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The Disabled American Veterans of Texas Monument is an outdoor memorial commemorating Texan veterans who were disabled while serving in the United States military services, installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas, in 1980.
The DAV Auxiliary is the sister organization of the Disabled American Veterans. Its mission statement is "Making a difference in the lives of disabled veterans and their families". Members of the DAV Auxiliary include mothers, wives, sisters, widows, daughters, stepdaughters, granddaughters and legally adopted female lineal descendants of ...
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is a hospital affiliated with and operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. [1] It is one of the department's largest hospitals, serving Harris County, Texas and 27 surrounding counties. [2]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has clawed back billions of ... Disabled veterans have been told in the last 12 fiscal years to return nearly $3 billion in special separation pay — lump-sum ...
Veterans' health care in the United States is separated geographically into 19 regions (numbered 1, 2, 4–10, 12 and 15–23) [1] known as VISNs, or Veterans Integrated Service Networks, into systems within each network headed by medical centers, and hierarchically within each system by division level of care or type.
During World War I, new types of benefits, such as insurance and vocational training for disabled veterans, were introduced. These programs were initially managed by separate agencies until the Veterans Bureau was established in 1921 to centralize their administration. [2]
Dallas–Fort Worth National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery located in the city of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (United States). Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 638 acres (258 ha), and as of 2021, had over 73,000 interments.
The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) was a Texas state agency that was part of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The agency worked with Texans with disabilities and children with developmental delays to improve the quality of their lives and to enable their full participation in society.