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VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advocacy Legislative Agenda
Veterans Affairs:
arrow_right_red Calculate years of service for disability retired pay for Reserve Component members wounded or injured in combat under section 12732 of USC Title 10.   
arrow_right_red Extend veterans preference to those Reserve Component members who have completed 20 years in good standing, or,
arrow_right_red Make permanent Reserve Component VA Home Loan Guarantees expiring in Oct. 2012.
arrow_right_red Eliminate the 3/4 percent fee differential between Active Component and Reserve Component programs on VA Home Loan.
arrow_right_red Support burial eligibility for deceased gray-area retirees at Arlington National Cemetery.
arrow_right_red Continue to seek timely and comprehensive implementation of concurrent receipt for disabled receiving retired pay and VA disability compensation.   
   
Mobile officer icon The Officer Magazine
> Hanson, CAPT Marshall. Defining 'Veteran': ROA works to recognize all who have honorably served. July-August 2011, p. 20.  
 
ROA Blog ROA Blog, The Reserve Officer
> View all blogs on Veterans Affairs here.

 

Resolutions
> Preserving Veteran Status and Benefits for
Those Who Have Served in Theaters of Operations
 (No. 11-09)

arrow_right_red Make Veterans Preference More Than an Empty Promise (No. 10-24)
arrow_right_red Recognition of Illnesses Caused by Hazardous Warfare Agents
(No. 10-26) 

 

Testimony and Statements  
> HVAC (Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs) Arlington National Cemetary: An Update on Reform and Progress (ROA, 10/6/2011)

> HVAC (Disability Assistance & Memorial Affairs) Pending Legislation (ROA, 7/7/2011)
> HVAC (Economic Opportunities) Pending Legislation (ROA, 7/7/2011)

> Presumptive Eligibility for Veterans from Vietnam and Other Conflicts  (ROA, 6/21/2011)
> Guard & Reserve Veteran Issues (ROA, 3/16/2011)
> Presumptive Eligibility for Veterans from Vietnam and Other Conflicts (ROA, 9/23/2010)
arrow_right_red Veteran Status (ROA, 7/1/2010)
arrow_right_red Health Effects of the Vietnam War - The Aftermath (ROA, 5/5/2010)
arrow_right_red Claims Summit Discussion (ROA, 3/18/2010)

 

Letters of Support
arrow_right_red Joint letter to Sen. Blanche Lincoln supporting Veteran status to Guard and Reserve members (3/17/2009)