Veterans Corner

Last week, the VA explained that approximately 90 percent of Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) packages are shipped to veterans by the USPS. CMOP has…

Last week, the president signed into law VFW-supported H.R. 3504, the Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019. The new…

On Wednesday, the Senate passed VFW-supported S. 785, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019, which would support VA…

Last week, the Senate passed S. 4049, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA). This legislation includes a VFW-supported provision to add…

Hal Roesch II, of Hampton, Virginia, was installed as the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ 112th national commander today during a change of command ceremony at…

A list of items needed by veterans using the Erie VA was recently released. One of the most asked for items is gas cards. Some…

Reps. Colin Allred (D-TX) and Jim Hagedorn (R-MN) introduced VFW-supported H.R.7443, the Veterans Claims Transparency Act. This important legislation would reinstate VA’s former policy of…

Last Wednesday, members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Health Subcommittee and Women Veterans Task Force conducted a hearing on veterans’ access to reproductive…

VFW members of the 28th District mark your calendars for this very important district meeting. The meeting will be held at VFW Post 2006, 1045…

Last Wednesday, VFW National Legislative Service Deputy Director Matthew Doyle participated in a round-table hosted by the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The purpose of the…

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that it will resume in-person compensation and pension (C&P) examinations at 20 locations across the U.S. VA…