VA Secretary digital town hall today, VA offers grants for adaptive sports,

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[ABOVE] VA offering up to $8 million in grants for adaptive-sports programs that aid disabled Veterans

Join VA Secretary for YouTube Live Q&A with Veterans

This Friday, Feb. 24, join VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin as he takes questions from Veterans during a town hall-style digital event on YouTube Live. To participate in the event on Friday, tune in to our YouTube Live event page at 2:45 p.m. ET.

Veterans beating a silent killer

Paul Munroe doesn’t know, or for that matter care, how he was infected with hepatitis C. What he does care about is that he’s finally free of the disease, thanks to a new treatment provided by VA.

ICYMI: #ExploreVA Facebook Chat on education and employment

On Feb. 15, VA partnered with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a Facebook chat to answer these questions and more, helping Veterans navigate their education and employment benefits.

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VETERAN OF THE WEEK

This week we honor Marine Corps Veteran Mike Dowling.

Mike served in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a K-9 handler with the security battalion from 2001 to 2005. He then joined the reserves in 2008 and served with the Wounded Warrior Battalion until 2010.

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