VA updates disability rating schedule for digestive system

VA now offers online ordering for CPAP supplies

VA Office of Information and Technology on December 8th, 2023 - Comments

Veterans who rely on CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machines to manage sleep-related breathing disorders, including sleep apnea, now have a new streamlined online ordering system for CPAP supplies. VA has added the CPAP supply...

Veteran loses 140 pounds with VA TeleMOVE! program

Treva Lutes, Communications lead, VA Office of Connected Care on November 16th, 2023 - Comments

Many veterans are working to improve their health and well-being. For those wanting to make healthy lifestyle changes, VA's TeleMOVE! program is ready to help veterans manage their weight, eat wisely and be more physically active. TeleMOVE! care...

Exposure record supports veterans health by tracking exposure events

MHS Communications on October 13th, 2023 - Comments

To enhance exposure-related care for service members, veterans and other beneficiaries, the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs created the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER) in 2019. ILER is a new information...

JBLM honeybee hobbyist brings new home to bees, new hope to veterans

Pamela Sleezer, Joint Base Lewis-McChord Public Affairs on September 29th, 2023 - Comments

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD - Employees with the Directorate of Public Works are often called to assist with repairs, engineering work and for maintenance on the installation they serve, but recently at Joint Base Lewis-McChord they added the title...

VA and Rockefeller Foundation collaborate to expand access to food for veterans

Chien Chen, National Center for Healthcare Advancement and Partnerships Chief on September 11th, 2023 - Comments

VA and The Rockefeller Foundation are working together to expand Food is Medicine initiatives within VA health care facilities nationwide. Facilitated by the National Center for Healthcare Advancement and Partnerships (HAP), this joint endeavor...