Veterans Corner Radio

Walt Fricke is the Airboss and Founder of the Veterans Airlift Command. He saw a need for a private, not-for-profit organization that would fly combat wounded veterans to appointments and treatment facilities. He has built an organization of thousands of pilots and their airplanes that now fill that mission. Even if you do not need transportation, do listen in because the stories he shares will warm your heart. 

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Ken Smith, Assistant Deputy Secretary for VA Field Operations brings you another unbundling of the new PACT program. PACT is a mammoth piece of legislation that endeavors to right some wrongs of the past. It provides additional opportunities for veterans to get help with claims for a multitude of maladies contracted during or injuries that happened going back to Vietnam and coming forward to Afghanistan. Like any piece of legislation, it pleases some and depresses others, but before making a judgment listen in and hear this discussion. 

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Dan Newpher Assistant Deputy Director of VA Pensions and Fiduciary Services answers some questions.  Director Newpher sheds some light on the types of spousal pensions that are available from the VA. He highlights the types of payment, both continuing and lump sum, that are available. Discover how one qualifies and what criteria must be met to receive a check from the VA for a surviving spouse.

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Dr. Patricia Arola, Asst. Under Sec. for health for Dentistry outlines who is eligible for dental care through the VA system and also discusses lower-cost options for government-sponsored dental insurance. More importantly, she also suggested there might be a path to dental care through a referral from your primary care doctor. Listen in to hear the details. 

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Lu Ann Swehla, VA Chief Nutrition and Whole Health Officer discusses Veterans Canteen Services.  Ever wondered about VA Veterans Canteen Services (VCS)? Who runs the stores and Canteens in the hospitals, how you can get discounted food or merchandise from them or for that matter who can avail themselves of their services? Well, they serve all veterans and their families and provide everything from candy bars to tires at a reduced price and you can do it all online if you are not near one of their hospital or clinic facilities. Additionally, they use any profits they make to serve veterans in many ways including such things as supporting the Veterans Wheelchair games. 

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 VA Press Secretary Terrence Hayes is back to discuss more of the PACT act, specifically the situation with Camp Lejeune. It is important to remember that the situation causing problems on the base affected not only the military members but their dependents and therefore the remedies are different for each. Before you fall prey to the predatory tactics used by some in the legal profession, be sure to listen to this program.

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VA Press SecretaryTerrence Hayes shares his thoughts on the new Congressional PACT program and how this act of congress will affect our vets going back as far as Vietnam. He talks about how the VA has been working to be ready to handle the hundreds of thousands of claims that are expected. Listen in for some tips to get you started. This is part one of a two-part series; the second part discusses Camp Lejeune which is also included in the PACT Act. 

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Dr. Jacqueline Scott, a board-certified ophthalmologist, discusses the condition we know as cataracts and walks us through how they develop and what treatments are available. As a matter of full disclosure, for the past five years, the doctors have been advising me to have the surgery. This past spring I finally agreed and now for the first time in forty years, I am not wearing glasses. My results may not be typical, but honestly had I known what is in this broadcast earlier, I would not have waited. 

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 Chris Johnston, Deputy Chief Technology Officer Digital Experience,  brings to our attention a new app that the VA has introduced called VA Health and Benefits. This new app can be found anywhere you would download apps for your devices:  Google Play Store, or the Apple App Store. This new application lets you check up on claims and see, among many other things, all your VA letters, vaccine records, facility locator and another way to contact your doctor. This will not replace My Healthy Vet but will have many more services and have them all in one place. 

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Christine McCombs is the Community Outreach Officer for the Hillsborough County Florida Code Enforcement Department but more importantly, she is the founder of Operation Code Vet, Inc. This nonprofit organization is dedicated to assisting veterans who may, due to age or infirmity, have properties that are in conflict with Code regulations. It is my feeling that even though this is currently only in Florida, it should be a national program. Listen to hear how she put the program together and to get her contact information. 

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