Homeless Veteran reunites with family, Million Veteran Program succeeds through collaboration

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[ABOVE] The MyVA Advisory Committee (MVAC) met in Boston this month to tour two facilities and learn about cutting edge research.

VA staff helps homeless Veteran reunite with family after 22 years

German A. Leon was born in Panama. He moved to the U.S. as a teenager with his mother and two sisters, and enlisted in the Army at the age of 18. According to Leon, much of his life following military service is hazy, and he can’t recall details other than he had lived with his mother and sisters as a young adult.

Prosthetics lab walk-through at Boston VA facility

To learn more about the work VA does daily for Veterans, the MyVA Advisory Committee (MVAC) recently took a tour of the prosthetics lab at the Jamaica Plain VA facility in Boston. Certified prosthetist Eric Lydon showed the group different types of prosthetics he has been working on, and the process they go through when using enhanced technology to meet a Veteran’s needs.

Million Veteran Program draws on the power of collaboration

The health care we receive today is based on research done in the past. The ongoing VA Million Veteran Program (MVP), in collaboration with university affiliates and the Department of Energy, has the potential to improve the health of, and health care for, Veterans and all Americans.

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