Able Veterans » VA http://ableveterans.com Resources, information and opportunities for wounded warriors Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:01:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Waive housing loan fees for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities http://ableveterans.com/waive-housing-loan-fees-for-certain-veterans-with-service-connected-disabilities http://ableveterans.com/waive-housing-loan-fees-for-certain-veterans-with-service-connected-disabilities#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:46:46 +0000 David http://www.ableveterans.com/?p=229 H.R. 2180: To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive housing loan fees for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities called to active service.

Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting a housing loan fee from any veteran who, but for the receipt of active service pay, would be entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability.




]]> http://ableveterans.com/waive-housing-loan-fees-for-certain-veterans-with-service-connected-disabilities/feed 0 New VA Program Adopts Dogs and Matches Them with Wounded Warriors http://ableveterans.com/new-va-program-adopts-dogs-and-matches-them-with-wounded-warriors http://ableveterans.com/new-va-program-adopts-dogs-and-matches-them-with-wounded-warriors#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:55:57 +0000 David http://www.ableveterans.com/?p=209 Service DogsVA hospitals are integrating service dogs adopted from local shelters into treatment for disabled vets. The program was formed after Freedom Service Dogs, a Denver-based nonprofit, recently partnered with the VA.

Training takes up to nine months and costs exceed $20,000. Freedom Service Dogs doesn’t charge its clients but relies on private donations and foundation grants.

“The population is growing exponentially down in Fort Carson with the Wounded Warriors program,” said Freedom Service Dogs’ Diane Vertovec, referring to the Army unit that prepares wounded soldiers for civilian life. “We feel like a dog can help a vet meet physical challenges but, more importantly, can really, really help them overcome a lot of the mental instability that they’re feeling.”

Currently Service Dogs can train 43 dogs per year — a number that doesn’t come close to meeting demand. There are about 450 soldiers in the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Fort Carson.

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Source: Alysia Patterson – The Associated Press

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