Navy, VA Team Up for Transitioning Servicemembers

Week of November 10, 2008

U.S. Navy Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) established the Navy to VA Seamless Transition Program to address the logistical and administrative barriers for servicemembers transitioning from military to VA-centered care at Navy Military Treatment Facilities from coast-to-coast. The best example is at Bethesda, Md., where a full-time VA Liaison Office is open for the sole purpose of coordinating follow-on care requirements and providing education on VA benefits to wounded warriors from all services treated at that facility. The objective is to place these VA offices in all of the major Navy treatment locations. Read the full article.

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