� The VA card of the new policy that was expected has yet to be released. As before long as the official announcement is made, it will be posted on this site.
Great news for many of America's military veterans world Health Organization have ALS.
On July 14, in a crusade release following a group discussion call with the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, it was announced that the VA will extend its compensation for all ALS-affected vets. The press release was issued by both Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. Henry Brown.
Prior to this time, only veterans with ALS who had served in the Gulf War (August 1990-February 1991) were accorded "service-connected handicap" status by the VA. It's the agency's highest disability military rating, and it makes the greatest degree of no or low-priced VA medical care usable.
Now VA secretary Dr. James Peake says all vets with ALS will be accorded the service-connected designation, efficient August 1.
MDA Vice President of Advocacy Annie Kennedy aforementioned the decisiveness was one the Association has been hoping for. "The VA made its initial decision to in full compensate Gulf War veterans with ALS in 2001," she aforementioned. "For heptad years the ALS protagonism community has pushed to get all ALS-affected serve people included in that package of care. This is marvelous news for the ALS community."
The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) in Cambridge, Mass., an MDA better half in the fight against ALS, took a leading role in advocating for this policy change.
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