star (3rdh Highest Valor Award)
Skilled Nursing Facility (What it is/does)
Sleep Apnea (12 million Americans affected)
Snopes (www.snopes.com/military/military.asp)
Social Security see SSA
Social Security Benefits (Overview)
Social Security Benefits [01] (No Guarantee) 090401
Social Security Debit Card (Introduced Spring 08) 080615
Social Security Debit Cards (Optional) 080901
Social Security for Military [01] (Disability Claims) 090615
Social Security GOP & WEP (Reductions to Benefits) 090601
Social Security Job Openings (2009 Hiring) 090701
Social Security Taxation see Tax
Social Security Taxation [07] (State Income Tax) 090101
Sole Survivor (Assignment Limitations)
Sole Survivor [01] (Who Must Serve)
Sole Survivor [02] (The Hubbard Act) 080501
Sole Survivor [03] (House Passes Bill) 080801
Solomons Navy Recreation Center (Lodging/Camping)
Southwest Asia Service Medal (Eligibility)
Space "A" (Overview)
Space "A" (Military Guides)
Space "A" (Categories)
Space "A" see Gray Area
Space "A" Contact Info (www.militaryspot.com/spaceatravel.htm)
Space "A" Info [01] (Discussion Board) 090601
Space "A" on Medivac Planes (Reauthorized)
Space "A" Travel Policy (Changes)
Space "A" Website (http://amcpublic.scott.af.mil/Spacea/24_203.htm)
Space A (More efficient)
Space A Dependent CONUS Travel (Proposal)
Space A Dependent CONUS Travel [01] (Extended UFN)
Space A Dependent CONUS Travel [02] (Could be permanent)
Space A for 100% Disabled (Proposed under S.58)
Space A Head Tax (2004 Increase)
Space A Travel Reduction (Fiscal realities &
limited use)
Space A Travel Reduction [01] (Pacific route elimination)
Space A USAF Lodging Policy (Pri 2 Reservations)
Spam Email (Court Victory)
Special Operations Forces Retirement (Retirement pay increase)
Spin Code Lawsuit (DD214 Item)
Spinal Decompression Claims (Rarely Honored)
Spoofs (Websites)
SR (Selected Reserve)
SS Retirement Age [01] (Delay Decision)
SSA 1099SSA (Overview)
SSA Benefit Claim (Parents)
SSA Benefits at Death (What & how to get)
SSA Card (New Assignment Rules)
SSA Change of Address (How to accomplish)
SSA COLA (Net Elimination by 2012)
SSA COLA [01] (Cuts Under Study) 090501
SSA COLA 2006 (Not looking good for retirees)
SSA COLA 2007 (3.3% Increase)
SSA COLA 2008 (Lowest in History)
SSA COLA 2008 (1.4% Forecast)
SSA COLA 2009 (CPIW vs. CPIE) 080601
SSA COLA 2009 [01] (5.8 Percent) 081101
SSA COLA 2010 (None Predicted) 090315
SSA Commissions (New legislation)
SSA Compassionate Allowances (Diseases Covered) 081101
SSA Compassionate Allowances Prog (Expedited Claims) 090415
SSA Congressional Coverage (Who Contributes?)
SSA Data Breach (Another Government Breach)
SSA Death Benefit Lump Sum ($255)
SSA Death Reporting (What to do)
SSA Delayed Retirement Credits (Extra 1/2% per month)
SSA Direct Deposit (Advantages)
SSA Disability (Overview)
SSA Disability (Criteria)
SSA Disability Advocacy Clinic (Nonattorney representatives)
SSA Disability Claim (568,000 Claims Pending)
SSA Disability Claims [01] (760,000 Pending Review) 081101
SSA Disability Claims [02] (1.3 Million Backlog) 090401
SSA Disability Decisions (How they are made)
SSA Disabled (Job Opportunities)
SSA Divorce Benefits (Eligible if married at least 10 years)
SSA Earnings Limits 2000 (65+ Removed)
SSA Earnings Record Errors (Corrective Action) 090501
SSA Enrollment (Criteria)
SSA Forgotten SSN (Use Form 5)
SSA Fraud (How to report)
SSA Fraud Hotline (When to use)
SSA Fund Depletion (Special commission appointed)
SSA Fund Depletion [01] (2042)
SSA Fund Depletion [02] (Financial condition deteriorated in
06)
SSA Fund Depletion [03] (Totalization Agreement)
SSA Fund Depletion [04] (Mexico Agreement Released)
SSA Fund Depletion [05] (Depletion Continues)
SSA Fund Depletion [06] (Okay for 75 years) 080901
SSA Fund Depletion [07] (Action Needed Now) 081015
SSA Future Benefits (Where you stand)
SSA Future Benefits [01] (Possible Broken Promise)
SSA Government Pension Offset (Applicable to spouse or widow)
SSA International Agreements (Totalization Agreement) 080715
SSA Lost Or Stolen Check (What to do)
SSA Manila (Profile)
SSA Military (Independent of military retirement pay)
SSA Military Wage Credits (Ended in 2001)
SSA Military Wage Credits [01] (Military service)
SSA Military Wage Credits [02] (1957 thru 2001) 080915
SSA Monetary Benefit (How determined)
SSA Name Change (New law changes criteria)
SSA Name Change [01] (2007 How To)
SSA Newborns (Benefits Available)
SSA OPM Employees w/FERS (Hired after 1983)
SSA Overseas Travel (Payments criteria)
SSA Payments Outside U.S. (Who can receive)
SSA Personal Earnings Statement (Available upon request)
SSA Prisoner Rules (Inmate Benefits)
SSA Prisoner Rules [01] (What is not Available) 080615
SSA Questionnaire (Sent to overseas residents)
SSA Reduced Benefits (Whos eligible)
SSA Reform (Death benefit cut)
SSA Reform [01] (Indexing)
SSA Residency Requirements (Criteria)
SSA Retirement Age (Incomers Impact on benefits)
SSA Retirement Application (Applying Online)
SSA Scam (Data Update [Request)
SSA Services Overseas (Office of International Operations)
SSA Signup CONUS (What you need)
SSA Signup Philippines (What you need)
SSA SSN Removal from Government Checks (Effective 1 Jan 04)
SSA SSN Security (What to do)
SSA Status Change (What to report)
SSA Stolen SSN Usage (Impact on benefits)
SSA Taxation (Overview)
SSA Taxation [01] (Citizen & Noncitizen)
SSA Taxation [02] (Nonresident Alien Citizens)
SSA Taxation [03] (U.S./Japan Agreement)
SSA Taxation [04] (Other Income Considerations)
SSA Taxation [05] (NRA Green Card Exemption)
SSA Taxation [06] (After Age 66) 080401
SSA Trust Fund (In Trouble) 080601
SSA Trust Fund [01] (Time Running Out) 090315
SSA Widow(er)'s Benefits (60 or older &50 if disabled)
SSA Work Outside the U.S. (Foreign work test)
SSB {Special Separation Benefits}
SSBP (Overview)
SSBP [01] (Pmts end/Coverage remains)
SSBP {Supplemental SBP}
SSCRA {The Soldiers & Sailors Civil Relief Act}
SSMAC {Soldiers', Sailors', Marines & Airmens' Club}
SSMAC Lodging New York (Inexpensive w/no frills)
SSN Protection Tips (Things you can do)
SSOC {Supplemental Statement of the Case}
SSS (Overview)
SSS [01] (Age 18 must register)
SSS [02] (Up to $250,000 fine)
SSS [03] (2003 S 89 and HR 163)
SSS [04] (Surviving children eligibility)
SSS [05] (Implementation not recommended)
SSS {Selective Service System}
State Vet Benefit Changes (MassILOhio)
State Veterans Home Program (Overview)
State Veterans Home Program [01] (LTC New Approach)
State Veterans Home Program [02] (Projected Needs) 080401
Stolen Valor Act see Military
Stoploss Pay (Retroactive Payments) 090615
Stroke (Overview)
Stroke [01] (Alert)
Stroke [02] (Aspirin use)
Stroke [03] (Transient ischemic attacks)
Student Veterans of America (SVA) (New Vet Organization)
Sugar Substitutes (Should you use)
Supplemental Appropriations Act (Impact on VA)
Surgery to Replace Eyeglasses (No waiting list)
Survivor Benefit Plan see SBP
Survivor Files (The Mess They Left) 090701
SVAC (What it does)
SVAC [01] (5 Bills cleared)
SVAC [02] (Vet Health Care Hearing) 090515
SVAC [03] (Vet Bill Action) 090601
SVAC {Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee}
Swine Flu (Overview) 090501
Talking Book Program (Available overseas)
TAMP {Transitional Assistance Management Program}
TAP {Transition Assistance Program}
TAPS (Survivor support)
Taps (Music) (History)
TAPS {Tragedy Assistance Program}
Task Force on Combat Benefits (InterAgency)
Tattoo Laser Removal (New techniques available)
Tax Burden for Alabama Retirees (Overview) 090401
Tax Burden for Alaska Retirees (Overview) 090501
Tax Burden For Arizona Retirees (Overview) 090415
Tax Burden for Arkansas Retirees (Overview) 090515
Tax Burden for California Retirees (Overview) 090601
Tax Burden for Colorado Retirees (Overview) 090615
Tax Burden for Connecticut Retirees (Overview) 090701
Tax Law Changes (2006) (Summary)
Tax on Negotiated Balances (Credit Cards) 080615
Tax Overseas Filing Obligations (Reporting Requirements)
Tax Overseas Filing Obligations [01] (Residency Criteria) 090601
Tax Tips 2008 (Overview) 090215
Tax Tips 2008 [01] (Homeowners) 090215
Tax Tips 2008 [02] (Investors) 090215
Tax: 2003 Statements via myPay (Availability dates)
Tax: 2007 Changes (Increases/Decreases)
Tax: AntiSource Law (Must be a resident)
Tax: Arizona (New Tax Credit)
Tax: Armed Services Tax Fairness Act (Overview)
Tax: Attack (Additional taxes levied)
Tax: Audits (Number to Increase)
Tax: Burden by State (Rankings)
Tax: Burden by State [01] (www.moaa.org/serv/serv_financial/index.htm)
Tax: Burden for Alaska Retirees (Overview)
Tax: Burden for Arizona Retirees (Overview)
Tax: Burden for Arkansas Retirees (Overview)
Tax: Burden for Arizona Retirees (Overview)
Tax: Burden for California Retirees (Overview)
Tax: Burden for Colorado Retirees (Overview)
Tax: Burden for Connecticut Retirees (Overview)
Tax: Combat Zone Death Reporting (Special tax benefits)
Tax: Deductions (11 Most Overlooked)
Tax: Deductions [OTC Medicine] (Legislation introduced)
Tax: Deployed Reserve Tax Donation IL (Tax refunds to
families)
Tax: Estate Tax RP (Taxable levels)
Tax: Estate Tax USA (Tax Exclusion $625,000)
Tax: Estate Tax USA [01] (Tax Exclusion $2 million)
Tax: Estate Tax USA [02] (Exemptions vary)
Tax: Exemption NC (Government retirement benefits)
Tax: Exemption WV (Military retirement income)
Tax: Expatriate Income Tax (Who must file)
Tax: Fair Tax Act (2003 Bill)
Tax: Fair Tax Act [01] (2007 Bill)
Tax: Federal Excise Tax Refund Credit (2006 tax return)
Tax: Filing Extensions (Overseas)
Tax: Filing Obligations Overseas (Reporting Requirements)
Tax: Florida Property (Disabled vets)
Tax: Florida Property [01] (Discounts)
Tax: Florida Taxes (Summary)
Tax: Home Sale (Exclusion rules)
Tax: Income Earned Abroad (Generally taxable)
Tax: Late Filing (Impact)
Tax: Law Changes 2006 (Summary)
Tax: Military Death Benefits (Legislation to eliminate)
Tax: Military Death Benefits (Retroactive payments taxable)
Tax: Missouri Retiree Tax Exemption (Proposed)
Tax: Ohio (Vet Exemptions)
Tax: Oregon (Military retirees)
Tax: Property TX (Vet tax exemption)
Tax: Refund Scam see IRS Phishing
Tax: SSA see SSA Taxation
Tax: State Tax on Personal Income (Additional expense)
Tax: State Tax on Personal Income [01] (Who Taxes What)
Tax: State Tax on Personal Income [02] (Pensions) 090101
Tax: State Web sites (Info sources)
Tax: Tax Credit for 2006 (Federal excise tax $30/$60)
Tax: Taxation after Discharge (What to plan for)
Tax: Vet Home Tax Donation IL (Tax refunds to vet homes)
Tax: Withholding (Owe in excess of $1,000 Impact)
Taxation after Discharge [01] (CA Taxbreak Plan) 090601
TDP {Tricare Dental Program}
TDRL {Temporary Disability Retired List} see DoD Disability
Telemarketing Call Elimination (50 million registered)
Telemarketing Call Elimination [01] (www.ftc.gov/donotcall)
Telemarketing Call Elimination [02] (Court upholds program)
Telemarketing Call Elimination [03] (Cell Phones not applicable)
Telemarketing Call Elimination [04] (Using a Script)
Telemarketing Call Elimination [05] (139 Million Registered)
Telemarketing Call Elimination [06] (Rules Amended) 080701
Telephone Dialing Tip (Save time & money)
Temporary Early Retirement Act see TERA
TERA (Early Retirement Program)
TERA [01] (58,000 Retirees) 080615
Terrorist Attack Preparation (What is Your Plan?)
