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		<title>Free Admission to Museums for Active Duty This Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense (DoD), and over 2,000 museums nationwide, the Blue Star Museums initiative will offer free admission to active duty military personnel, National Guardsmen, Reservists and their loved ones. Free admission will start on Monday, May 27th (Memorial Day) and will run [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4768&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial Day 2013 Events in the Sacramento Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Memorial Day is upon us this weekend and, with it, comes a time of remembrance of those who have passed in service to our nation. Over time, Memorial Day has come to mean a lot of things and has, at times, been overshadowed by the prospect of an extra day off from work or a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4746&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VA, VSOs Partnered to Reduce Vet Claims Backlog</title>
		<link>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/va-vsos-partnered-to-reduce-veterans-claims-backlog/</link>
		<comments>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/va-vsos-partnered-to-reduce-veterans-claims-backlog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Disabled American Veterans (DAV), and The American Legion announced a new partnership to help reduce the compensation claims backlog for Veterans. The effort—the Fully Developed Claims (FDC) Community of Practice—is a key part of VA’s overall transformation plan to end the backlog in 2015 and process claims within [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4762&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VA Mandates Overtime To Handle Claims Backlog</title>
		<link>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/va-mandates-overtime-to-handle-claims-backlog/</link>
		<comments>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/va-mandates-overtime-to-handle-claims-backlog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it has mandated the use of overtime for claims processors in its 56 regional benefits offices. The surge is expected to be implemented through the end of FY 2013 in the VA&#8217;s latest initiative to addressing the backlog of Veterans&#8217; claims. Claims for homeless Veterans, those [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4736&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Op SAMADHI: Bringing Yoga To Our Nation&#8217;s Heroes</title>
		<link>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/op-samadhi-bringing-yoga-to-our-nations-heroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every so often, something comes across our desks or flies into our inboxes that makes us perk our ears up. Opportunities to spread the word on jobs, legislation, news, and the like that affect the LGBT and Veteran population. Today, a couple of flyers came through giving information on &#8220;Operation SAMADHI: Bringing Yoga To Our [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4732&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May 2013: Mental Health Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/may-2013-mental-health-awareness-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May marks Mental Health Awareness Month. This month, numerous agencies will be working to raise public awareness about mental illnesses like depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc. Additionally, this month also brings attention to suicide that may be precipated by some mental illness. Mental Health Awareness Month seeks to educate communities about disorders and to reduce the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4695&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: VA To Process Oldest Claims First in New Intitiative</title>
		<link>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/va-to-process-oldest-claims-first-in-new-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/va-to-process-oldest-claims-first-in-new-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED (04/23/2013):  The VA will reportedly award temporary ratings to the oldest claims in its efforts to reduce its backlog of disability claims; meaning it will need to  help fewer Veterans. VA officials testified this week before the Senate Budget Committee stating the initiative would provide &#8220;provisional&#8221; ratings and immediate disability benefits only to cases [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4671&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hotline for Women Veterans Announced</title>
		<link>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/hotline-for-women-veterans-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a new hotline — 1-855-VA-WOMEN — to receive and respond to questions from Veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women Veterans. The service began accepting calls on March 27, 2013. “Some women Veterans may not know about high-quality VA care [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4673&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vet Groups Support Ruth Moore Act, VA Opposed</title>
		<link>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/vet-groups-support-ruth-moore-act-va-opposed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) voiced its opposition of bipartisan legislation that would ease access to benefits for victims of military sexual assault. VA stated that, while it did not disagree with the bill&#8217;s intent, it was not necessary. H.R. 671, the Ruth Moore Act, is named for a U.S. Navy Veteran [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4660&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OutServe-SLDN: Major Law Firms Join Discharge Upgrade Project</title>
		<link>http://sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/outserve-sld-major-law-firms-join-discharge-upgrade-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OutServe-SLDN today announced that two major law firms have joined its ongoing project to assist those discharged under &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; (DADT) or the prior regulations prohibiting gay and lesbian service in the military seeking changes to their discharge paperwork. The firms DLA Piper and Winston &#38; Strawn will represent Veterans pro bono to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacvalleyvets.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19193641&#038;post=4647&#038;subd=sacvalleyvets&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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