After a service member leaves the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs still has to retrieve Official Military Personnel Files and Service Treatment Records before it can approve health care, disability compensation, GI Bill benefits, or a VA-backed home loan. That records chase is the red tape. A veteran can be out of uniform with […] The post Trump Puts Veterans First: Files Move With Them, Not After Them appeared first on StoneZone .
After a service member leaves the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs still has to retrieve Official Military Personnel Files and Service Treatment Records before it can approve health care, disability compensation, GI Bill benefits, or a VA-backed home loan. That records chase is the red tape. A veteran can be out of uniform with a claim already filed and still wait while one department holds the file and the other holds the application. The White House fact sheet on the order states that the lag now runs 90 to 180 days, causing delays in health coverage, payments, school, and job placement. President Trump signed the executive order Accelerating Access to Veterans’ Benefits and Employment Opportunities on September 8.…Open
The DAF has streamlined its COVID-19 reinstatement process by establishing parallel processing for medical screening and military record correction board actions alongside deploying dedicated reinstatement case managers.
Rep. Cory Mills found himself under sustained fire from three Republican primary challengers at a Florida debate Wednesday, facing allegations of stolen valor, a federal investigation, and even questions about his religious faith, attacks his rivals say reflect problems that could hand Democrats the seat in November. The forum, hosted by The Floridian for Florida's […] The post Cory Mills faces stolen valor accusations, DOJ probe questions at heated Florida GOP primary debate appeared first on American Almanac .
Rep. Cory Mills found himself under sustained fire from three Republican primary challengers at a Florida debate Wednesday, facing allegations of stolen valor, a federal investigation, and even questions about his religious faith, attacks his rivals say reflect problems that could hand Democrats the seat in November. The forum, hosted by The Floridian for Florida's Seventh Congressional District, turned into a gauntlet for the embattled incumbent. Former Orlando news anchor Ryan Elijah, Army veteran and longtime Department of Defense official Michael Don Johnson, and self-described political outsider Sarah Ulrich each took turns pressing Mills on a growing list of controversies, from a House Ethics Committee probe into "serious and…Open