Test Prep Scams (Red Flags)
Texas Veteran Tuition (Overview)
TFL Appointments (How to make) 081101
TFL Billing Problems (2001)
TFL Billing Process (How it works)
TFL Claim Processing (Overview)
TFL Claim Processing [01] (Tricare/Medicare agreement)
TFL Claim Processing [02] (Optout provider)
TFL Claim Processing [03] (Optout provider claim denial)
TFL Claims Processing Transition (WPS Letter)
TFL Criteria (5 requirements to qualify)
TFL Denied Medicare Claim (Impact on Tricare claim)
TFL Enrollment (Overview)
TFL EOB (Policy reversal)
TFL Facts & Tips (Transition from Tricare)
TFL Facts & Tips [01] (Features & Options)
TFL History (Why Part B Required)
TFL Hospital Coverage] (New Patient Policy) 080501
TFL Medicare Enrollment (2002 H.R. 2073 impact)
TFL Medicare Enrollment [01] (Lateenrollment penalty)
TFL Medicare Enrollment [02] (SSA notices mailed Mar 05)
TFL NeedtoKnows (Top 10) 081115
TFL New Contract (WPS Phase in)
TFL Overseas (Tricare Standard rules apply)
TFL Prior to Age 65 (SSA Disability Impact)
TFL Trust Fund (DOT not paying)
TFL Under Age 65 (Medicareeligibles covered)
TFL Under Age 65 [01] (SSA Disability Impact)
TFMDP {Tricare Family Member Dental Plan}
Thrift Savings Plan see TSP
Thunderbirds 2007 Show Schedule (Dates & Locations)
Thunderbirds 2008 Show Schedule (Dates & Locations)
TJX Data Breach (Legislation Still Needed)
TMOP (Contract shift)
TMOP [01] (Register online)
TMOP [02] (Users save 66%)
TMOP [03] (Enrollment procedures)
TMOP [04] (Prescription Savings)
TMOP [05] (Zero copay test)
TMOP [06] (OTC 0ption)
TMOP {Tricare Mail Order Pharmacy}
TMOP Faxed Prescriptions (Embedded watermarks)
TMOP Overseas Orders (Prerequisites)
TMOP Prescription Orders (How to place)
TMOP Prescription Refill (How to refill)
Tomb of the Unknowns (Replacement on hold)
Tomb of the Unknowns [01] (Replacement Alternative) 081015
Tomb of the Unknowns [02] (Repair or replace?) 081115
Tomb of the Unknowns [03] (Army Declines Offer) 081215
Tomb of the Unknowns [04] (Replacement Offer Status) 090601
Toxic Exposure see Burn Pit; Camp Lejeune
Trans World Assurance Company (Refund settlement)
Traumatic Amputees (Nam Vet Rehab Research)
Traumatic Brain Injury (VA Treatment Study)
Traumatic Brain Injury [01] (Funding Problem)
Traumatic Brain Injury [02] (VA Program)
Traumatic Brain Injury [03] (Vets Helping Vets)
Traumatic Brain Injury [04] (Rating Changes) 081015
Traumatic Brain Injury [05] (Blast Exposure Database) 081215
Traumatic Brain Injury [06] (Outreach Center Opens) 090201
Traumatic Brain Injury [07] (180,000 Screened Positive) 090315
Traumatic Injury Insurance (Payments to increase) 080801
Travel & Lodging see AFRC Garmisch Partenkirchen
Travel & Lodging see AFRC Shades of Green
Travel & Lodging see AFRC Virginia Beach VA
Travel & Lodging see AFVC
Travel & Lodging see AnheuserBusch Theme Parks
Travel & Lodging see Army Leisure Travel Services
Travel & Lodging see Australia Vacations
Travel & Lodging see CNN Attractions
Travel & Lodging see Fourth Cliff Recreation Area
Travel & Lodging see Grand Canyon
Travel & Lodging see Great Pond
Travel & Lodging see Great Pond
Travel & Lodging see Kilauea Military Camp
Travel & Lodging see Marines' Memorial Association
Travel & Lodging see Military Lodging
Travel & Lodging see Military Travel Discounts
Travel & Lodging see MWR
Travel & Lodging see MWR Discount Broadway Tickets
Travel & Lodging see Navy Lodge
Travel & Lodging see Solomons Navy Recreation
Center
Travel & Lodging see SSMAC
Travel & Lodging Sources (Active duty & Retirees)
Travel & Vacation see Armed Forces Vacation Club
Travel Discounts for Seniors & Vets (Always ask)
Travel Immunizations (What to Get)
Travel Packing Tips (Making it easier)
Travel Registration w/State Dept (Online)
TRDP (Overview)
TRDP [01] (Mandatory enrollment now 1 yr)
TRDP [02] (Benefit increased to $1200)
TRDP [03] (Enhanced program)
TRDP [04] (Dental premium increase)
TRDP [05] (Overseas Availability)
TRDP [06] (Overseas Program Expansion) 080915
TRDP {Tricare Retiree Dental Program}
TRDP Reserve Eligibility (Includes gray area reservist &
family)
TRDP Reserve Eligibility [01] (Prerequisites)
Tricare & OHI (Claim Processing) 090315
Tricare & VA Combined Care (New proposed rule)
Tricare After Hours Care (Emergency & Urgent) 081115
Tricare Alaska Provider Pmts (Higher authorized rates)
Tricare Allowable Charges: (New executive order)
Tricare Ambulance Service Claims (Prerequisites)
Tricare Anencephaly Abortion (Cannot be claimed)
Tricare Anesthetic Coverage Expansion (Special needs patients)
Tricare Autism Care (Demonstration Project) 080501
Tricare Back Surgery (Policy Change) 080715
Tricare Behavioral Health Care (Access easy and convenient)
Tricare Behavioral Health Resource Guide (Available Online) 090515
Tricare Beneficiary Rights & Responsibilities (Overview)
090315
Tricare Beneficiary Website (Info Resource) 090415
Tricare Breast Cancer MRIs (Coverage Added)
Tricare Cancer Trials (Permanent Benefit)
Tricare Catastrophic Cap (Refund Locations)
Tricare Catastrophic Cap [01] (Variables)
Tricare Catastrophic Cap [02] (How it works)
Tricare Catastrophic Cap [03] (1 OCT Reset)
Tricare Computers Hacked (14000 files accessed)
Tricare Contact Data 2004 (By region)
Tricare Cost Share Waiver Illegal (Supplemental insurance scheme)
Tricare Coverage (Overview)
Tricare Coverage [01] (Guaranteed Coverage)
Tricare Data Breach TriWest (Systemic problems)
Tricare Data Breach TriWest [01] (Current status)
Tricare Data Breach [01] (Identity Theft Unlikely)
Tricare Data Breach [02] (Another Breach)
Tricare Deductible (Copay waiver Illegal)
Tricare Deductible [01] (New Rule for RC) 080815
Tricare Delphi Council (What it is/does)
Tricare Dental Program [01] (Eligibility & Enrollment) 090115
Tricare Dental Program [02] (Benefits & Costs) 090115
Tricare ECHO (Overview) 090301
Tricare ECHO [01] (Cap Increase) 090301
Tricare Emergency Facility Use (Claim submission prerequisites)
Tricare Employer Health Plans (1 JAN stop date)
Tricare EndStage Renal Support (Demo enrollment)
Tricare Enrollment see DEERS
Tricare EOBs (Policy change)
Tricare EOBs [01] (TFL policy reversal)
Tricare EOBs [02] (TFL Digital Conversion)
Tricare EOBs [03] (On Line Access)
Tricare Fact Sheets (What's available)
Tricare Fees Overseas (Action Alert) 080615
Tricare Flu Immunization (Get it now)
Tricare for Retired Reservists (Eligibility)
Tricare Funding Change (DOD's viewpoint)
Tricare Gray Area Retiree Bill (H.R.6185) 080615
Tricare Handbook [01] (New issue)
Tricare Hearing Aids (Active duty)
Tricare Hearing Aids [01] (Retirees)
Tricare Help While Traveling (Where to go)
Tricare Hospice Care (Coverage)
Tricare Hospital Payment System (Change Delayed) 090215
Tricare Hospital Selection in PI (Verify First) 080701
Tricare in the Philippines (18 FEB 08 Briefing)
Tricare in the Philippines (Why problems currently exist)
Tricare in the Philippines [01] (Locating authorized providers)
Tricare Infertility Treatments (Coverage) 090601
Tricare Information Service (Telephone assistance)
Tricare Inpatient Rates (Increases)
Tricare LapBand Surgery (Now Available)
Tricare Maternity Care (Coverage)
Tricare Maternity Care [01] (Ultrasound change)
Tricare Maternity Considerations (Significant improvements)
Tricare Medicaid Coverage (Tricare Primary Payer) 080601
Tricare Meeting w/Coalition (Quarterly meeting planned)
Tricare Member Choice Center (New program)
Tricare MTF Locator (Updated)
Tricare Natural Disaster Resource (New web site)
Tricare Newborn/Adoptee Registration (Action to take)
Tricare News [01] (IOP/Tri+/Nursing Home) 090615
Tricare News via Email (Subscription Data) 080901
Tricare Nexium Copay Lowered (Now only $3.00)
Tricare NonAvailability Statements (No longer needed)
Tricare Nursing Home Coverage (Overview)
Tricare Nursing Home Coverage [01] (Clarification) 090601
Tricare Obesity Treatment (Limited to 3 types)
Tricare Obesity Treatment [01] (Demo project)
Tricare One Year Limit (Overseas 2008 Waiver) 081201
Tricare Osteopathic Therapy Coverage (Chiropractic services not
allowed)
Tricare Overseas Claims [01] (Filing Extension) 090201
Tricare Overseas Fraud/Abuse [01] (Still a Problem) 090101
Tricare Overseas Fraud/Abuse TMA Letter (EOB verification sought)
Tricare Overseas Phone Numbers (Many toll free)
Tricare Overseas Programs (Pointofservice)
Tricare Overseas Programs [01] (PI Satellite Office) 080715
Tricare Pacific (Authorized PI provider lists)
Tricare Pacific Authorizations (Mental/Physical therapy)
Tricare Pacific Registration (On line registration)
Tricare Pharmacy Copay [01] Increase Impact on Savings)
Tricare Panama Rates (New Provider Fee Schedule) 090215
Tricare Pharmacy Copay for OHI (Paper claim submission required)
Tricare Pharmacy Generics Policy (2005 medical necessity criteria)
Tricare Pharmacy Paper Claim (Paper trail to end)
Tricare Pharmacy Policy (Providing medications)
Tricare Pharmacy Policy [01] (Mail Order Inducements)
Tricare Pharmacy Policy [02] (Medicare Part D Impact)
Tricare Pharmacy Policy [03] (Walgreens) 081115
Tricare Pharmacy Rates see Tri: Uniform Formulary
Tricare Pharmacy Search Tool (New formulary locator)
Tricare Physician Availability (Declining) 081201
Tricare Physician Availability [01] (Nurse Practitioners) 090301
Tricare PI Fee Schedule (New 1 NOV 08) 081115
Tricare Plus [01] (Primary care only)
Tricare Preventive Health Program (TFL Excluded) 080515
Tricare Prime (Advantages & disadvantages)
Tricare Prime [03] (Right of First Refusal) 090201
Tricare Prime [04] (Rule Enforcement) 090615
Tricare Prime Allotment (New option)
Tricare Prime Allotment [01] (Available thru retiree pay)
Tricare Prime Allotment [02] (Pay by allotment)
Tricare Prime Allotment [03] (2010 Payments) 090315
Tricare Prime Networks (Too costly to keep)
Tricare Prime Premium Allotments (Available to retirees)
Tricare Prime Remote (What it is)
Tricare Prime Travel Impact (50% cost share)
Tricare Prime Travel Reimbursement (100 miles +)
Tricare Prior Authorization (Requirements) 080615
Tricare Problems Investigated (Committee hearing held)
Tricare Problems Investigated [1] (Admin hassles & low payments)
Tricare Provider Availability [01] (2007 Survey Results) 080415
