ERLANGER, Kentucky, Dec. 16 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: On Aug. 9, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced several steps to expand access to VA benefits for veterans who served at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base (K2) in Uzbekistan after Sept. 11, 2001, as well as their survivors. The VA plans to take steps to make chronic multisymptom illness a presumptive condition for K2 veterans and recognize exposures at K2 as toxic-exposure risk activities. The VA will also ensu more PR

ERLANGER, Kentucky, Dec. 16 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: In August, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a new set of policy changes that will help more disabled veterans receive housing assistance under the HUD-Department of Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program and will improve their access to supportive housing developments. Before this change, service-connected disability benefits were considered income when determining more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 16 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Posted by Mary-Lou Watkinson on Friday, December 13, 2024 in News Story. Tony Stewart, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities and professor of religious studies, emeritus, died on October 6, 2024, in Nashville. He was 70. Stewart was a prominent figure in the field of South Asian religious studies. He was a pioneer in research on Bengali religious narratives and helped advance the field of literary more PR