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Introduction : finding disabled veterans in history / David A. Gerber -- Representation. Philoctetes in historical context / Martha Edwards -- Heroes and misfits : the troubled social reintegration of disabled veterans in The best years of our lives / David A. Gerber -- Bitterness, rage, and redemption : Hollywood constructs the disabled Vietnam veteran / Martin F. Norden -- Public policy. Disabled veterans and the state in early modern England / Geoffrey L. Hudson -- "A sacred debt" : veterans and the state in revolutionary and Napoleonic France / Isser Woloch -- From individual trauma to national policy : tracking the uses of Civil War veteran medical records / Robert I. Goler and Michael G. Rhode -- Work-therapy and the disabled British soldier in Great Britain in the First World War : the cased of Shepherd's Bush Military Hospital, London / Jeffrey S. Reznick -- "Empty sleeves and wooden pegs" : disabled Confederate veterans in image and reality / R.B. Rosenburg -- Fifty years of pain : the history of Austrian disabled veterans after 1945 / Gregory Weeks -- Disabled Russian War veterans : surviving the collapse of the Soviet Union / Ethel Dunn -- Living with a disability : adjustments and maladjustments. Nomads in blue : disabled veterans and alcohol at the national home / James Marten -- Will to work : disabled veterans in Britain and Germany after the First World War / Deborah Cohen -- Lieutenant John Counsell and the development of medical rehabilitation and disability policy in Canada / Mary Tremblay -- Post-modern American heroism : anti-war war heroes, survivor heroes, and the eclipse of traditional warrior values / David A. Gerber -- Afterword : a challenge to historians / Jonathan Shay

Intro -- VETERAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE: LOANS, GRANTS, AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS -- VETERAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE: LOANS, GRANTS, AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 VA HOUSING: GUARANTEED LOANS, DIRECT LOANS, AND SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING GRANTS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE VA LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM -- Borrower Eligibility -- Service Criteria -- Financial Criteria -- Uses of the Loan Guaranty -- Financing the Purchase, Construction, or Improvement of Dwellings or Farm Residences -- Loan Guaranty for Manufactured Housing -- Separate Loan Guaranty for Manufactured Housing, 38 U.S.C. Section 3712 -- Refinancing Loans -- Number and Amount of Loans Guaranteed -- Amount of Coverage Provided by the Loan Guaranty -- Maximum Limit for Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam -- Loan Limits Prior to January 1, 2012 -- Maximum Loan Amount -- Subsequent Loans: The Veteran's Entitlement -- How the VA Loan Guaranty Differs from FHA Insurance -- DIRECT VA LOANS -- The Original Direct Loan for Veterans in Rural Areas,Now Limited to Veterans with Disabilities -- Direct Loans for Native American Veterans (Including Guam,American Samoa, and CNMI) -- Direct Loans Resulting from Borrower Delinquency or Default(Acquired and Vendee Loans) -- FUNDING FOR THE VA DIRECT AND GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAMS -- Sources of Funding for Loan Programs -- The VA Budget and Congressional Appropriations for VA Loan Programs -- Fees from Borrowers -- Collection of Loan Payments and Property Sales -- THE SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING PROGRAM -- Specially Adapted Housing Grants, 38 U.S.C. Section 2101(a) -- Special Housing Adaptation Grants, 38 U.S.C. Section 2101(b) -- Use of Grants to Modify the Home of a Family Member -- Grant Limits -- Special Considerations on Trust Lands -- VA ACTIONS IN EVENT OF DELINQUENCY, DEFAULT, AND FORECLOSURE

Abstract Background Serving military personnel are more likely to smoke, and to smoke more heavily, than civilians. The aim of our study was to examine whether veterans have an increased risk of a range of smoking-related cancers compared with non-veterans, using a large, national cohort of veterans. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans resident in Scotland and 173,000 age, sex and area of residence matched civilians. We used Cox proportional hazard models to compare the risk of any cancer, lung cancer and other smoking-related cancers overall, by sex and by birth cohort, adjusting for the potential confounding effect of socioeconomic deprivation. Results Over a mean of 29 years follow-up, 445 (0.79 %) veterans developed lung cancer compared with 1106 (0.64 %) non-veterans (adjusted hazard ratio 1.16, 95 % confidence intervals 1.04–1.30, p = 0.008). Other smoking-related cancers occurred in 737 (1.31 %) veterans compared with 1883 (1.09 %) non-veterans (adjusted hazard ratio 1.18, 95 % confidence intervals 1.08–1.29, p < 0.001). A significantly increased risk was observed among veterans born 1950–1954 for lung cancer and 1945–1954 for other smoking-related cancers. The risk of lung cancer was decreased among veterans born 1960 onwards. In comparison, there was no difference in the risk of any cancer overall (adjusted hazard ratio 0.98, 95 % confidence intervals 0.94–1.01, p = 0.171), whilst younger veterans were at reduced risk of any cancer (adjusted hazard ratio 0.88, 95 % confidence intervals 0.81–0.97, p = 0.006). Conclusions Military veterans living in Scotland who were born before 1955 are at increased risk of smoking-related cancer compared with non-veterans, but younger veterans are not. The differences may reflect changing patterns of smoking behaviour over time in military personnel which may, in turn, be linked to developments in military health promotion policy and a changing military operational environment, as well as to wider societal factors.

