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• VA Disability Compensation Claims Processing -- May 2001-- The Department of Veterans Affairs fulfills the government's obligation to help those who leave the military injured or ill. In service to their country, military members give up the right to decline dangerous assignments. Their occupations lack conventional workers compensation coverage. (Word Version)

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• VA: A Federal Employer of Choice -- April 2001 -- About 222,000 people -- 13 percent of the federal work force -- are employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).�Their skills range from doctors and nurses, personnel specialists and payroll workers, to cemetery maintenance specialists and experts in rating disabilities. (Word Version)

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• VA Business Programs for Veterans -- The VA Center for Veterans Enterprise, a sub-division of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, was created to make it easier for veterans to establish and expand their businesses. (Word Version)

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• Parkinson's Disease:VA Benefits and Programs -- February 2001 -- Washington, DC -- Parkinson's disease is a serious health problem in the United States. (word version)

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• VA's Headstones and Markers -- February 2001 -- Washington, DC -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) furnishes upon request, at no charge to the applicant, a headstone or marker for the unmarked grave of an eligible veteran in any cemetery around the world.   (word version)

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• VA Initiates CARES -- February 2001 -- Washington, DC -- Simply stated, CARES (Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services) is a restructuring process to provide veterans the right care, at the right place, at the right time.  It will develop strategies for meeting current and future veterans' needs for accessible, quality health care and align capital assets to meet those needs. (word version)

• Hal Linden Helps VA Recruit Volunteers, Recognize Veterans -- January 25, 2001 -- Washington, D.C. -- Accomplished stage and television actor Hal Linden has teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to honor hospitalized veterans and promote volunteerism at VA medical centers.  (Word Version)

• Fact Sheet on 2001 National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans
• Biography - Hal Linden, Chairman, National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans

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• Military Funeral Honors - November 2000 - The Department of Defense (DoD) provides military funeral honors at the burials of veterans. (Word Version)

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•   Agent Orange and Related Issues --November 2000 -- Updated information

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• VA and Diabetes Background -- October 2000 -- Diabetes Mellitus is a serious national problem that has reached epidemic proportions. Nearly 16 million Americans (5.9 percent) have diabetes but about 5.5 million Americans are undiagnosed, based upon data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Word Version)

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• VA Accomplishments in Diabetes Care -- October 2000 -- Diabetes is a national problem that has reached epidemic proportions, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost 16 million Americans -- or nearly six percent of the U.S. population -- have diabetes, but about one-third of them are not aware of their condition. (Word Version)
  Reference site: (http://www.va.gov/health/diabetes/default.htm)

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• Questions and Answers about Diabetes -- October 2000 -- (Word Version)

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• VA Research in Diabetes -- October 2000 --An important element in VA�s comprehensive effort against diabetes is research to advance care and treatment of the disease. (Word Version)

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• VA Police and The Office of Security and Law Enforcement --October 2000 -- Washington, DC�--�Veterans who use the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities can and should expect the best in protection and police services.  (Word Document)

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• Index of State Summary Fact Sheets -- October 2000

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•  VA Benefits for Former Prisoners Of War-- September 2000 -- Former American POWs are eligible for special veterans benefits, including medical care in VA hospitals and disability compensation for injuries and diseases caused by internment. These benefits are in addition to regular veterans benefits and services to which they, as veterans, are entitled. (Word Document)

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• VA Benefits For Filipino Veterans -- September 2000 -- Citizens of the Republic of the Philippines who serve in the U.S. armed forces are eligible for the same VA benefits under the same criteria as any other U.S. military veterans.(Word Version)

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• VA Encourages Veterans to Settle Delinquent Debts -- July 17, 2000 -- Washington, DC  -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is sending letters to about 270,000 veterans to remind them that they owe the federal government and that money can be taken from other federal checks to settle their debts. (Word Version)

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• VA & Korean War Veterans -- A Partnership Reaches 50 --June 2000

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• The Korean War In Brief -- June 2000

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• Korean War Veterans -- Then and Now -- June 2000

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• Facts About the 1973 St. Louis Fire and Lost Records --June 2000 -- The National Archives and Records Administration is the official depository for records of military personnel separated from the U. S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. (Word Version)

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• Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents -- March 2000
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• Beneficios Federales para los Veteranos y sus Dependientes (Edición 2000)
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• Facts About the Department of Veterans Affairs  January 2000    (Word Version)

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• Facts About the 1973 St. Louis Fire and Lost Records    --  October 1999 -- (Word Version)

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  VA AIDS Information Center Kiosks  --  October 1999 -- (Word Version)

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• National Cemetery Administration -- August 1999

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• Resource Allocation for Veterans' Health Care -- July 1999
  

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• 1999 VA Programs for Homeless Veterans -- June 1999
  

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• Mustard Gas Exposure and Long-Term Health Effects  -- March 1999
  

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• VA Geriatrics Research Highlights -- March 1999
  

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• VA Research  --  March 1999
  

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• Nasopharyngeal Radium Therapy February 1999
  

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• VA Programs for Older Veterans, February 1999
  

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• VA Programs for Veterans Exposed to Radiation, January 1999

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• AIDS Treatment and Research-- November 1998

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• VA Benefits for Former Prisoners of War -- August 1998

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• VA Programs For Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder  --  August 1998

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• VA Research on Gulf War Veterans' Health  --  June 1998

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• VA Programs for Gulf War Veterans--April 1998

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• Women Veterans Population (as of July 1997)

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• 1997 Total Veteran Population by State and the District of Columbia

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• VA Nursing -- Fact Sheet -- April 1997

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• From Welfare to Work: Serving America's Veterans -- Fact Sheet -- April 1997

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• VA Policy on Sexual Harassment -- Fact Sheet -- April 1997

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• VA Voluntary Service -- April 1997

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• Mustard Gas Exposure and Long-Term Health Effects -- April 1997

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• VA Research on Women Veterans' Health -- Fact Sheet -- Washington, March 1997

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• VA'S Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers -- Fact Sheet -- March 1997

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• Attention Educators! Fourteen essays about America's most beloved national symbols and customs, plus a list of possible school activities for Veterans Day. Teachers will find them useful as handouts and to plan curricular material.

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