If you know of a veteran in Adams County who would like to participate in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project you can contact Linda at the Adams County Court House at 217.277.2123. Volunteers will be collecting oral histories from veterans at the Court House and the Veterans’ Home on March 26th from 9 to 3. These interviews will be submitted to the Library of Congress to become part of the American Folklife Center in Washington, D.C. Quincy University has conducted several … [Read more...]
Compensation and Pension Examination
What is a VA C&P Exam? Within the VA there are two separate and distinct departments, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA). The VHA deals with providing medical care and treatment to veterans, while the VBA determines compensation and monetary benefits. A Compensation and Pension Examination, or “C&P”, is a strange hybrid of both the VHA & VBA. They are conducted by physicians within the VHA or privately contracted physicians, … [Read more...]
Veterans Day: Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month 2013
On the eleventh day of the eleventh month on the eleventh hour in 1918 an armistice went into effect ending the hostilities between Germany and the allied nations , thus ending the hostilities in what became known as World War I. One year later President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11th as a day of remembrance, Armistice Day. “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude … [Read more...]
The Wait Continues
In a recent post we discussed the different ways to file an application for service connection. Once that application has been filed the wait begins. The claims process can often take over two years, and this is just the wait for the initial decision, a Rating Decision, to be issued by the Regional Office. The Center for Investigative Reporting has created a Waiting for Help Map that keeps track of the average wait times for each of the 58 Regional Offices across the country. The St. Louis … [Read more...]
VA vs. The House Committee on Veterans Affairs
The House Committee on Veterans Affairs, HVAC, has launched a new page, Trials in Transparency, detailing the long wait for responses from the VA in connection with congressional inquires. Currently HVAC has 95 pending requests and a dozen on those requests for information have been pending since 2012. Although it is concerning that the VA has been ignoring our representatives; the backlog continues and some Veterans initial applications have been pending since 2011. The VA recently … [Read more...]