United States military veterans are far more likely than non-veterans to hold non-degree credentials, including certificates and certifications. Therefore, veterans are particularly harmed by the current lack of recognition, transparency, transferability and stackability of non degree credentials. In addition, the veteran population is especially likely to have education and training experiences outside traditional education institutions. ; Lumina Foundation ; Strada Education Network ; Gallup

Half of the 2.6 million veterans identify difficulty in transitioning back to civilian life after deployment (Chandrasekaren, 2014). With at least twenty percent of OEF/OIF veterans returning being diagnosed with PTSD and or Depression the need for connection to reduce isolation is high (Tanielian, Jaycox, 2008). Additionally, participation in Veteran Service Organizations like the VFW and American Legion are down over thirty percent (Montgomery, 2014). This project works to identify what is working in some of the Minneapolis and St. Paul posts to increase participation and what might be interfering with participation members. The study was conducted by talking with leaders in posts about the outreaches they are doing for veterans. Recruitment of active military, discounted membership, and integration of OEF/OIF veterans in transitioning the building were discovered as ways to increase participation. Whereas, the bar, misconception of benefits, and privacy laws were seen as interfering with participation increase.

Through autoethnography, a research method that considers how personal lived experiences are impacted and made visible through inquiry into cultural and systemic issues, the author shares her story of being a research administrator and staff member at a veteran center within a land-grant, Midwestern, top-tier research university. As both a veteran and a scholar of veteran studies, the researcher paints a picture of the consequences of a multi-decade war on the post-9/11 generation of veterans, veteran-centric scholarship, and veteran services within university settings. Her story illustrates the consequences of a lack of military cultural insight and attunement of higher-education leadership and demonstrates why administrators of veteran centers and spaces must be well versed in military cultural awareness. The overarching themes of this piece reify how truth, empathy, and cultural competency are paramount to overcome barriers of both research and praxis related to veteran issues. Most importantly, this piece both shows and tells why veterans need a seat at the table.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- The Veterans Choice Program (VCP): Program Implementation (Updated)* -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Scope and Limitations -- Medical Services under VCP -- Eligibility -- Choice of Care -- VCP Providers -- Program Administration -- Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) -- End of Contract with Health Net -- Community Care Provider Participation -- Consults/Referral Processes -- Unusual or Excessive Burden Determination -- Authorization of Care and an Episode of Care -- Appointment Scheduling -- Medication Process -- Processing Medical Claims -- Medical Services Not Previously Authorized -- Payments -- Veterans' Out-of-Pocket Costs -- Cost Shares for Veterans with Other Health Insurance (OHI) -- Provider Payment Methodologies -- Appendix A. Veterans Choice Program (VCP) High-Level Work Flow -- Appendix B. VA Information Pertaining to the End of the Contract with Health Net -- Chapter 2 -- Department of Veterans Affairs: Expanded Access to Non-VA Care through the Veterans Choice Program( -- Report under 5 U.S.C. 801(A)(2)(A) on a Major Rule Issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Entitled "Expanded Access to Non-Va Care through the Veterans Choice Program" (RIN: 2900-AP60) -- Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Agency Actions Relevant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 603-605, 607, and 609 -- Agency Actions Relevant to Sections 202-205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1532-1535 -- Other Relevant Information or Requirements under Acts and Executive Orders Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551 Et Seq. -- Chapter 3 -- Veterans Health Administration: Greater Focus on Credentialing Needed to Prevent Disqualified Providers from Delivering Patient Care( -- Abbreviations -- Why GAO Did This Study -- What GAO Recommends -- What GAO Found -- Background.

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. ; At head of title: 90th Congress, 1st session. House committee print. no. 4. ; Prepared by Robinson E. Adkins with assistance of others. ; Bibliography: p. 410-411. ; Mode of access: Internet.