Tricare Provider Tax Credit (Oregon)
Tricare Providers (Types)
Tricare RC Family Demo Benefit (Extended to 31 Oct 07)
Tricare Region North (Transition completed)
Tricare Region South (Completion of the Region realignment)
Tricare Region Transition Tips (Points of contact)
Tricare Region West (Transition complete)
Tricare Reimbursement Rates (2007 Changes)
Tricare Reimbursement Rates [01] (Higher Copays)
Tricare Reimbursement Rates [02] (Overseas) 080515
Tricare Reserve Select [01] (Change to include all ruled out
of order)
Tricare Reserve Select [02] (3000 reserves enrolled)
Tricare Reserve Select [03] (8.5% premium increase)
Tricare Reserve Select [04] (Costly for users)
Tricare Reserve Select [05] (Begins 1 OCT)
Tricare Reserve Select [06] (TRS Publications Issued)
Tricare Reserve Select [07] (Revamped program)
Tricare Reserve Select [08] (Continuation coverage)
Tricare Reserve Select [08] (Continuation coverage)
Tricare Reserve Select [09] (Reservists Overcharged)
Tricare Reserve Select [12] (Gray Area Retirees) 090201
Tricare Reserve Select Rules (Nonmobilized Reserve Tricare)
Tricare Reserve/Guard Buy In (HR 3365 provisions approved)
Tricare Reserve/Guard Buy In [01] (SA 5281) 081015
Tricare Retail Pharmacy Program (Use Criteria)
Tricare Retail Pharmacy Program [01] (Transitional problems)
Tricare Retail Pharmacy Program [02] (Medical necessity criteria)
Tricare Retail Pharmacy Rebates ($450 million owed)
Tricare Retention at 65 (Medicares Impact)
Tricare Rx Drug Dispute (Mail order vs. retail)
Tricare Rx Drug Dispute [01] (No 2007 discount)
Tricare School Physical Coverage (Age 5 to 12 allowed)
Tricare Selection Considerations (Employer Policies) 080501
Tricare Self Assessment (C+ or B) 090101
Tricare Service Center (How to Locate) 090601
Tricare Sitrep MAR 05 (Physician/facility availability diminishing)
Tricare Skilled Nursing & LTC see Tricare Nursing
Home Coverage
Tricare Step Therapy Regime (Sleep aids experiment)
Tricare Supplemental Ins [03] (New Law Clarification) 080415
Tricare Supplemental Insurance (NDAA 01 Impact)
Tricare Supplemental Insurance [01] (Factors to consider)
Tricare Supplemental Insurance [02] (Cafeteria plans)
Tricare Supplemental Insurers (Listing)
Tricare Survivor Benefit (Enhanced benefits)
Tricare Survivor Benefit [01] (NDAA 06 Impact)
Tricare Survivor Benefit [02] (Lifetime Coverage) 090215
Tricare TAMP (Extended to 180 days)
Tricare Tax Free Premiums (Bills introduced Mar 05)
Tricare Tax Free Premiums [01] (Anticipated Vet Savings)
Tricare Tax Free Premiums [02] (Cosponsors needed)
Tricare Tax Free Premiums [03] (Bill Reintroduced) 090301
Tricare Telephone Numbers (By Category) 090415
Tricare Telephone Survey (Input requested)
Tricare Third Tier Rx (Standby for some higher copays)
Tricare TMOP (Overseas)
Tricare TOP TFL (Overseas use)
Tricare TPharm Contract (Solicitation Cancelled)
Tricare TRDP (Overview)
Tricare TRDP [01] (1999 rate increase)
Tricare TRDP [02] (2002 rate increase)
Tricare TRDP [03] (2006 rate increase)
Tricare Triwest RC Resource Center (Website for Reserves)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [01] (Nexium & Teveten copays)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [02] (Nonformulary additions)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [03] (Impotency drugs included in 3Rx)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [04] (New meds added to formulary)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [05] (Bad news for senior retirees)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [06] (3 added 16 deleted)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [07] (More drugs proposed)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [08] (Tier Changes)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [09] (3rd tier list)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [10] (Tier Changes)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [11] (Tier Changes)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [12] (Tier Changes)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [13] (Tier Changes)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [14] (90 Days Insufficient)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [15] (Tier Changes)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [16] (Tier Changes)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [17] (Beneficiary Input Procedure)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [18] (More Tier Changes)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [19] (Tier Changes)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [20] (More DoD Proposals)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [21] (Changes Announced)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [22] (Change Announcement)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [23] (More $22 Drugs)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [24] (Change Announcements)
Tricare Uniform Formulary [25] (JUL Recommendations) 080801
Tricare Uniform Formulary [26] (BAP Mtg Results) 081015
Tricare Uniform Formulary [27] (Seven 3rd Tier Proposals) 090201
Tricare Uniform Formulary [28] (Blood Glucose Test Strips) 090415
Tricare Uniform Formulary [29] (Inhaler Medications) 090415
Tricare URFS (Overview) 080915
Tricare URFS [01] (DEERS Verification) 080915
Tricare User Fee (Under review)
Tricare User Fee [01] (Big increases proposed)
Tricare User Fee [02] (Endorsed by Joint Chiefs)
Tricare User Fee [03] (Savings questionable)
Tricare User Fee [04] (Letters to the president)
Tricare User Fee [05] (Increase details)
Tricare User Fee [06] (Proposal reactions)
Tricare User Fee [07] (AFSA comments)
Tricare User Fee [08] (A step backward)
Tricare User Fee [09] (HASC opposition)
Tricare User Fee [10] (HR 4949 blocking bill)
Tricare User Fee [11] (Amendment rejected)
Tricare User Fee [12] (S.2617 introduced)
Tricare User Fee [13] (On hold till JAN 08)
Tricare User Fee [14] (DoD still wants)
Tricare User Fee [15] (DoD Increase Press)
Tricare User Fee [16] (H.R. 4949 Introduced)
Tricare User Fee [17] (Hikes Inevitable)
Tricare User Fee [18] (DoD Ups the Ante)
Tricare User Fee [19] (S.605 Introduced)
Tricare User Fee [20] (Proposed Increase)
Tricare User Fee [21] (Proposed DoD Budget)
Tricare User Fee [22] (Pharmacy Copays)
Tricare User Fee [23] (SASC Rejects Increase)
Tricare User Fee [24] (Vet Groups Alleged Support) 080401
Tricare User Fee [24] (Vet Groups Alleged Support) 080315
Tricare User Fee [25] (Vet Increase Support Varies) 080415
Tricare User Fee [26] (Conditions for Support) 080501
Tricare User Fee [27] (Woes Demand Action) 080801
Tricare User Fee [28] (CBO Report Options) 090115
Tricare User Fee [29] (Increase Prevention Bill) 090215
Tricare User Fee [30] (Budget Committee Review) 090215
Tricare User Fee [31] (No Decision Yet) 090215
Tricare User Fee [32] (Pentagon Committee Report) 090301
Tricare User Fee [33] (TFL Rumored Cuts) 090301
Tricare User Fee [34] (HASC Budget Flexibility Impact) 090401
Tricare User Fee [35] (DoD Hikes Expected) 090415
Tricare User Fee [36] (Gates Game Plan) 090501
Tricare User Fee [37] (No 2010 Increase) 090515
Tricare User Fee [38] (Growth Anticipated) 090615
Tricare User Fee [39] (Increases Inevitable) 090701
Tricare Viagra Coverage (Guidelines)
Tricare Vision Benefits (Eligibility)
Tricare Vision Benefits [01] (Coverage) 090615
Tricare Website (Revamped)
Tricare WIC Overseas Program (What it is)
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud (PI 1999Indictments)
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [01] (PI 2001 Convictions)
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [02] (Health Visions Indictment)
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [03] (Medco $155 million settlement)
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [04] (HVC pleads guilty)
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [05] (PI Claim Payment Suspensions)
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [06] ($40 million lawsuit)
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [07] ($100+ million in PI) 080501
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [08] (HV to Pay $100 million) 080501
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [09] (PI Scamming Continues) 080501
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [10] (Greenbelt MD $247K) 080515
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [11] (5 years for $100M) 080701
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [12] (Retribution) 080701
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [13] (Indictments Dismissed) 090301
Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [14] (Honolulu HI) 090615
Tricare/Medicare Combined Benefit (Under 65) 081101
TRICARE4U (Mandatory Password Update) 090501
Trichloroethylene (TCE) Exposure (Impact on Humans)
TRRx see Tricare Retail Pharmacy Program
TRRx [03] (New Law Impact) 080915
TRS see Tricare Reserve Select
TRS [10] (Permanent Benefit) 081015
TRS [10] (Premium Decrease) 081201
TSA Data Breach (Privacy officials meet)
TSGLI (Only $1 more)
TSGLI (Traumatic Servicemembers Group Life Insurance)
TSGLI [01] (Pay Out Retroactive)
TSGLI [02] (Benefits Expand) 081215
TSP (Overview)
TSP [01] (Open season 1 OCT thru 31 DEC)
TSP [02] (10% of base pay maximum)
TSP [03] (Elimination of open seasons)
TSP [04] (Data security review)
TSP [05] (Cashout upon retirement)
TSP [06] (September gains)
TSP [07] (Legislative agenda 2007)
TSP [08] (Contribution limits raised)
TSP [09] (Hackers steal $35,000)
TSP [10] (FEB 08 Losses)
TSP [11] (Slide Continues) 081115
TSP [12] (DEC 08 rally) 090115
TSP [13] (Bleak January) 090215
TSP [14] (Designating Beneficiaries) 090301
TSP [15] (Automatic Enrollment Bill) 090315
TSP [16] (Slide Tax Impact) 090315
TSP [17] (April Increases) 090515
TSP [18] (May Increases) 090615
TSP [19] (Roth Option Status) 090615
TSP {Thrift Savings Plan}
TSP Scam (Where to call)
Tuberculosis (Overview) 081015
Tuberculosis [01] (Philippine Alert) 081015
Tuition see Vet Educational Benefits
Tuition Aid for RC (Summary by State)
Tuition Waiver Denials TX (Immigrant Vets)
TV Analog to Digital Conversion (Did you know?)
