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On June 28th, 1-2 PM ET, VA and community experts will be here to answer your questions on benefits and claims. Type your questions in now!
You can ask questions to the following people:
» Richelle Taylor - Public Affairs Specialist, National Cemetery Administration
» CPO Missina Schallus - Communications Manager, Center for Women Veterans
» Col Michelle Gardner-Ince - Director, Women Veteran Small Business Initiatives
» SSgt Lourdes Tiglao - Executive Director, Center for Women Veterans
» RDML Ann Duff - Director of the Office of Survivors Assistance, VA
» Leah Christensen - Clinical Program Coordinator, VA Caregiver Support Program
» DeShaun Sewell - Program Analyst, VBA Outreach, Transition and Economic Development
» Mary Beard - National Employment Coordinator, VBA
» Leigh Edmonds - Sr. Manager of Communications, TAPS
» Coleton Whitaker - Senior Director of Programs, Elizabeth Dole Foundation
» Jay Gorman - Psychologist, VA
» Melissa Comeau - Director, Military and Veteran Caregiver Network
» 1SG Zelda Davis - Management Analyst, VA
» Sgt Ed McEvoy - National Outreach Specialist, VA
» Karen Earhart - Program Manager, Caregiver Support Program, VA
» Maj Lillie Mells - Program Manager, Education & Training, VHA
» CPT Chanel Bankston-Carter - Director, Strategic Outreach and Communications, VA
Veterans Crisis Line:
The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans and Service members in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring VA responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text.
· Call [login to see] and Press 1, 24/7.
· Chat online (https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help-now/chat)
· Text to 838255.
Women Veterans Call Center:
· Call or text the Women Veterans Call Center at 855-VA-WOMEN [login to see] )
Get Help - Mental Health:
· https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/mentalhealth/get-help/index.asp
RallyPoint Answers and Discussion Conduct:
· https://rly.pt/33ySsg0
You can ask questions to the following people:
» Richelle Taylor - Public Affairs Specialist, National Cemetery Administration
» CPO Missina Schallus - Communications Manager, Center for Women Veterans
» Col Michelle Gardner-Ince - Director, Women Veteran Small Business Initiatives
» SSgt Lourdes Tiglao - Executive Director, Center for Women Veterans
» RDML Ann Duff - Director of the Office of Survivors Assistance, VA
» Leah Christensen - Clinical Program Coordinator, VA Caregiver Support Program
» DeShaun Sewell - Program Analyst, VBA Outreach, Transition and Economic Development
» Mary Beard - National Employment Coordinator, VBA
» Leigh Edmonds - Sr. Manager of Communications, TAPS
» Coleton Whitaker - Senior Director of Programs, Elizabeth Dole Foundation
» Jay Gorman - Psychologist, VA
» Melissa Comeau - Director, Military and Veteran Caregiver Network
» 1SG Zelda Davis - Management Analyst, VA
» Sgt Ed McEvoy - National Outreach Specialist, VA
» Karen Earhart - Program Manager, Caregiver Support Program, VA
» Maj Lillie Mells - Program Manager, Education & Training, VHA
» CPT Chanel Bankston-Carter - Director, Strategic Outreach and Communications, VA
Veterans Crisis Line:
The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans and Service members in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring VA responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text.
· Call [login to see] and Press 1, 24/7.
· Chat online (https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help-now/chat)
· Text to 838255.
Women Veterans Call Center:
· Call or text the Women Veterans Call Center at 855-VA-WOMEN [login to see] )
Get Help - Mental Health:
· https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/mentalhealth/get-help/index.asp
RallyPoint Answers and Discussion Conduct:
· https://rly.pt/33ySsg0
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SSgt Jennifer Dane
Yes. You can either convert your current home to another loan and pay off the VA loan or you can sell your home and use the VA loan once again. It isn't too stressful of a process and there are great lenders who can assist with more precise question/concerns.
Hello, I am Ed with VA’s Vet Center program. Vet Centers have been proudly providing counseling, referral, and community engagement services to Veterans, service members, including members of the National Guard and Reserve, and their families since 1979.
Vet Centers offer community based counseling services, community engagement, and referral services to eligible Veterans, active duty service members and their families (when it is found to aid in the readjustment or transition of the Veteran or service member).
If you are interested in Vet Center services, you can reach us 24/7 by calling the Vet Center Call Center at [login to see] or find us online at http://www.vetcenter.va.gov.
I am also happy to help link you with your local Vet Center.
Vet Centers offer community based counseling services, community engagement, and referral services to eligible Veterans, active duty service members and their families (when it is found to aid in the readjustment or transition of the Veteran or service member).
If you are interested in Vet Center services, you can reach us 24/7 by calling the Vet Center Call Center at [login to see] or find us online at http://www.vetcenter.va.gov.
