The VA’s Rehabilitation Research Development and Translation retreat is taking place this week in Cleveland and earlier today, DAV joined other veteran service organizations for a panel to discuss ways to add value to the rehabilitative programs and services that the VA offers. We’re joined by Dr. Robert Kirsch, a senior research career scientist and the executive director of the Center for Functional Electrical Stimulation at the Cleveland VA, to learn more about the retreat and how the VA is collaborating with veterans groups to deliver the top quality care for veterans.
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Under current law, not all retired service members with a service-connected disability receive their full retirement pay and disability benefits. A veteran must have completed a minimum of 20 years of service and have a combined U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating of 50% or more to qualify for both programs without any financial offsets. The Major Richard Star Act would eliminate this unfair offset. Learn more about this important legislation at the link in the comments.
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DAV is cautiously optimistic that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ plans to reduce its workforce by nearly 30,000 employees before the end of the current fiscal year can be accomplished without impacting the timely delivery of high-quality health care and benefits. Although this will be a major staffing reduction, it is markedly lower than VA’s previously stated goal of eliminating up to 80,000 positions.
DAV shares VA Secretary Doug Collins’ focus on improving veterans benefits and health care services and we stand ready to engage with him, Congress, and other stakeholders to identify and eliminate waste and redundancy in the system. With the demand for care continuing to rise, driven by an aging veterans’ population, expanded eligibility, and increasingly complex care needs, it is critical that we work together, in a transparent and collaborative manner, to make the VA as efficient and effective as possible.
Although details about the department’s reorganization plans have not yet been released, VA has stated that the reductions will be achieved through attrition, resignations, retirements, and hiring freezes. We look forward to learning more about VA’s implementation strategies and collaborating with Secretary Collins and other VA leaders to ensure that veterans benefits, services and programs are not negatively impacted by these changes.
DAV’s nearly 1 million members, all of whom are wartime service-disabled veterans, rely heavily on VA health care and benefits. As VA moves forward with this and any future reorganization plans, we must remain dedicated to fully and faithfully keeping the promises made to the men and women who served, as well as their families, caregivers, and survivors.
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Join the DAV Patriot Boot Camp community on Thursday, July 10, at 2 p.m. (Eastern), for Caffeine Connect with Air Force veteran, serial entrepreneur, and High Beam Marketing co-founder Chandler Lyles.
Chandler will walk entrepreneurs in the veteran community through his proven system for using social media to get customers to notice your brand, trust you like family, and buy again and again. No paid ads required.
High Beam Marketing manages campaigns for over 30 brands, with more than $200 million in ad spend under its belt and over $1 billion in revenue generated. This free training gives you access to the same insights clients pay tens of thousands of dollars a month to get.
If you're ready to grow your business without breaking the bank, this session gives you the steps to start today. Simple. Clear. Free to do.
Caffeine Connect - Bootstrap your businessJuly 10, 2025, 2:00pm
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