Twilight Brigade (Do Not Die Alone)
TwoParent Consent Law (New criteria for minors passports)
U of U Hospital Data Breach (2.2 million @ Risk) 080615
U.S. & Japan Social Security Agreement (Double taxation eliminated)
U.S. Citizenship for Enlistees (Expedited citizenship in 1 yr)
U.S. Embassy Manila Holidays (Days of Closure) 090201
U.S. Passport Policy [01] (New Travel Requirement)
U.S. Savings Bonds (Accountability)
U.S. Savings Bonds [01] (Cashing)
U.S. Savings Bonds [02] (Replacement)
U.S. Savings Bonds [03] (Online Access)
UK Entry Clearance Requirement (Effective 13 JAN 04)
Unapproved Prescription Drugs (No FDA Master List) 081201
Unconditional Surrender Statue (Now in San Diego)
Unified Medical Command (Jan 07 Target Date)
Unified Medical Command [01] (Rejected)
Uniform Wearing (Federal Law) 081101
Uniform Wearing [01] (Halloween) 081115
Uniform Wearing [02] (Services Position) 081115
United Nations Memorial Wall (Contains 40,895 Names)
United Nations Memorial Wall [01] (Korean Tours)
Urban Legends (New Articles) 090415
Urban Legends [01] (Oldies but Goodies) 090501
USAF Early Retirements (Applications by 1 SEP)
USAF Records Access Change (Discharges after 1 OCT 04)
USAF Reserve Retirement (Submission Guidelines)
USAF Retiree Funerals (Policy Changes)
USAF Return to Active Duty (Programs) 081201
USCG Cell Phone *CG Use (Change in policy)
USCG WWII Vet Outreach Campaign (Oral histories requested)
USERRA (Rights if called up)
USERRA [01] (Vet employment rights)
USERRA [02] (Know your rights)
USERRA [03] (OSC vs. VETS)
USERRA [04] (25% Vets Dissatisfied)
USERRA [05] (Sole Jurisdiction of DOL)
USERRA [06] (Proposed Legislation) 080815
USERRA [07] (Vet Awarded $118,000) 090415
USERRA [08] (RC Personnel Targeted Layoffs) 090615
USERRA [09] (House Passes H.R.466) 090615
USERRA {Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights
Act}
USFHP (Enrollment Criteria)
USFHP (Uniformed Services Family Health Program)
USFHP [01] (TRICARE Prime option)
USFSPA & Divorce (Retired pay marital property)
USFSPA & Divorce [01] (10yearrule proposal)
USFSPA & Divorce [02] (Litigation Tactics) 080815
USFSPA & Divorce [03] (Government Missteps) 090101
USFSPA & Divorce [04] (Iowa Bill 170) 090301
USFSPA & Divorce [04] (TDRL Precedent) 090301
USFSPA & Divorce [05] (Oklahoma H.1053) 090401
USFSPA & Divorce [06] (HB 1053 Status) 090615
USFSPA & Divorce [07] (HASC Hearing Request) 090615
USFSPA & Divorce [08] (How it Began) 090701
USFSPA {Uniform Services Former Spouses Protection Act}
USFSPA Lawsuit (Elimination of the postdivorce pay increases)
USFSPA Lawsuit [01] (Lawsuit to reform or repeal act)
USFSPA Lawsuit [02] (Legal team hired)
USFSPA Lawsuit [03] (Will file early 2004)
USFSPA Lawsuit [04] (Divorcees go to court)
USFSPA Lawsuit [05] (Sept 10 court date)
USFSPA Lawsuit [06] (Motion HeardBut Not Decided)
USFSPA Lawsuit [07] (Federal Court dismisses case)
USFSPA Lawsuit [08] (3 of 4 claims dismissed)
USFSPA Lawsuit [09] (Rumsfeld unaware of policy)
USFSPA Lawsuit [10] (NMFA comments)
USFSPA Lawsuit [11] (Supreme Court Appeal Next)
USFSPA Lawsuit [12] (Supreme Court Petitioned)
USFSPA Lawsuit [13] (Supreme Court Rejection)
USMC Commemorative Coin (Struck 25 May 05)
USMC Commemorative Coin [01] (How to obtain)
USMC Involuntary Recall (Individual Ready Reserve)
USMC Personal Data Breach (Another laptop lost)
USMC Reenlistment Offered (Former Marines Eligible)
USMC Retirement Guide (Availability)
USMC Stamps (Availability)
USN Normandy Monument (Recognition oversight)
USN/USMC Email Access (Removed from official sites)
USO (New DC Airport Lounge)
USPS ?Express Mail (Service details)
USS Iwo Jima Katrina Support (COs comments on involvement)
VA How to File a Claim [01] (Online Now Authorized) 080801
VA see AO
VA see Foreign Medical Program
VA & 109th Congress (CRS Report)
VA Adaptive Housing (New temporary living benefit)
VA Adaptive Housing [01] (Compromise bill)
VA AFGE Suit (Physician pay dispute)
VA Aids Care (Eligible to Enroll)
VA Aids Care [01] (Testing Delay Complications)
VA Alert VAS Alert (Copycat website)
VA Appeal Process (Sep 03 Rulings)
VA Appeals (Overview)
VA Appeals [01] (Process Rulings)
VA Appeals [02] (Court Backlog)
VA Appeals [03] (Dealing with Backlog)
VA Appeals [04] (Vet Lawyer Disbarment) 080701
VA Appeals [05] (Vet Consortium Pro Bono Program) 090115
VA Appointments (SC priority access)
VA Appointments [01] (Taking longer to get)
VA Appointments [02] (Longer waiting times)
VA Appointments [03] (30+ Day Delay Status)
VA Appointments [04] (Flaws Found) 081215
VA Appointments [04] (Unfilled appointments) 090115
VA Appointments [05] (Project in Trouble) 090415
VA Benefit Rolls (Sep 2007) 080601
VA Benefits (Informing Vets) 081215
VA Benefits [Advisory Committee] (Membership) 081015
VA Benefits [Guide] (2008 Issue)
VA Benefits [Pamphlet] (Quick source)
VA Benefits [Pension] see Veterans Pension
VA Benefits [Woman] (Same as males)
VA Benefits [Woman] [01] (VA reaches out to women vets)
VA Benefits Delivery at Discharge (Paperless Program) 090301
VA Benefits/Services outside U.S (Summary)
VA Blue Water Claims [01] (Disability/DIC/CLL)
VA Blue Water Claims [02] (Manual M211 Change) 080501
VA Blue Water Claims [03] (Denied) 080615
VA Blue Water Claims [04 (Redefine Nam Service) 090515
VA Blue Water Claims [04] (Writ of Certiorari) 081101
VA Blue Water Claims [05] (Pierside Now Eligible) 090601
VA Blue Water Claims [06] (Rule Changing) 090615
VA Bonuses (Amount Questioned)
VA Bonuses [01] (Secretary Asked to Resign)
VA Bonuses [02] (HR 2292 Would Block)
VA Bonuses [03] (Acknowledges Problems)
VA Boston Hospitals (Status Quo Retained)
VA Brachytherapy Treatments (Some Improperly Done) 080715
VA Budget 2007 (Insufficient)
VA Budget 2007 [01] (Inadequate)
VA Budget 2007 [02] (Fees & copays)
VA Budget 2007 [03] ($25.4 billion for medical)
VA Budget 2007 [04] (House vote 3950)
VA Budget 2007 [05] (Senate Proposal)
VA Budget 2007 [06] ($10 billion underestimated)
VA Budget 2007 [07] (Awaiting House reconciliation)
VA Budget 2007 [08] (Republicans block funding)
VA Budget 2007 [09] (Agreement Reached)
VA Budget 2007 [10] (Continuing resolution)
VA Budget 2007 [11] (Funding Shift)
VA Budget 2008 ($87 billion proposed)
VA Budget 2008 [02] (VFW comments)
VA Budget 2008 [03] (DAV comments)
VA Budget 2008 [04] (Fee Increase unlikely)
VA Budget 2008 [05] (Fee increases rejected)
VA Budget 2008 [06] (Senate Committee approved)
VA Budget 2008 [07] (Another Senate delay)
VA Budget 2008 [08] (Rhetorical Firefight Escalates)
VA Budget 2008 [09] . (New Approach)
VA Budget 2008 [10] (Combined Spending Bill)
VA Budget 2008 [11] (Emergency Funding)
VA Budget 2008 [12] (Emergency Funding Approved)
VA Budget 2009 (President's Submission)
VA Budget 2009 [01] (Reactions to Proposal)
VA Budget 2009 [02] (HCVA Concerns)
VA Budget 2009 [03] (Subcommittee Approved) 080701
VA Budget 2009 [04] (Bush Threatens Veto) 080801
VA Budget 2010 (Proposed by Obama) 090301
VA Budget 2010 [01] (Republicans Propose Increase) 090401
VA Budget 2010 [02] (President's Submission) 090515
VA Burial Benefit (Veterans)
VA Burial Benefit [01] (Sunset Provision Elimination)
VA Burial Benefit [02] (Inform your Relatives)
VA Burial Benefit [03] (Correction)
VA Burial Benefit [04] (Private Cemetery Headstone) 080515
VA Burial Benefits (Active Duty) (Summary)
VA Burial Program Survey (3 JAN thru 28 FEB 08)
VA CAD/CAM Dentistry (One Visit Caps) 080401
VA Cancer Lawsuit (Family awarded $500,000)
VA Cancer Reporting Policy (Hampering Research)
VA Care Vet Backlash (Claim acceptance)
VA Caregiver Program (Pilot Programs Funded)
VA Caregiver Program [01] (Stanford Pilot Program) 090401
VA Category 8 Care [01] (Bills to restore care)
VA Category 8 Care [02] (1.8 million vets uninsured)
VA Category 8 Care [03] (S.1233 impact)
VA Category 8 Care [04] (Policy Review)
VA Category 8 Care [05] (Lower Income Cap) 080401
VA Category 8 Care [06] (Tied to Funding Reform) 080901
VA Category 8 Care [07] (Campaign Promises) 081115
VA Category 8 Care [08] (Beware Rationed Care) 081201
VA Category 8 Care [09] (JUN Enrollment Plan) 090115
VA Category 8 Care [10] (CBO Report Impact) 090115
VA Category 8 Care [11] (Calculator Available) 090401
VA Category 8 Care [12] (New Eligibles) 090701
VA CBI (Helpline service)
VA CBOC Openings (25 new clinics)
VA Cemeteries (Demand increase)
VA Cemeteries [01] (Burial eligibility)
VA Cemeteries [02] (Parity for tribal vets)
VA Cemeteries [03] (Lithochrome Use) 090601
VA Cemetery Memorials Inventory (Volunteers sought)
VA Chiropractic Care (New benefit)
VA Chiropractic Care [01] (Expansion to 26 facilities)
VA Chiropractic Care [02] (H.R.1470)
VA Claim Backdating (Under Investigation) 081201
VA Claim Backlog (463,000 outstanding 2002)
VA Claim Backlog [01] (Longterm goal 125 days)
VA Claim Backlog [02] (OIF/OEF higher processing priority)
VA Claim Backlog [03] (Caseload warnings ignored)
VA Claim Backlog [04] (House panel hearing)
VA Claim Backlog [05] (Proposed fixes rejected)
VA Claim Backlog [06] (Washington DC the worst)
VA Claim Backlog [07] (125 day goal)
VA Claim Backlog [08] (Increased funding)
VA Claim Backlog [09] (H.R.3047 automation mandate)
VA Claim Backlog [10] (Trial approach endorsement)
VA Claim Backlog [11] (VA distorts report)
VA Claim Backlog [12] (Cut Waiting Tim by 2/3)
VA Claim Backlog [13] No Improvement FY 07)
VA Claim Backlog [14] (29 JAN HVAC Summary)
VA Claim Backlog [15] (GAO Faults VA Training) 080601
VA Claim Backlog [16] (Status) 080715
VA Claim Backlog [17] (Law Slows Claims) 080715
VA Claim Backlog [18] (8,763 Vets Die Waiting) 080801
VA Claim Backlog [19] (Changes Coming) 081015
VA Claim Backlog [20] (New York Office) 081215
VA Claim Backlog [21] (Shinseki Pledges Change) 090215
VA Claim Backlog [22] (Surge Strategy Needed) 090215
VA Claim Backlog [24] (Hidden Unopened Mail) 090315
VA Claim Backlog [25] (HVAC Discussions) 090315
VA Claim Backlog [26] (HVAC BVA Oversight) 090601
VA Claim Backlog [27] (One Million Anticipated) 090701
VA Claim Decision Representation (New bill H.R.4914)
VA Claim Delay [02] (VDBCMA H.R.5892) 080501
VA Claim Denial (Multiple claim submission)
VA Claim Denial [01] (Private Medical Opinions) 090201
VA Claim Denial [02] (Legal Representation Impact) 090201
VA Claim Denial [03] (Supreme Court Ruling) 090501
VA Claim Doctor Letter (Do it yourself)
VA Claim Doctor Letter [01] (Sample Letter)
VA Claim Error Rate (Not improving)
VA Claim Error Rate [01] (House Oversight Committee)
VA Claim Filing Sources (You may be eligible)
VA Claim Fixers (Jeopardizing Benefits)
VA Claim Representation (S.2694 to rectify)
VA Claim Representation [01] (Bill impact questioned)
VA Claim Representation [02] (Approved by Senate)
VA Claim Representation [03] (DAV Opposes S.2694)
VA Claim Shredding (Under Investigation) 081101
VA Claim Shredding [01] (Policy Under Review) 081115
VA Claim Shredding [02] (Culture of Dishonesty) 081201
VA Claim Shredding [03] (Vet Protection Expanded) 081201
VA Claim Shredding [04] (DVA Q&A) 090415
VA Claim Tips (What to Research)
VA Claims Assistance (Veterans Claims Assistance Act 2000)
VA Claims Assistance [01] (New standard favors vets)
VA Claims Assistance [02] (Secondary claims)
VA Claims Assistance [03] (Triple Compensation)
VA Claims Processing (Pilot Programs) 090315
VA CLEP Reimbursement ($60 Exam Fee)
