More than $12,000 in items for newborns were donated to female Veterans on April 2 at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago. Twenty-four expectant mothers and their families received hundreds of dollars in infant necessities in the course of the day. Upon arrival at the Jesse Brown VA entrance, the Veterans were greeted with balloons, applause and cheers. Soon […]
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On March 29, the nation paused to commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day. William Kane, president of the Board of Directors of the National Vietnam War Museum, issued the following statement to mark the occasion: “Today we honor all Vietnam Veterans who served in our Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. “Vietnam Veterans Day was signed into law five years ago to […]
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If you receive a suspicious email from the Department of Veterans Affairs, do not open the email or click on any attachments or links. VA does not send emails asking for personal information, threatening emails, or emails claiming to take adverse actions on claimants or beneficiaries (jail or lawsuits). If you receive any of these emails or are in doubt […]
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The Chicago Veterans’ Home is open and accepting applications, and a virtual tour is now available. Admission to an Illinois Veterans’ Home is based on the eligibility of the Veteran pursuant to a variety of criteria, the ability of the home to provide adequate and appropriate care and services. and the availability of beds in the category required by the […]
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Starting this year, veterans appearing before judges in Cook County will receive help from fellow veterans at the University of Chicago through the university’s Veteran Restorative Justice Project. The project will be funded for the next two years by the McCormick Foundation. Through the project, qualified veterans who are students at the University of Chicago will provide resources, counseling, support […]
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In May 2021, VA started implementing provisions of the William M. Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA), adding bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism to the list of medical conditions presumptively associated with exposure to Agent Orange. A few months later VA added asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis (to include rhinosinusitis) on a presumptive basis based on particulate […]
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The Veterans Health Administration has granted a contract to Massachusetts-based InfoBionic to provide remote cardiac monitoring and diagnosis services to our nation’s Veterans. InfoBionic is the developer of the MoMe® Kardia platform, a simple-to-use, easy-to-wear remote cardiac monitoring and diagnostic device. Frost & Sullivan bestowed the 2019 North American Remote Cardiac Monitoring Technology Leadership Award upon InfoBionic. The VA is […]
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Retired Army General Raymond T. Odierno, who led the multinational force during the Iraq War from September 2008 to September 2010, succumbed to cancer at the age of 67 on October 9. General Odierno served as the Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from November 2004 to September 2010, after which he served as 38th Chief […]
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The Veterans Assistance Commission of Lake County has recently implemented a new and improved website. The site is easy to navigate and provides ready access to information about the services provided by the VAC. Also available are all the documents a Veteran or family member needs to get the ball rolling to file for whatever benefits they might be entitled […]
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The Veterans Treatment and Assistance Court is a program that provides Veterans involved in the justice system help and favorable alternatives. Through VTAC the court partners in this collaborative program work to reduce recidivism, enhance public safety and reduce the cost of the criminal justice process, including incarceration, by focusing on the underlying problems that the veteran is encountering with […]
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