Dublin VA Medical Center

08/15/2025

Struggling to care for a Veteran who has difficulty managing their emotions? Enroll in VA’s Building Better Caregivers program for guidance on navigating these difficult caregiving challenges. Register now at: https://va.buildingbettercaregivers.org/

08/15/2025

08/15/2025

https://news.va.gov/141882/live-whole-health-285-five-easy-ways-to-manage-stress/

Veterans know pressure, but stress doesn’t have to be a burden faced alone. Sometimes, the fastest relief comes from a simple shift in perspective.

08/15/2025

The Navajo Code Talkers were an acclaimed group of Marines who used their native language to create an unbreakable code that confounded Japanese forces during World War II.

Pfc. Bill Toledo served with the 3rd Marine Division in the Pacific, including Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. Born in Torreon, New Mexico, he joined the Marines in October 1942 with his uncle Frank and cousin Preston. All three became Code Talkers.

Pfc. Bill Toledo died on May 5, 2016, at the age of 92, and is interred at Santa Fe National Cemetery.

You can honor him by leaving a tribute at:
https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/BILLHENRYTOLEDO/33F2D52

An interview he recorded with the National Archives can be found here:
https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.54889/

Photo Credits: Dress blues, Library of Congress website; Veterans Legacy Memorial; Obituary, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 7, 2016.

08/14/2025

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that eligible Veterans can now submit and track “mileage-only” travel claims directly from a smartphone or mobile device via the VA Health and Benefits mobile app.

The app, which has more than three million downloads, automatically identifies when a Veteran’s appointment may be eligible for mileage reimbursement and displays a prompt on the home screen. Submissions require just a few taps to confirm details.

The new feature will potentially reduce the number of paper claim submissions, which can take longer for VA to process.

Veterans who meet certain criteria, such as having a service-connected disability rating of 30% or higher, are eligible for health care travel reimbursement if they traveled in their own vehicle from their home address to their VA medical appointment.

“VA is evolving to meet the needs of today’s Veterans, and this new feature is proof of that,” said VA Secretary Doug Collins. “We look forward to rolling out many more improvements in the future as we continue to make the department work better for the Veterans, families, caregivers and survivors we serve.”

For more information about how to use the mobile app and its new features, or to download the app visit the Mobile VA Health and Benefits page.

08/14/2025

https://news.va.gov/press-room/simplified-travel-claims-submissions-available-on-va-mobile-app/?utm_source=middle&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VetResources&utm_id=13AUG2025

Eligible Veterans can now submit and track “mileage-only” travel claims directly from a smartphone or mobile device via the VA Health and Benefits mobile app.

08/14/2025

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How does someone begin to recover from opioid misuse when they don’t know where to start? Six Veterans provide some answers by recounting their own recovery journeys from drugs like oxycodone and he**in. Hear about their first steps, the substance use and mental health treatments that helped them,...

08/14/2025

08/14/2025

⛈️Stress from natural disasters can affect Veterans' physical and mental health. Learn more about VA resources, disaster preparedness and scams, as well as health and financial impacts.

https://news.va.gov/141596/preparing-for-natural-disasters/