VA Clinic Indianapolis IN (Fund source)
VA Clinic Openings (25 new CBOCs)
VA Clinic Openings [01] (16 new outpatient clinics)
VA Clinic Openings [02] (Cape Coral New Site)
VA Clinic Openings [03] (Yuma/Burlington/Goodland)
VA Clinic Openings [04] (38 in 22 States)
VA Clinic Openings [05] (Guam Summer 2009)
VA Clinic Openings [06] (Nonhospital Dental Care)
VA Clinic Openings [07] (Cape Coral FL)
VA Clinic Openings [08] (2008 Openings) 080401
VA Clinic Openings [09] (H.R 5856) 080601
VA Clinic Openings [10] (44 New Clinics) 080701
VA Clinic Openings [11] (31 New Clinics) 081215
VA Clothing Allowance (Overview) 081015
VA Clothing Allowance [01] ($716 for 2009) 090701
VA CNH (Nursing home care)
VA COLA 2004 (2.1% increase)
VA COLA 2006 (4.1% increase)
VA COLA 2007 (S.2563 introduced)
VA COLA 2007 [01] (Potentially 2.9%)
VA COLA 2007 [02] (Potentially 2.9%)
VA COLA 2007 [03] (Increase of 3.3%)
VA COLA 2007 [04] (Summary of Increases)
VA COLA 2008 (Summary of Increase)
VA COLA 2009 (Senate Bill Passes) 080815
VA COLA 2009 (Clears House) 080915
VA COLA 2010 (Legislation Introduced) 090215
VA COLA 2010 [01] (S.407 Approved) 090701
VA Combat Veteran Health Care (Effective immediately)
VA Combat Veteran Health Care [01] (Good for 2 years)
VA Combat Veteran Health Care [02] (5 Year Limit)
VA Combat Veteran Health Care [03] (Combat Vet Eligibility) 081015
VA Commercial Insurance Coverage (National Agreement) 080601
VA Comp Payment Disparity [01] (Comparisons by state)
VA Comp Payment Disparity [02] (IG report released)
VA Comp Payment Disparity [03] (VA Struggling to explain)
VA Comp Payment Disparity [04] (PTSD 2nd review cancelled)
VA Comp Payment Disparity [05] (Claim resubmission required)
VA Comp Payment Disparity [06] (Outreach program)
VA Comp Payment Disparity [07] (Disparities continue)
VA Comp Payment Disparity [08] (IDA Report Results)
VA Comp Payment Disparity [10] (H.R.5709) 080501
VA Comp Pmt Disparity [09] (House Examines)
VA Compensation & Pensions (Summary)
VA Compensation & Pensions [01] (HR 4843 increase proposal)
VA Compensation Garnishment (Alimony/Child support) 080401
VA Compensation Levels Inconsistent (Award levels by state differ)
VA Compensation Rate Tables 2005. (Effective DEC 04)
VA Compensation Rates (DIC): (2007 Monthly Payments)
VA Compensation Rates (Disability) (2009 Mo Payments) 081215
VA Compensation Rates (Disability) (2007 Monthly Payments)
VA Compensation Rates (Disability) (2008 Monthly Payments)
VA Compensation Rates (Other) (2007 Monthly Payments)
VA Compensation Rates (SMC) (2007 Monthly Payments)
VA Consolidated Mailout Pharmacy (Major Expansion)
VA Copay (2002 Rates)
VA Copay [01] (Low Iincome Vets)
VA Copay [02] (Insurance Refund)
VA Copay [03] (Increase Proposal)
VA Copay [04] (2006 Rates)
VA Copay [05] (Job Loss Impact) 090115
VA Copay [06] (Impact of Drug Increase) 090201
VA Copay [07] (2009 Rates) 090615
VA Credibility (Key lawmaker Losing Faith) 081101
VA CWT & IT (Change in tax status)
VA CWT & IT [01] (Ruled TaxFree)
VA Data Breach (26,500,000 vets exposed)
VA Data Breach [01] (Q&A)
VA Data Breach [02] (Funding & hearings)
VA Data Breach [03] (Legislation & reward)
VA Data Breach [04] (Vet action to take)
VA Data Breach [05] (Impact on S.1408)
VA Data Breach [06] ($50k reward)
VA Data Breach [07] (Teleworking)
VA Data Breach [08] (Vets affected expands)
VA Data Breach [09] (Lawsuit initiated)
VA Data Breach [10] (Other VA data breaches)
VA Data Breach [11] (Police reports)
VA Data Breach [12] (Long term situation)
VA Data Breach [13] (Another revelation)
VA Data Breach [14] (Vet compensation)
VA Data Breach [15] (Cost to VA)
VA Data Breach [16] (Free credit monitoring)
VA Data Breach [17] (Whos at fault)
VA Data Breach [18] (CISO resigns)
VA Data Breach [19] (Lawsuits & Protection)
VA Data Breach [20] (Credit Monitoring Cancelled)
VA Data Breach [21] (CBO Estimates)
VA Data Breach [22] (More VA Breaches)
VA Data Breach [23] (Unanswered Questions)
VA Data Breach [24] (Data to be Encrypted)
VA Data Breach [25] (2nd Computer Recovered)
VA Data Breach [26] (Legal Data Loss)
VA Data Breach [27] (Another Computer Stolen)
VA Data Breach [28] (Comprehensive Legislation Needed)
VA Data Breach [29] (Hard Drive Missing)
VA Data Breach [30] (VA Not Serious Enough)
VA Data Breach [31] (Expect Future Incidents)
VA Data Breach [32] ($25,000 Reward)
VA Data Breach [33] (GAO Report)
VA Data Breach [34] ($20 Million Budgeted)
VA Data Breach [35] (VA IG Report)
VA Data Breach [36] (53 Computers Lost)
VA Data Breach [37] (Risk Still Remains)
VA Data Breach [42] ($20M Settlement) 090201
VA Data Breach [43] (Claim Forms Available) 090401
VA Dental Treatment (Eligibility)
VA Dental Treatment [01] (Outpatient Change) 080401
VA Dental Treatment [01] (Outpatient Change) 080315
VA Dental Treatment [02] (Eligibility Expansion Bill) 080501
VA Dental Treatment [03] (VA Insurance) 080701
VA Dental Treatment [04] (Insurance Program) 090601
VA Dependent Burial (Who is Eligible)
VA Diabetes Mellitus Care (VN Presumptive Condition)
VA Diabetes Mellitus Care [01] (Kudos to the VA)
VA Diabetes Mellitus Care [02] (New drug being tested)
VA Diabetes Mellitus Care [03] (Avandia Formulary Deletion)
VA Diabetes Mellitus Care [04] (Education Drive)
VA Diabetes Mellitus Care [05] (Nam Vets) 081115
VA Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (Teleretinal Imaging)
VA DIC (Benefit Explanation)
VA DIC [01] (Reinstatement)
VA DIC [02] (Widow Entitlement Change)
VA DIC [03] (Retention After Remarriage)
VA DIC [04] (Facts)
VA DIC [05] (Benefit Review)
VA DIC Rates (2003 Monthly Payments)
VA DIC Rates [01] (2004 Monthly Payments)
VA DIC Rates [02] (2005 Monthly Payments)
VA DIC Rates [03] (2007 Monthly Payments)
VA DIC Rates [04] (2009 Monthly Payments) 081215
VA Direct Deposit (Sign Up Urged) 090101
VA Disability & SSDI (Who is eligible)
VA Disability Buyout [01] (Buyout Origins)
VA Disability Buyout [02] (VDBC Studying)
VA Disability Buyout [03] (CNA Report Conclusions)
VA Disability Compensation (Facts)
VA Disability Compensation [01] (Heads Up!)
VA Disability Compensation [02] (S2674/HR5509 Impact)
VA Disability Compensation [03] (Widows Cheated) 081215
VA Disability Compensation [04] (Widow Death Pmt) 090101
VA Disability Compensation 2003 (New rates)
VA Disability Compensation 2004 (New rates)
VA Disability Compensation 2006 (New rates)
VA Disability Compensation 2007 (New rates)
VA Disability Compensation Facts (Good to know)
VA Disability Lump Sum (Under consideration)
VA Disability Verification Letters (Sent to FL Vets) 090115
VA Disability/Compensation System (System Improvements)
VA Diverting Patients (Nationwide Problem)
VA DNA Database (Begins FY 07)
VA Drug Testing on Vets (Hearings to be Held) 080701
VA Drug Testing on Vets [01] (300 Studies Ongoing) 080701
VA Drug Testing on Vets [02] (Hearings Held) 080715
VA Duty to Veterans Families] (Ongoing Suit)
VA Electronic Health Record (Access)
VA Emergency Care (Eligibility Criteria)
VA Emergency Care [01] (Require vice Authorize) 080515
VA Emergency Care [02] (How to Use) 090101
VA Emergency Care [02] (S.2142/H.R.3819 Status) 080601
VA Emergency Care [03] (Vet Gap Coverage) 090215
VA Enrollment Fee [01] (Proposed Increases)
VA Estate Debt Collection (Bill to Stop)
VA Eye Care (Criteria)
VA Facility Expansion (Muskogee/Popular Bluff)
VA Facility Expansion [01] (Rural Colorado/Kansas)
VA Facility Expansion [02] (23 New Vet Centers)
VA Facility Expansion [03] (Orlando New Hospital)
VA Facility Expansion [04] (Lanai New OPC)
VA Facility Expansion [05] (Ft. Bragg)
VA Facility Expansion [06] (Canandaigua Campus NY)
VA Facility Expansion [07] (Harlingen TX)
VA Facility Expansion [08] (New Orleans Medical Ctr)
VA Facility Expansion [09] (Los Angeles CA)
VA Facility Expansion [10] (Chicago VADoD)
VA Facility Funding (Sharing Resources)
VA Facility Maintenance (1,100 Problems Cited)
VA Failures 2008 (Suppression and Inaction) 090115
VA Fee Prescription Plan (Applicable to vets not eligible for
VA care)
VA FeeBasis Care (Who is Eligible)
VA Filipino Health Care (U.S. permanent residents only)
VA Flagfolding Recitation Ban (AL will ignore)
VA Flagfolding Recitation Ban [01] (Ban clarified by VA)
VA Flu Shots (2007/08 Season)
VA Flu Shots [01] (48% Death reduction)
VA Flu Shots [02] (Only 44% Effective) 080501
VA Franchise Program [01] (Whats available)
VA Fraud (Defrauders Prosecuted)
VA Fraud [01] ($120,000 Embezzled)
VA Fraud [02] (Concealed 2nd Marriage)
VA Fraud [03] (King WI Veterans Home)
VA Fraud [04] (Monessen PA/Ellington CT)
VA Fraud [05] (Loudon TN)
VA Fraud [06] (Wichita KS/Billings MT)
VA Fraud [07] (Parachute CO)
VA Fraud [08] (Edmond OK) 080501
VA Fraud [09] (Lubbock TX/Roanoke VA) 080515
VA Fraud [10] (Tampa FL) 080701
VA Fraud [11] (Hines IL CMOP Director) 080715
VA Fraud [12] (Bonner County ID) 080901
VA Fraud [13] (Arlington County VA) 081101
VA Fraud [14] (Pittsburgh PA) 081015
VA Fraud [15] (Louisville KY) 081201
VA Fraud [16] (University City PA) 090101
VA Fraud [17] (Boise Idaho) 090115
VA Fraud [19] (Laclede ID) 090415
VA Fraud [20] (Waterville ME) 090615
VA Funding 2004 ($2.6 billion increase approved)
VA Funding 2009 (Budget Flawed) 090201
VA GAO Findings (Not very good)
VA GAO Findings [01] (Room to Improve)
VA Grave Locator (Now available on Web)
VA Gravesite Locator (www.cem.va.gov)
VA Gravesite Locator (Correction) (Locate sites online w/family
name)
VA Gravesite Locator [01] (1.9 million names added)
VA Gravesite Locator [02] (Online site maps)
VA Guardian (Policy)
VA Gulf War Advisory Board (Established) 080515
VA Gulf War Advisory Committee [01] (1st Meeting) 080701
VA Handbook 2007 (Now Available)
VA HBPC (Home care program)
VA Headstones & Markers (Overview)
VA Headstones & Markers [01] (Eligibility & Availability)
VA Headstones & Markers [02] (VA Regs Amendment)
VA Headstones & Markers [03] (Honorable Destruction) 090415
VA Headstones & Markers [04] (Headstone Patio) 090501
VA Headstones & Markers [05] (New Headstone Device) 090515
VA Health Benefits Fund (Taxpayer donations)
VA Health Care Access (IG says not up to par)
VA Health Care Funding [01] (Budget formula flawed)
VA Health Care Funding [02] (Vet spending spared 1% cut)
VA Health Care Funding [03] (Budget process flawed)
VA Health Care Funding [04] (Assured funding bill)
VA Health Care Funding [05] (Voted down)
VA Health Care Funding [06] (Increase in Claims)
VA Health Care Funding [07] (H.J. Res. 20)
VA Health Care Funding [08] (Mandatory vice Discretionary)
VA Health Care Funding [09] (Increase Praised)
VA Health Care Funding [10] (No Cureall)
VA Health Care Funding [11] (IL referendum)
VA Health Care Funding [12] (S.2639 Mandatory Funding)
VA Health Care Funding [13] (Advance Appropriations) 080701
VA Health Care Funding [14] (Dysfunctional Budget System) 080701
VA Health Care Funding [15] (PVHCBR Effort) 080901
VA Health Care Funding [16] (Ending Delays) 081015
VA Health Care Funding [17] (Obama Supports Advance Funding)
081115
VA Health Care Funding [18] (Legislation Introduced) 090215
VA Health Care Funding [19] (Obama Wants Approval) 090415
VA Health Care Funding [20] (Uphill Battle) 090515
VA Health Care Funding [21] (Significant Progress) 090701
VA Health Care Legislation (S.252) 090201
VA Health Care Mandatory Funding (Future budgets in jeopardy)
VA Health Care/Enrollment Q & A (Are You eligible?)
