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The 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees

January saw the beginning of a 2.5% increase for 2025 in monthly benefit payments for military retirees and disabled Veterans. This boost in the monthly benefits is designed to help recipients keep pace with inflation, acting as a Cost of...

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Homeless Veterans: A National Disgrace

We are forever grateful for the honorable service and dedication given by U.S. service members to protect our country. In working with Veterans for many years, we have recognized the challenges that come as Veterans transition from their time in...

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Honoring Our Heroes: Purple Heart Monument Dedication at Gold Star Park

August 7th was recognized as Purple Hearts Day, and Veterans and guests from the mid-Ohio Valley gathered at the Gold Star Park in Marietta to unveil the Purple Heart Monument. The Jan Dils team showed our support on this day...

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Be Careful of Camp Lejeune Phishing Scams

Veterans are an essential part of our country, selflessly serving to protect us. However, even Veterans are not safe from scams and fraudsters who wish to take advantage of them. With the rise in Camp Lejeune phishing scams due to...

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VA Disability Increases for 2024

The VA (Department of Veterans Affairs) disability checks compensate Veterans injured during or due to their service. These checks are provided as monthly payments that vary depending on the severity of the disability you face. Disability ratings are given in...

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Doctors Having Issues with VA Choice Program

The long waits at VA health clinics aren’t a secret. The inefficiencies have been widely published and the criticism has been sharp. In an effort to curb the long waits, the VA introduced the Choice Program a few years ago....

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The Longest VA Appeal

Plenty of veterans have struggled with long battles with the VA, but few, if any, have battled longer than Ivan Figueroa. For more than 30 years Figueroa has been appealing, filing, haggling, and arguing with the VA. [caption id="" align="alignright"...

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Veteran Fights for Free Parking and Win

In Florida the law states that disabled veterans are allowed to park at airports for free. When Lou Hockel, a disabled veteran, caught wind of this law he was excited, and a little skeptical. He was planning on flying out...

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VA Benefits for Vets Living Abroad

While serving in the military and traveling from base to base, some veterans fall in love with another country or region of the world. Once they get discharged, some of these veterans actually choose to live abroad in one of...

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Secretary McDonald Proposes Changes

By now anyone who follows any halfway credible news outlet is aware of the VA backlog. The secret is out, and everyone has an opinion about how to fix it. VA Secretary Bob McDonald recently took his opinion to Congress....

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