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10/01/2021 02:39 PM EDT

VA is resuming debt notifications to Veterans effective Oct. 1, 2021. If you owe money to VA for an overpayment related to Veterans benefits, or for medical care and pharmacy debt, here is what you need to know.

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10/01/2021 02:11 PM EDT

As we begin the new fiscal year, let’s look back at all that VA accomplished for Veterans, their families, survivors, and caregivers last fiscal year.

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10/01/2021 02:00 PM EDT

146 teams of employee innovators are this year’s Spark-Seed-Spread Innovation Investment Program (Spark-Seed-Spread Program) Investees

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10/01/2021 11:30 AM EDT

During Hispanic Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez, a Medal of Honor recipient.

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10/01/2021 10:00 AM EDT

Expansion brings 15 new occupational therapist programs and 27 new physical therapist programs to 24 VA medical centers to meet the needs of Veterans for generations to come.

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10/01/2021 08:00 AM EDT

The VA Community Partnership Challenge winner developed models of Veteran suicide prevention for community partners in Colorado.

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10/01/2021 08:00 AM EDT

Singh is a professor at Baylor College of Medicine and an investigator at the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), a VA-funded research center at the DeBakey VA Medical Center.

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09/30/2021 06:00 PM EDT

A growing body of research is showing that brief psychological treatments designed to combat myths regarding the danger of physical symptoms of anxiety, coupled with repeated exposure to these sensations, can lead to reductions in anxiety sensitivity, according to Ennis.

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09/30/2021 05:47 PM EDT

In honor of International Recovery Day Sept. 30, VA wants you to know: Substance use disorder is a disease that can be treated, and recovery is possible. VA uses a variety of proven therapies and medications to help support Veterans who have been diagnosed with substance use disorder.

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