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12/17/2020 04:00 PM EST

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For Veterans with PTSD, the holidays be difficult to manage. Here are some ways to cope and manage those feelings and stressful events. Use our apps. Reach out for support. Call the Crisis Line.

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12/17/2020 02:00 PM EST

De-CRUIT uses science and Shakespeare to help Veterans overcome trauma.

De-CRUIT is a Veteran therapy program founded by Stephan Wolfert that uses Shakespeare to help Veterans work through traumas.

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12/17/2020 11:30 AM EST

Navy Veteran Danny Shaffstall is today's Veteran of the Day.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Danny Shaffstall, who served for three years as an operations specialist third class.

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12/17/2020 10:00 AM EST

Laughing senior man talking on a cellphone while relaxing in a chair in his living room at home

VA’s partnership with GO2 Foundation increases awareness about lung cancer screening options and helps Veterans impacted by the disease. Adding to the lung disease supportive services VA offers.

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12/17/2020 09:00 AM EST

Dr. Steve Braverman (right), director of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, speaks with Marine Veteran Jerry Harris about his health care needs.

In 2013, Dr. Steve Braverman, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, was named commander of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. The institute works to solve the top threats to soldier readiness and lethality, such as disease and battle injury.

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12/17/2020 08:55 AM EST

How VBA served Veterans during the pandemic

At the beginning of fiscal year 2020, VBA declared that it would strive to make 2020 its best year ever. The commitment to make 2020 its #BestYearEver was a VBA-wide effort to improve service to Veterans and agency productivity.

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