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VFW National Security & Foreign Affairs 18 Jul 08

Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 07:22 PM

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SECDEF Recommends New Guard Chief

Korean War MIA Identified

Vietnam War MIAs Identified

Reserve Component Mobilization

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 Mo Legislative Updates

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VFW Washington Weekly, July 11, 2008

Monday, July 14, 2008 at 04:46 PM

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In This Issue:
1. House VA Committee Questions Chantix Drug Use
2. House VA Committee Move Bills
3. Senate Holds Hearing on Claims Backlog
4. Medicare/TRICARE Vote
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Mo Legislative Updates

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Green County to get Veterans Center

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 11:59 PM

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Greene County will be getting a new community-based veterans center to provide readjustment counseling and family outreach, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday.

The center is expected to open in late 2009 and will be staffed by four mental health professionals and social workers, said Gary Collins, a team leader at the St. Louis Vet Center.

Greene County is among 39 sites nationwide where new veterans centers will be built. It was chosen based on an analysis showing it is one of 15 counties with more than 50,000 combat veterans in surrounding areas not currently served by a Vet Center. The Greene County center will accommodate veterans in Southwest Missouri.

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For Vietnam Veterans

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 07:25 PM

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A Veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975 is presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides used in support of military operations.
 
Eleven diseases are presumed by VA to be service-connected for such veterans:
                   Chloracne or other acneform disease similar to chlorane
                   Prophyria cutanea tarda
                   Soft-tissue sarcome (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcome and mesothelioma)
                   Hodgkin's disease
                   Multiple myeloma
                   Respiratory cancers (lung, bronchus, larynx, trachea)
                   Non-Hodgkin's lymphona
                   Prostrate Cancer
                   Acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy
                   Diabetes mellitus (Type 2)
                   Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

If you have filed a claim previously and have been denied, please consider re-filing.

If you have not filed a claim, and believe you fall into one of these categories, please consider filing a claim.
 
Go to one of the VFW Service Officers for further information

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VFW Washington Weekly, June 27, 2008

Friday, June 27, 2008 at 06:49 PM

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In This Issue:
1. New GI Bill Ready for President's Signature
2. House VA Committee Hearings
3. Senate Moves Vet Bills
4. Congress on 4th of July Recess
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Mo Legislative Updates

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July General Orders

Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 03:38 PM

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The
 July General Orders
are now available on the
Missouri Weblog HERE
and
in printable PDF Form HERE

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VFW Washington Weekly, June 20, 2008

Monday, June 23, 2008 at 02:21 PM

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In This Issue:
1. GI Bill Update
2. House VA Committee Hearing
3. TRICARE for Reserve Retirees
4. President Signs Military Tax Break Legislation

To read the full text go to
Mo Legislative Updates

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