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February Newsletter

Please select from the following VA-news related items below:

PTSD Related

New Regulations on PTSD Claim

VA Unveils Contract Strategy that Helps Veteran's Small Businesses

Rules eased for filing PTSD claims

VA Related

Army Updates Policy On War

Disability Pay Upgrade For New Vets

eBenefits for Veterans (NEW)

Health Brain Trust Issues Forum   

Key Points About PTSD Treatment (NEW)   

Lilly Grant Services For Returning Combat Veterans   

Some Troops Qualify For Loan Interest Rate Reductions

VA PTSD Psychiatrist Given "Genius" Award   

VA Extends "Agent Orange" Benefits to More Veterans - Parkinson's Disease, Two Other Illnesses Recognized

Vets Have A Responsibility To Appeal Dubious Decisions   

Other

Harvard University Announcement - No tuition and no student loans

Some troops qualify for loan interest rate reductions

Mesothelioma Symptoms

Veterans Business Outreach Center 

 

 

 

 
Who is Eligible for Military Funeral Honors? Print

Who is eligible for military funeral honors?

  • Former military members who served on active duty and departed under conditions other than dishonorable.
  • Military members on active duty or in the Select Reserve.
  • Former military members who completed at least one term of enlistment or period of initial obligated service in the Selected Reserve and departed under conditions other than dishonorable.
  • Former military members discharged from the Selected Reserve due to a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.
 
VA Adds Maps to Online Gravesite Locator Print

The grave locations of more than three million veterans and dependents buried in national cemeteries can be found more easily now because the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has added maps of burial sections online that can be printed from home computers and at national cemetery kiosks.

The latest improvement builds upon a service begun two years ago, in which a VA online feature permits family members to find the cemetery in which their loved one is buried. (Note: Access this feature at http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov ).

Veterans with a discharge other than dishonorable, their spouses, and eligible dependent children may be buried in a national cemetery. Other burial benefits include a burial flag, Presidential Memorial Certificate, and a government head stone or marker � even if they are not buried in a national cemetery. For more information, go to http://www.cem.va.gov .