VA Hearing Aids (Eligibility Criteria)
VA Hearing Aids/Eyeglasses [02] (Directive 2008070) 090515
VA Hefner Medical Center (Assessment)
VA Help Lines (Get second opinion)
VA Help Lines [01] (House hearings)
VA Hepatitis C Care (Web site)
VA Hepatitis C Care [01] (Treatment Completion Rates)
VA Hiring [02] (Obstacles) 080415
VA Hiring [03] (New Office Created) 080415
VA Hiring Freeze Fallout (Waiting Lists)
VA Hiring Practices (Sex Offenders)
VA Home Loan (Overview)
VA Home Loan [02] (Certificate of Eligibility)
VA Home Loan [03] (Increase to $333,700)
VA Home Loan [04] (Significant changes signed into law)
VA Home Loan [05] (Increase to $417,000)
VA Home Loan [06] (Beneficial to Vets)
VA Home Loan [07] (Reminder)
VA Home Loan [08] (New Policy)
VA Home Loan [09] (125% Guarantee Legislation) 080415
VA Home Loan [10] (2008 Legislative Package) 080501
VA Home Loan [11] (H.R.4884) 080515
VA Home Loan [12] (Mortgage Assistance) 080615
VA Home Loan [13] (Ceilings Rise) 080901
VA Home Loan [14] (Enhanced Options Available) 081101
VA Home Loan [15] (Avoiding Foreclosure) 090215
VA Home Loan [16] (WDVA 4.85%) 090601
VA Home Loan Fees (2003 new rates)
VA Homeless Vets [01] (Senate hearing)
VA Homeless Vets [02] (Bed Shortage in 07)
VA Homeless Vets [03] (Substance Abuse Services)
VA Homeless Vets [04] (On the Rise)
VA Homeless Vets [05] (Homeless Grants)
VA Homeless Vets [06] (Housing is Key)
VA Homeless Vets [07] (Setting the Record Straight)
VA Homeless Vets [08] (21% Reduction)
VA Homeless Vets [09] (HUDVASH Effort) 080501
VA Homeless Vets [10] (HVAC Hearing) 090615
VA Hospice Care (Terminally ill care)
VA Hospice Care [01] (Program Expansion)
VA Hospital Care [01] (Still the Best)
VA Hospitals (New Hampshire Access) 090115
VA Hospitals [01] (Every State Bill) 090201
VA Hospitals [02] (Denver VAMC Replacement) 090401
VA Hospitals [03] (Under Fire) 090701
VA ID Card (Card Upgrading)
VA In Jail Benefits [01] (Reduction or Loss)
VA Independent Living Program [01] (Cap Removal Bill) 080501
VA Independent Living Program [02] (High Demand) 080801
VA Informed Consent (Patient participation in care decisions)
VA Insurance Dividends 2004 ($517 million)
VA Insurance Dividends 2005 (Not applicable to SGLI)
VA Insurance Dividends 2006 (1.2 million vets eligible)
VA Insurance Dividends 2007 ($369 million to be paid)
VA Insurance Dividends 2008 (Pmt of $349 million)
VA Insurance Dividends in 2009 ($319.8 million) 090201
VA Interim Benefit Lawsuit (Excessive Delay Pmts) 081115
VA Interim Benefit Lawsuit [01] (Rejected) 090101
VA IU Growth (SVAC hearing)
VA IU Growth [01] (Criticized by GAO)
VA IU Growth [02] (GAO Conclusions)
VA Joint & Spine Exams (Inadequate in 22% of cases)
VA Lack of Care Lawsuit (Health Care Delays)
VA Las Vegas Medical Center (Online summer 2009)
VA Laser Eye Surgery (New policy)
VA Laser Eye Surgery [01] (No longer available)
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) (Health Care Delays)
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [01] (VA Seeks Dismissal)
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [02] (DoJ Arguments Continue)
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [03] (PTSD Vets) 080415
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [04] (Dismissal Overruled)
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [05] (18 Suicides Daily) 080501
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [06] (Maris Testimony) 080501
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [07] (Judge Doubts Authority) 080515
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [08] (Perezs PTSD email) 080615
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [09] (Outside Court Authority) 080701
VA Lawsuit (Lack of Care) [10] (Appeal Filed) 080801
VA Lawsuit (Randen Harvey) (PTSD Suicide) 081201
VA Lawsuit (Religious Discrimination) ($300,000 Jury Award)
VA Life Insurance [SDVI] (Eligibility requirements)
VA Loan Home [01] (Multiple use policy)
VA Local Access (Where to Go)
VA Malpractice or Wrongful Death (Two years to act under FCTA)
VA Mandatory Funding see VA Health Care funding
VA Manila . (Services for vets residing in RP)
VA Mastectomy Compensation (Broadened coverage)
VA Means Test (How Conducted) 081101
VA Means Test Thresholds 2005 (Non SC medical care criteria)
VA Medical Care Hardship Program (Eligibility) 090501
VA Medical Center Cuts (18 to be leased out)
VA Medical Center Waco (Will Remain Open)
VA Medical Centers (18 Available for Leasing)
VA Medical Centers [01] (New Louisville Center)
VA Medical Centers [02] (Waco Will Remain Open)
VA Medical Education Support (Increasing)
VA Medical Facilities Management . (H.R. 4768)
VA Medical Foster Home (Expanding Elder Program) 090301
VA Medical Records (Ask to see)
VA Mental Health Care (Availability questioned)
VA Mental Health Care [01] (Escalating demand)
VA Mental Health Funding (Administration shortchanging)
VA Mental Health Program (Suicide Prevention) 080401
VA Mileage Reimbursement (Bill cosponsors needed)
VA Mileage Reimbursement [01] (250% Increase)
VA Mileage Reimbursement [02] (H.R.760 Impact)
VA Mileage Reimbursement [03] (28.5 cents/mile)
VA Mileage Reimbursement [04] ($0.505/mile Proposed) 080701
VA Mileage Reimbursement [05] ($0.415/mile Proposed) 080815
VA Mileage Reimbursement [06] ($0.415 17 NOV) 081201
VA Mileage Reimbursement [07] (Deductable Dec) 090101
VA Minority Veterans Panel (Overview)
VA Mobil Counseling Centers (50 Motor Coaches) 081101
VA Mobile Pharmacies] (Deployment Begun) 080401
VA MRSA Testing (Initiated 15 MAR)
VA MRSA Testing [01] (Combating Staph Infection)
VA Museum or Medical Center (History Controversy) 090301
VA Museum or Medical Center [01] (Decision Final) 090315
VA Mustard Agent Outreach (Looking for exposed vets)
VA My Health eVet [01] (Health Records Online)
VA My Health eVet Web Site (Site improvements to assist vets)
VA Nasopharyngeal Radium Therapy (Head/neck cancer cause)
VA NBC Fees Payment (Montgomery GI Bill Eligibles)
VA New York Hospitals: (Will remain open)
VA NGO Gateway Initiative (Partnership w/VCI) 090115
VA North Texas SITREP (Array of problems)
VA NSLI (Paid Up Benefit)
VA Nursing (Academy)
VA Nursing [01] (In Short Supply) 081101
VA Nursing Homes [01] (Unpaid Benefits) 090301
VA Nursing Homes [02] (2 yr Payment Delay) 090315
VA Nursing Homes [03] (Law Implementation) 090601
VA Obesity Initiative (Help is available)
VA Obesity Initiative [01] (41,000 Participants)
VA Obesity Initiative [02] (Epidemic of diabetes)
VA Obligation to Help Vets (VA Tasking)
VA OEF/OIF Health Study (Launched) 090701
VA Office of Survivors Assistance (Established Dec 08) 090315
VA OIF/OEF Advisory Committee (Committee formed)
VA Ombudsman's Office (H.R.2192) 080615
VA Outpatient Pharmacy [02] (NonVA Pharmacy Use)
VA Pain Care (Bill to Enhance)
VA Panel Hearing Change (Detrimental to vet community)
VA Panel Hearing Change [01] (Minor improvement)
VA Panel Hearing Change [02] (Joint hearings reinstated)
VA Parkinsons Disease Program (1.5 million Americans affected)
VA Parkinson's Program [01] (Study Offers Hope) 090115
VA Patient Stats (Why Care Sought)
VA Pay to Performance (Pilot Project) 080701
VA Pension Awareness see Veterans Pension
VA Performance (Favorable CBO Report)
VA Performance [01] (Future Concerns)
VA Performance Report (Best in Federal Sector)
VA Personal Data (How to Update)
VA Phishing Alert (Another scam)
VA Physician Qualifications (Hiring system validity questioned)
VA Physician Qualifications [01] (56,000 under Review)
VA Physician Quals (Hiring system validity questioned)
VA Polytrauma Care (New website)
VA Polytrauma Care [01] (5th PRC announced)
VA Polytrauma Rehab Centers (Not up to speed)
VA Poverty Threshold FY 04 ($9,183)
VA Prescription CoPay (1st increase in 4 yrs)
VA Prescription Fraud Alert (Patient Care Group scam)
VA Prescription Policy [01] (Halfprice Prescriptions)
VA Prescription Policy [02] (Split Pills)
VA Prescription Refills [01] (MyHealth eVet services)
VA Prescription Refills Online (New VA service)
VA Prescriptions ID Method (Upcoming Changes)
VA President Ford Observance (Health Centers Open)
VA Presumptive AO Conditions (For Kids)
VA Presumptive AO Conditions (For Vets)
VA Presumptive AO Illnesses [Kids] (AO Impact on Kids)
VA Presumptive Atomic Vet Diseases [01] (Updated List) 081115
VA Presumptive Gulf War Vet Diseases [01] (Current list) 081101
VA Presumptive POW Diseases [01] (Updated List) 081015
VA Presumptive Vietnam Vet Diseases (Updated List) 081201
VA Priority Categories [01] (263,257 turned away)
VA Project HERO (Vet Groups Opposed)
VA Prosthetics (New Miami Center)
VA Prosthetics [01] (Ankle/Hand)
VA Prosthetics [02] (Arm Development)
VA Prosthetics [03] (Advanced Artificial Arm) 090601
VA Psychologists (Unlicensed Staff)
VA PTSD see PTSD
VA PTSD Claim Support (Valor awards) 080601
VA PTSD Claim Support [01] (Stressor Symptoms) 080615
VA PTSD Evaluation Criteria (General Rating Formula) 080601
VA QTC Contract Questioned (Concern's w/Principi)
VA QTC Contract Questioned [01] (Principi cleared)
VA Radiation under Dosing (Program Suspensions) 081115
VA Rating Schedules (Location)
VA Rating Schedules [02] (HVAS Conclusions)
VA Rating Schedules [03] (Right to Challenge)
VA REAP see REAP
VA Records (Digitization Scheduled) 090501
VA Registries (Overview)
VA Registries [01] (Placement on must be requested)
VA Registries [02] (How to sign on)
VA Registries [03] (Whats Available)
VA Registries [04] (Enrollment Prerequisites)
VA Regs Change Proposal (Claim process tweak)
VA Regulations Change [01] (Plain Language Attempt) 080501
VA Religious Discrimination Lawsuit (VA Denies Guilt)
VA Report Card (High Marks) 080615
VA Retro Pay Project (CRDP/CRSC adjustment)
VA Retro Pay Project [01] (Sooner than expected)
VA Retro Pay Project [02] (Some in OCT)
VA Retro Pay Project [03] (Pay Begins)
VA Retro Pay Project [04] (Backlog to SEP 07)
VA Retro Pay Project [05] (DFAS FAQs)
VA Retro Pay Project [06] (Overview)
VA Retro Pay Project [07] (Processing thru DEC 07)
VA Retro Pay Project [08] (75% Processed)
VA Retro Pay Project [09] (Closing Payment Gap)
VA Retro Pay Project [10] (Deadline Missed)
VA Retro Pay Project [11] (End in Sight) 080501
VA Retro Pay Project [12] (Recheck of 25,448 Denials) 080801
VA Retro Pay Project [13] (230k Accounts Processed) 080915
VA Retro Pay Project [14] (Amended Tax Returns) 080915
VA Retro Pay Project [15] ($12 Million in Errors) 081101
VA Retro Pay Project [16] (39,000 Missed) 090601
VA Returning Veterans Website (www.oefoif.va.gov) 090501
VA Rural Access (Assessment)
VA Rural Access [01] (Legislation Review)
VA Rural Access [02] (S.1147 Support)
VA Rural Access [03] (Peake Vows Action)
VA Rural Access [04] (Progress Report)
VA Rural Access [05] (Rural Mobile Health Care Clinics) 080901
VA Rural Access [06] (10 More Clinics) 080915
VA Rural Access [08] (Additional Funding) 090601
VA SAH [02] (Increased benefits)
VA SAH [03] (New Rules)
VA SAH [04] (3 Time Use) 080901
VA Salmonella Research (Space Experiment) 080401
VA Salmonella Research (Space Experiment) 080315
VA Secretary [01] (Nicholson Resigns)
VA Secretary [02] (Mansfield Takes Over)
VA Secretary [03] (Nomination Needed)
VA Secretary [04] (Bush Nominates Peake)
VA Secretary [05] (Peake Hearing summary)
VA Secretary [06] (Peake Confirmed)
VA Secretary [07] (Anthony Brown) 081201
VA Secretary [08] (Eric K. Shinseki) 081215
VA Secretary [09] (Transformational Leader?) 090101
VA Secretary [10] (Shinseki pledges) 090115
VA Secretary [11] (History Will Judge) 090201
VA Secretary [12] (Shinseki Sworn In) 090201
VA Secretary [13] (Open ltr to Vets) 090315
VA Secretary Annual Report (Self Assessment) 081215
VA Sexual Trauma Program (Billing Overview)
VA Sexual Trauma Program [01] (Billing Review) 090515
VA SmartPay 2 Contract Glitch (Bounced VA Checks) 090201
VA Social Workers (Help Available)
VA Social Workers [01] (How They Help)
VA Special Programs (Where to Locate) 090201
VA Spinal Cord Injury Services (New Milwaukee Facility)
VA SSOC Deadline (Decrease Proposed)
VA State Benefits Seamless Transition (New Program)
VA Success Questioned (McClatchy Newspaper's Report)
VA Suicide Prevention (Call Center Opening)
VA Suicide Prevention [01] (Help a Call Away)
VA Suicide Prevention [02] (Cover Up Revealed) 080501
VA Suicide Prevention [03] (May Exceed Combat Deaths) 080515
VA Suicide Prevention [04] (Oversight Authority) 080601
VA Suicide Prevention [05] (Strategy Lauded) 080915
VA Suicide Prevention [05] (VA Criticism) 090501
VA Suicide Prevention [06] (Keller Suit Settled) 090501
VA Surviving Spouse Website (www.vba.va.gov/survivors)
VA Survivors Benefits Available (Summary)
VA Survivors Website (What it provides)
VA Telehealth (Overview)
VA Telehealth [01] (Rural Veterans Services) 080915
VA Third Party Insurers [01] (Collection Proposal) 090315
VA Third Party Insurers [02] (Obama Adamant) 090401
VA Third Party Insurers [03] (Obama Withdraws Proposal) 090401
VA ThirdParty Insurers (Billing Problems) 080715
VA Tidbits (Did you know?)