I am also happy to help link you with your local Vet Center.
Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.
Please tell me why women are still devalued in the disability claims. I have suffered for over 46 years from ptsd from rape and have been under treatment throughout the years various places and va facilities and yet my rating is still very low. Men would fare far better in the system and do. They receive 100 percent for sleep apnea after drinking the night prior to the test so they can get a rating. I have gone thru rape, court martial and pain for years and dont have to fake…where is the system fairness? Please explain. Im not the only one
Melissa Comeau
Thank you for sharing this with us. I am so sorry. You can't be the only one and I hope there is extra support for you today. For help getting your percentage increased, have your tried a VSO or the Women's Veteran Center? You deserve better. https://www.va.gov/womenvet/
Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.
Maj Lillie Mells
Good afternoon Caron sorry for the pain and suffering you've endured. Please reach out to the Women's Veterans Call center a [login to see] or the Veterans Crisis Hotline. at [login to see]
SSgt Jennifer Dane
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Women Veterans Program Manager
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SSgt Jennifer Dane
PO2 KIm Kay McCarty Martin - Creating new facilities is quite difficult because of infrastructure, but I would write my Congressional members and get in touch.
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When is there going to be a Women Veteran Crisis line? Some women may have been traumatized by a man and may be afraid to call the crisis line, a woman option should be available.
PVT Mary Bagnaschi
I enlisted in 1981 in the delayed entry program to serve three years active duty in the U.S. Army as a trained Combat Medic and Patient Care Specialist, 91B, 91C10. I began basic training in Oct 1981 and advanced to the rank of E-3 while successfully excelling in Class room and on the job training while stationed at Ft. Sam Houston and Fitz Simons Army Medical Center. My first and only permanent party at Ft. Hood proved to be traumatic and disabling, within days of my arrival as a new recruit at 6th Cav HHC 34th Support, I was targeted for relentless sexual harassment and was a victim of two significant military sexual trauma events I reported and sought help up the chain of command. I was criminalized starting April 83, court martialed on fabricated minor alleged entrapment charges and discharged under other than honorable conditions with bad conduct papers. I was misdiagnosed but not ever treated by the ARmy or VA with a Borderline Personality disorder and rediagnosed and treated with dirty bandaids by the VA Health care system from 1995 - present with a confirmed 'Severe and chronic PTSD/MST' diagnosis the VA and DOD claim along with the ARmy I will never be compensated for or properly medically treated for due to the character of discharge that the VA Health cares system actions and inactions in medical negligence and VA administrative fraud! How do I have PTSD diagnosed by the VA Health care system since 1995 - present specifically for Military Sexual trauma but continue to be told by the benefit side that it is not military service connected and/ or the patriarchal sexist discriminatory blatant hostile DOD and ARmed Services and VA and all the Service organizations and government, quasi government and non profits won't help any of the hundreds of thousands of vets like me. Shame on all of you but God forgive us all.
are active duty or reserve veterans allowed to draw disability at 100% and receive a paycheck from the reserve, national guard and active duty to and reach there retirement requirements
Andi Martinez
Reservists can get some VA benefits. See here for more information: https://www.benefits.va.gov/BENEFITS/benefits-summary/SummaryofVANationalGuardandReserve.pdf
Andi Martinez
Additional info can be found here: https://www.va.gov/homeless/dchv.asp
Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.
I have seen several memorial flights of women veterans, and I was wondering how the selections for those memorial flights are made?
Melissa Comeau
Thank you for participating. Here is some information I found on All Women Honor Flights https://www.villagersforveterans.org/all-women-honor-flight-2021
Melissa Comeau
And here is some eligibility info from Honor Flights http://www.honorflightdfw.org/faq
Frequently Asked Questions | Honor Flight DFW
Honor Flight DFW honors local veterans who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam by flying them to see the memorials built in their honor in Washington, DC.
I can not find the live event. Will there be a list of the questions and answers?
Thank you
Thank you
Col Michelle Gardner-Ince Do you have a contact in the Colorado Springs area in which I can contact to find out who is on the Women Vet Small Bus list? Thank you!
Col Michelle Gardner-Ince
https://www.vetbiz.va.gov/vip/ here is wheree you can find a list of Women Veteran Businesses that have been certified w/VA. The verification counselors link above will take you to a counselor in your state that an help a Woman Vet get certified as a VetOwned Biz. Hope that helps. Thanks for joining and for your service.
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Andi Martinez - Thank you, but this is a link for applying for verification of a woman-owned business. I'm not quite there yet! :)
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Col Michelle Gardner-Ince - Yes, these resources are a great starting point for what I am researching. I appreciate the link--I couldn't seem to navigate to it on the VA website.
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