Press Releases
November 9, 2017
Carper Introduces Bill to Eliminate Education Loophole that Robs Our Military, Veterans, and American Taxpayers
(Washington, D.C.) – “Today, the senior Senator from Delaware, Tom Carper, unveiled the Military and Veterans Education Protection Act of 2017. When this eminently sensible bill is enacted into black-letter law, it will bring a…
November 3, 2017
Blue Water Navy Vets Foiled Again, House Committee Tables H.R. 299
(Washington, D.C.) – “We, at Vietnam Veterans of America, felt a crushing blow of disappointment when H.R. 299, legislation designed to restore eligibility for VA health care and disability compensation for some 90,000 Blue Water…
November 3, 2017
Agent Orange: The Wait for Justice Continues
(Washington, D.C.)—“It has been more than a year and half since the March 10, 2016, release of the National Academy of Medicine’s Veterans and Agent Orange Update 2014, the tenth biennial evaluation of relevant scientific…
October 25, 2017
Facebook Responds to VVA, Shuts Down Imposter Page Targeting Vietnam Veterans and Supporters
(Washington, DC)—“We're glad to see that Facebook is taking seriously the fact that agents outside the U.S. are targeting veterans on social media,” said John Rowan, National President of Vietnam Veterans of America. “For months…
October 24, 2017
VVA Calls for Passage of Bill to Repeal Amendments to Controlled Substance Act and to Ensure Access to Effective Pain Treatments
(Washington, D.C.)—“Vietnam Veterans of America strongly urges passage of Senate Bill 1960, cosponsored by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-WV), which would repeal the amendments made to the Controlled Substances Act by the Ensuring…
October 2, 2017
Veterans Sickened by Plutonium After Hydrogen Bombs Dropped at Palomares, Spain, Sue Pentagon for Records
(Washington, D.C.)--Today, Vietnam Veterans of America and the VVA Connecticut State Council filed suit in U.S. District Court in Connecticut to compel the Department of Defense to release records related to U.S. airmen’s exposure to…
September 19, 2017
RAND Study Finds ACA Repeal Will Strain VA; Any ACA Repeal Must Invest in VA Infrastructure
(Washington, D.C.)—“Last week, RAND Corporation, a widely respected, nonpartisan research institution, released the report, Veterans Health Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act and Implications of Repeal for the Department of Veterans Affairs,” said John…
August 29, 2017
VVA Applauds DoD’s Progress on Bad-Paper Policy; Renews Call for Presidential Action
(Washington, D.C.)—“Years after Vietnam Veterans of America and Yale’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic sued the Pentagon for its mistreatment of veterans with bad-paper, we're finally beginning to see specifics on how they're planning to make…
August 25, 2017
Appeals Modernization Bill Falls Short
(Washington, DC)—On August 23, 2017, President Trump signed into law the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017, a bill which dramatically overhauls the claims and appeals process for veterans seeking disability compensation benefits…
August 17, 2017
VVA National Treasurer Reelected to Sixth Term; Weighs in on Hate Groups
(Washington, DC) – Speaking on behalf of those Vietnam veterans living in the deep South, Dr. Wayne Reynolds of Athens, Alabama, who has served for 19 years as president of the Alabama State Council, and…