VA Tinnitus Care (NCRAR Research) 081115
VA Tinnitus Compensation (Eligibility)
VA Tinnitus Compensation [01] (Court decision favors vets)
VA Tinnitus Compensation [02] (No Bilateral Tinnitus)
VA Tinnitus Compensation [03] (VFW Involvement)
VA Travel Nurse Program (Threeyear Pilot)
VA Tuition Assistance (Topup benefit)
VA Unemployability Growth (Doubled since 1999)
VA Use of Religion Lawsuit (No Legal Standing) 080815
VA Vet Centers (Walkins Double)
VA Vet Centers [01] (Staffing Shortfalls)
VA Vet Centers [02] (Ahead of Schedule)
VA Vet Centers [03] (Wisconsin)
VA Vet Centers [04] (Additions ahead of Schedule)
VA Vet Centers [05] (39 More by 2009) 080715
VA Vet Contaminant Exposure (Tennessee Clinics) 090301
VA Vet Contaminant Exposure [01] (Miami Colonoscopies) 090401
VA Vet Contaminant Exposure [02] (17 Tested Positive) 090415
VA Vet Contaminant Exposure [03] (Positives Increase) 090515
VA Vet Contaminant Exposure [05] (Pattern of Failure) 090701
VA Vet Utilization Survey (Starts 8 July 07)
VA Veteran Population Estimate (As of 30 SEP 07) 080515
VA Veteran Support (Goals & Population)
VA Veteran Support [01] (Benefit 2007 Stats)
VA Veteran Support [02] (Health Care Stats) 080401
VA Veteran Support [02] (Health Care Stats) 080315
VA Veteran Support [03] (Memorial Affairs Stats) 080415
VA Veterans Pride Initiative (Wear your medals)
VA Vision Care (To be enhanced)
VA Vision Care [01] (Compensation Reform)
VA Vision Care [02] (Expanded Capabilities) 090701
VA Vision Legislation (Expands coverage to 2nd eye)
VA Vision Legislation [01] (Criteria Relaxed)
VA VistA [01] (Outage cripples patient care)
VA VistA [02] (Medical Error Glitches) 090201
VA VistA [03] (HVAC Concerns) 090201
VA Vocational Rehabilitation [01] (Counselor Shortage) 090201
VA Vocational Rehabilitation [02] (Benefit Inc Bill) 090315
VA Voluntary Service (VAVS) (How to Participate)
VA Voter Registration Ban (Criticism) 080715
VA Voter Registration Ban [01] (VA Still Resists) 080801
VA Voter Registration Ban [02] (Ban Lifted) 080915
VA Women Vet Programs (Overview) 080415
VA Women Vet Programs [02] (Health Care Bill) 090315
VA Women Vet Programs [03] (Expanded Service) 090615
VA Women Vet Programs [04] (H.R.1211 Approved) 090701
VA Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Vet turned away)
VA/DoD Hospital Consolidation (Chicago area)
VA/DoD Resume Review (Peake/Chu) 081115
VA: DIC [06] (Payment Increase Bill) 090601
Vacation Travel Cost (Car vs. airline)
Vaccination Booklet (What parents need to know)
VAMC Martinsburg MD (Meal Policy Change)
Varicose Veins (Overview) 090115
VARO {VA Regional Office}
VARO Manila [01] (No More Walkins) 090201
VAS {Veterans Affairs Services}
VDBC . (Overview)
VDBC [01] . (5th public meeting held)
VDBC [02] (Public meeting 15/16 FEB)
VDBC [03] (VA Comp + SSDI?)
VDBC [04] (SSDI study approved)
VDBC [05] (More on SSDI)
VDBC [06] (VDBC Sep meeting)
VDBC [07] (OCT meeting summary)
VDBC [08] (Surveys began NOV 07)
VDBC [09] (VA disability buyout)
VDBC [10] (JAN Washington DC mtg)
VDBC [11] (Issues discussed)
VDBC [12] (7/24 disability coverage)
VDBC [13] (Next mtg 21 FEB)
VDBC [14] (SBP/DIC offset)
VDBC [15] (CR recommendations)
VDBC [16] (Research question #19)
VDBC [17] (Institute of Medicine report)
VDBC [18] (Disability compensation disparity)
VDBC [19] (SBP/TERA/CRSC recommendations)
VDBC [20] (CRDP recommendation reversed)
VDBC [21] (QoL issues)
VDBC [22] (25% Disability pay hike)
VDBC [23] (Action delayed until 2008)
VDBC [24] (Disability Benefits Contract)
VDBC {Veterans Disability Benefits Commission}
VDBC vs. PCARWW (Recommendation Differences) 080415
VDBR {Veterans' Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction}
VDBR Overview (Vet radiation exposure)
VDHCBS (Elder Vet Care) 090615
VEAP [01] (Can use up to 10 years after discharge)
VEAP {Veterans Education Assistance Program}
Vet Annuity for 100% Disabled ($1,500 payable semiannually)
Vet Benefit Expiration Dates (MGIB/VEAP/Rehab/SGLI)
Vet Benefits FL (Overview)
Vet Benefits FL [01] (Vet tax exemption)
Vet Benefits FL [02] (Expansion continues)
Vet Benefits FL [03] (4 new laws)
Vet Benefits IA (Whats available)
Vet Benefits IN (Proposed benefit improvements)
Vet Benefits IN [01] (Signed Into Law)
Vet Benefits IN [02] (4 New Laws)
Vet Benefits NM (Reserve death benefit)
Vet Benefits NY (New veteran measures)
Vet Benefits VA (Dependent's Licensure process)
Vet Benefits WI (Tuition Aid cuts pending)
Vet Benefits (State) (Some 2009 Changes) 090115
Vet Benefits [Low Income] (Overview)
Vet Benefits Clash (Old/New Rift) 090601
Vet Bonus IA (Extended Timeline)
Vet Bonus IL (Overview)
Vet Bonus MA (For 911+ vets)
Vet Bonus MA (WWII thru Persian Gulf)
Vet Bonus MA [01] ($500 & $1000)
Vet Bonus PA (Application Availability)
Vet Bonus PA [01] (Applications Available) 080601
Vet Bonus SD (Up to $500)
Vet Bonus SD [01] (Still available)
Vet Bonus SD [02] ($500 to eligibles)
Vet Bonus [State] (Availability by state)
Vet Bonus Paybacks (Overstated)
Vet Cemetery AL (Land purchased)
Vet Cemetery AR (Land purchase effort)
Vet Cemetery AZ (Prescott reopened)
Vet Cemetery CA [01] (124th National cemetery)
Vet Cemetery CA [Northern] (New cemetery funded by VA)
Vet Cemetery CA [Southern] (Burials begin)
Vet Cemetery CO (H.R.1660 status)
Vet Cemetery FL [03] (New Jacksonville site)
Vet Cemetery FL [04] (Opens 16 April)
Vet Cemetery FL [05] (Sarasota Opening Fall 08)
Vet Cemetery FL [06] (HR 2642 Passes House)
Vet Cemetery FL [New] (Open for burials 2009)
Vet Cemetery GA (Opening in late 2005 planned)
Vet Cemetery GA [01] (Opened in April)
Vet Cemetery HI (Kona Expansion)
Vet Cemetery IA ($7.6 Million Grant)
Vet Cemetery ID (Recently opened in Boise)
Vet Cemetery IL (Whats Available)
Vet Cemetery KS (Riley out of Space)
Vet Cemetery KS (Manhattan Location)
Vet Cemetery MD (Crownsville Expansion)
Vet Cemetery ME (Ground Breaking OCT 08) 080515
Vet Cemetery MI (Burials to begin mid2005)
Vet Cemetery MI [01] (Dedicated 3 JUN)
Vet Cemetery MN (Whats Available)
Vet Cemetery MT (Ft. Harrison $85 Million Grant)
Vet Cemetery MT [01] (Missoula $4 Million Grant)
Vet Cemetery NE (Bill Introduced)
Vet Cemetery NE [01] (Ground Broken) 081101
Vet Cemetery NJ [01] ($3.8 Million Grant)
Vet Cemetery NJ (VA funds improvement)
Vet Cemetery PA (Opening mid2005)
Vet Cemetery PA [01] (Dolington Site)
Vet Cemetery PA [02] (WA Crossing VA Nat Cemetery) 080401
Vet Cemetery PA [03] (Accepting Interment Apps) 081101
Vet Cemetery SC (States First)
Vet Cemetery SC [01] (Fort Jackson National) 080801
Vet Cemetery see Arlington
Vet Cemetery see Canadian National Military
Vet Cemetery TX (Killian now open)
Vet Cemetery TX [01] (Looking for space)
Vet Cemetery VA (Study Results)
Vet Cemetery WI ($622,580 grant)
Vet Cemetery WV (Funded by Lottery)
Vet Cemetery Alabama [01] (New Cemetery Named) 080415
Vet Cemetery Alabama [02] (Staterun) 090601
Vet Cemetery Alaska (Fairbanks) 090215
Vet Cemetery Arkansas [01] (Cross County) 080715
Vet Cemetery California [03] (Bakersfield VA National) 080401
Vet Cemetery California [03] (Bakersfield VA National) 080315
Vet Cemetery California [04] (Bakersfield SITREP) 090115
Vet Cemetery Flags (PA Vets Protest Condition) 090401
Vet Cemetery Florida [06] (New Cemetery Named) 080415
Vet Cemetery New Jersey [02] (Finns Point Closing) 090601
Vet Cemetery Roll Calls (Riverside National) 090415
Vet Cemetery Shortage (Projected Until 2009)
Vet Cemetery Xmas Wreaths (Annual Ceremony)
Vet Cremains (Abandoned Vet Cremains)
Vet Cremains [01] (11 Found in Idaho) 081115
Vet Cremains [02] (New NJ Law) 090215
Vet Disability Benefits Commission (Report could be detrimental
to vets)
Vet Disability Pension Suit (P&G Denies Pension)
Vet Educational Assistance (Post 911 program)
Vet Educational Assistance [01] (New bill)
Vet Educational Benefits CT (Overview)
Vet Emergency Care Fairness Act (Reimbursement)
Vet Gravesite Locator (Where to go)
Vet Gun Control (Fiduciary Appointment Impact) 090401
Vet Gun Control [01] (Permit Denial Overruled) 090501
Vet Gun Control [02] (S.669 Impact) 090501
Vet Healthcare Mandatory Funding (Impact on Care)
Vet Home AL (4th Home Planned)
Vet Home AL [01] (New Home to Open 2011)
Vet Home CA (New VA grant)
Vet Home CA (Yountville Renovations Frozen) 090101
Vet Home CA [01] (West LA/Fresno/Redding)
Vet Home FL (Lake City home renovation ++)
Vet Home FL [01] ($650K VA grant)
Vet Home FL [02] (Ongoing Dispute)
Vet Home HI (1st to Open)
Vet Home IA (Overview)
Vet Home IA [01] (Fined $10,000)
Vet Home IA [02] (Expansion Programmed)
Vet Home IL (Overview)
Vet Home IL [01] (Get in Line) 080401
Vet Home KY (Completion by 2018)
Vet Home LA (VA funds improvements)
Vet Home MN (Commission Appointed)
Vet Home MO (VA funds improvements)
Vet Home MS (VA funds improvements)
Vet Home ND (Overview) 080401
Vet Home OK (Locations & Eligibility) 080515
Vet Home RI (Under Investigation) 090201
Vet Home PA (What is available to PA vets)
Vet Home TN (Fined $200,000)
Vet Home TN [01] (DOJ Findings)
Vet Home TX (6 online 1 to go)
Vet Home UT (2nd Home Proposed)
Vet Home VA (2nd Home Opens)
Vet Home WI (New home for Union Grove)
Vet Home WV [01] (Opening)
Vet Home Patient Neglect (AZ/AL Vet Homes)
VET Hunting Permits (Special Provisions) 080501
Vet Initiatives [02] (4 New Laws)
Vet Insurance [01] (S.728 Provisions) 090401
Vet Job (Website)
Vet Job Training (5 New Bills) 090315
Vet Job Training [01] (Green Jobs Academy) 090415
Vet Jobs [01] (Job Fairs)
Vet Jobs [02] (Trucking Business) 080715
Vet Jobs [03] (Federal Age Restrictions) 080801
Vet Jobs [04] (IRS Meets Goal) 080915
Vet Jobs [05] (Federal Government 2007) 081115
Vet Jobs [06] (OPM Changes) 081115
Vet Jobs [07] (Helmets to Hardhats) 081215
Vet Jobs [08] (WOTC Employer Incentive) 090415
Vet Jobs [09] (Federal Employment) 090501
Vet Legislative Advances (2008) 081215
Vet Organization Bingo (Instant Bingo)
Vet Overseas Residency Considerations (Benefit nonavailability)
Vet Resource (Survival Guide) 090301
VET SBA Office Closed (No advance word)
Vet Suicide (Twice nonVet Rate)
Vet Spouse Federal Employment (Whos Eligible) 081015
Vet Support from States (Sample List) 080515
Vet Support from States [01] (Florida) 081201
Vet Support from States [02] (Declining) 090601
Vet Toxic Exposure (Bill S.642) 090401
Vet Toxic Exposure see Camp Lejeune
Vet Toxic Exposure see Lawsuit (Burn Pit)
Vet Toxic Exposure TCE (Presumption Needed) 090315
Vet Toxic Exposure Legislation [01] (H.R.2419) 090701
Vet Toxic Exposure: Basara
Vet Toxin Exposure: Atsuki
Vet Toxin Exposure: Burn Pits
VetDogs (Disabled/Blind Vet Aids)
Veteran Charities (Vets receive little to none)
Veteran Charities [01] (Where donations go)
Veteran Charities [02] (VVA Solicitation)
Veteran Charities [03] (Congressional Hearings)
Veteran Charities [04] (AIP Report Card)
Veteran Charities [05] (Educate Yourself)
Veteran Charities [06] (Hearings Scheduled)
Veteran Charities [07] (Congressional Hearing Held)
Veteran Charities [08] (ASA Misrepresents Support) 080401
Veteran Charities [08] (ASA Misrepresents Support) 080315
Veteran Charities [09] (Check before Donating) 090701
Veteran Diabetes & Obesity (VA action)
Veteran Disability Claim Help (VSOs vary in training and oversight)
Veteran Disinterment (Family Decision)
Veteran Employment (Rights)
Veteran Employment see Veteran Federal employment
Veteran Employment [01] (2005 Overview)
Veteran Employment [02] (Chicago OCT Symposium)
Veteran Employment [03] (2008 Top 25 Jobs)
Veteran Federal Employment (FY2002 Numbers)
Veteran Federal Employment [01] (2004 hiring increase)
Veteran Federal Employment [02] (VRA)
Veteran Federal Employment [03] (Vets Entitled to Hearings)
Veteran Federal Employment [04] (RC Vet Preference)
Veteran Grave Vandals (Private Property Law)
Veteran Grave Vandals [01] (Senate Committee Action) 080701
Veteran Legislation 2007 [01] ($80 Billion Price Tag)
Veteran Legislation 2007 [02] (House Passes 6 Bills)
Veteran Legislation 2008 (S.3023 Omnibus Bill Passes) 081015
Veteran Legislation Status (Where we stand)
Veteran Legislation Status 29 Jun 09 (Where we Stand) 090701
Veteran Presence Diminishing (Demographic Shifts)
Veteran Resource [01] (Retired Military Personnel Handbook) 090315
Veteran Rural Health Advisory Committee (Appointees) 080615
Veteran Service Officers (How they can help)
Veteran Travel Opportunities (Barking Sands, Kauai HI) 081101
Veteran Web Links (Alphabetical listing)
Veteran Web Links [01] (Updated List)
Veteran Web Links [02] (Where to Look) 081215
Veterans Taxable Pay (What to claim)
Veterans Benefit Expiration [01] (Update) 080715
Veterans Benefit Protection Act (Hiring Attorneys)
Veterans Benefits Act 2003 (Provisions)
Veterans Benefits Act 2004 (VA Benefit Upgrades)
Veterans Benefits Act 2006 (New spouse benefit)
Veterans Benefits Act 2007 (S. 1326 Improvements)
Veterans Benefits Expirations (Did you Know?) 080601
Veterans Burial Benefit see VA
Veterans Care Program (Illinois Uninsured Vets) 090415
Veterans Compensation Equity Bill (10% Disability Rating) 080415
Veterans Corps (GIVE Act H.R.1388) 090401
Veterans Corps [01] (Obama Expected to Approve) 090415
Veterans' Court (San Bernardino CA) 090401
Veterans Day (History) 081101
Veterans Day [01] (Wear Your Medals)
Veterans Day [02] (Free offers to vets)
Veterans Day Free Meals (McCormick & Schmicks restaurants)
Veterans Day Free Meals [01] (Restaurant Offers)
Veterans Disabilities Hearing (VA/DoD disparities)
Veterans Disarmament Bill (No such Thing)
Veterans Disarmament Bill [01] (Gun Ownership Protected) 080701
Veterans Employment Programs (DOL new efforts)
Veteran's Federal Employment [05] (DVA) 090101
Veterans Healthcare Empowerment Act (Vets to select caregivers)
Veterans Home Program [01] (LTC new approach)
Veterans Home Scam (Veterans salute scam)
Veterans Improvement Act of 2003 (What it will do)
Veterans in Office (Overall decrease)
Veterans in Office [01] (Decline Continues)
Veterans Inaugural Ball (Supporters Scammed) 090201
Veterans Issues (Looking ahead)
Veterans Issues [01] (HVAC Roundtable Discussion) 090201
Veterans Legacy Foundation (New Nam fraternal organization)
Veterans Mental Health Bill (Hearing Results)
Veterans Party (Launched)
Veterans Pension (Benefit Awareness)
Veterans Pension [01] (Criteria)
Veterans Pension [02] (Eligibility/Rates 2009)
Veteran's Pensions [01] (Eligibility/Rates 2009) 090301
Veterans Preference [01] (Revised application form)
Veterans Preference [02] (More vets covered)
Veterans Preference [03] (Designer RIF)
Veterans Preference [04] (Post 911)
Veterans' Preference [05] (Vet's Rights Violated) 090101
Veterans Presidential Choice (Candidates answers to vet
questions)
Veterans Pride Initiative [01] (Wear Your Medals)
Veterans Recruitment Office (2nd Office Opening)
Veterans Tax Assistance (No charge options)
Veterans Tax Relief (H.R.6081Passes) 080601
Veterans Tax Relief [01] (Signed Into Law) 080701
Veterans Tax Relief [02] (VA Retroactive Compensation) 090401
VetJobs (Vet Job Source)
VetJobs [01] (Job Fairs thru 14 DEC)
Vets vs. Target (Donation policy)
VFW Finance Officer Indicted ($120,000 Embezzlement) 081015
VGLI [01] (Online Account Access system)
VGLI {Veterans Group Life Insurance}
VIC (Veterans Identity Card) (New Card now Available)
Vietnam Census Stats (Myths & Facts) 080415
Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Medal (Eligibility)
Vietnam Memorial Wall [01] (Interactive Wall) 080401
Vietnam Memorial Wall [02] (Traveling Halfscale Replica) 080415
Vietnam POW Exhibit (Now open to public)
Vietnam Veterans & Agent Orange (40 Years Later) 090615
Vietnam War Facts (Stats)
Virginia Survivor Education Bill (Submitted for signature)
Virginia Exam Reciprocity (Credit Verification)
Virginia Tuition [01] (Vet reduced rates)
Visa: U.S. Electronic Form DS156 (New Requirement)
VISTA {Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture}
VITA {Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program}
Vitamin Supplements (May be of no benefit)
Vitamin Supplements [01] (Prevention Trial Results) 090301
Voluntary Separation Incentive (Legislation Needed)
Voter Registration (Make it count)
Votes Count (Make Sure You Vote) 081101
VRA {Veterans Readjustment Appointment}
VSI (Legislation Needed)
VSI [01] (Ineligible for CRDP) 090601
VSI [02] (Bonus Payback Suspension) 090601
VSI {Voluntary Separation Incentive}
WA State New Vet Laws (Vet benefits boosted)
Walking Impact on Disability Risk (41% Risk Decrease) 080801
Wall Commemoration Recognition (How to Obtain)
Wallet Lost/Stolen (What to do)
WalMart Holiday Giveaway (DoD/Exchanges nix)
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Closing in 2011)
Walter Reed Data Breach (Govt Breaches Continue) 080615
War Dog Memorial (Utah Veterans Memorial Park)
Warmth & Health (House Tips) 081215
Warts (Cause & Treatment) 081115
Warts [01] (Cancer Link) 081115
Washington DSHS Veterans Project (Vets using Medicaid)
Weight Reduction (Common Barriers)
Weight Reduction [01] (Harness Body Chemistry) 090701
Welcome Home Package (Vet home purchase grants)
WEP/GPO (Congressional Hearing)
Wheelchair Fishing Boat (MacDill AFB MWR)
Whooping Cough (Overview)
Whooping Cough [01] (Vaccine Usage)
WI Vet Educational Benefits (Overview) 080615
Wiccan Pentacle Lawsuit (Now Authorized)
Widow's Penalty (On Hold) 090701
Will [01] (Guidelines) 080801
Will [02] (What to Avoid) 080815
Will Rogers Memorial Museum (Words of Wisdom)
Will Succession Plan (Who is your Executor)
Windows Vista (Boycott MS will not replace w/XP)
Windows Vista [01] (Business Concerns)
Windows Vista [02] (Installing New Software)
Windows Vista [03] (Class Action Lawsuit) 080415
Windows Vista [04] (Save Windows XP Campaign) 080501
Windows Vista [05] (Performance Impacts Revenues) 080615
Windows Vista [06] (XP Downgrade Option) 080801
Wisconsin Vet Tuition Aid (Cuts Pending)
Women Veterans' Scholarship (Apply to RNA) 080515
Womens Service Memorial (Opening 20 Oct 07)
World War I Memorial (Completion Projected 2018) 080915
Wounded Warrior Assistance (WRAMC Fallout)
Wounded Warrior Assistance [01] (SASC Approves S.1606)
Wounded Warrior Assistance [02] (Hotline Call Center)
Wounded Warrior Assistance [03] (Senate Passes Bill)
Wounded Warrior Transition Assistance Act (S.944) 090515
Wounded Warrior USMC Regiment (Established 1 APR)
WRAMC [04] (Medical care review)
WRAMC [05] (Tip of the Iceberg)
WRAMC [06] (May not close)
WRAMC [07] (Alternate closing proposal)
WRAMC [08] (Review group report)
WRAMC [09] (Gates supports closing)
WRAMC [10] (Road ahead)
WRAMC [11] (Presidents panel report)
WRAMC [12] (Xmas Greetings to Wounded)
WRAMC [13] (Holiday Mail for Heroes) 081201
WRAMC {Walter Reed Army Medical Center}
WRAMC Amputee Facility (Waiver allows opening)
WRAMC Donations (Returning troops needs)
WRAMC Donations [01] (Put on hold)
WW II Memorial (Dedication celebration)
WW1 Vet Search (VA looking for)
WW1 Vet Search [01] (Who is left)
WW1 Vet Search [02] (Only 4 left)
WW1 Vet Search [03] (Memorial Plans)
WW1 Vet Search [04] (Buckles Turns 108) 090215
WWII Merchant Marine Bill (Equity questioned)
WWII Vet's Shocking Death (Frozen Body Found) 090215
Wyoming Veterans Home (Overview)
YMCA Memberships (New DoD Program) 081015 |