Welcome to the Veterans Health Administration - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Facebook page.
This page provides a forum for Veterans, Servicemembers, their families and survivors to learn about and discuss VA programs and services.
This page does not provide individual medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It is not continuously monitored and does not provide emergency services. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call 911 immediately. If you are in emotional crisis, or are concerned about a Veteran or current Servicemember, call the Veterans Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255 (press "1").
VA's goal is to create an open discussion related to the content on this page and encourages helpful and useful comments. VA will post and attempt to comment on questions and concerns regarding its mission to provide Veteran benefits, health care, and burial and memorial services. For official information about VA benefits and programs, visit www.va.gov.
This is a moderated page, meaning that all comments will be reviewed for appropriate content. Please show respect to others. Comments that do not directly relate to the topics covered on this page, including abusive or vulgar language, spam, hate speech and personal attacks, will be considered "off topic" and not be posted. VA reserves the right to determine which comments are acceptable for this page and may remove any communication that does not follow these terms. In addition, VA may, at its sole discretion, terminate a user's ability to post comments to this site for repeated or excessive violations of these standards or when VA has a reasonable basis to believe that the user"s comments may cause harm if published.
Users of this page are hereby notified that individuals may be held personally liable for commentary that is considered threatening, intimidating, harassing, retaliatory, obscene, defamatory, libelous, or proprietary, Further, by posting comments, the user agrees to indemnify VA against any damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of a claim relating to any material the user has posted.
Be aware that the comments published on all parts of this page -- even when the commenter identifies himself or herself as a VA employee -- are not to be considered official communications from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and thus the Department neither endorses nor officially sanctions such communications. For example a "like" or "dislike," or other opinion expressed by a VA employee, in no way constitutes an official view of the Department. VA responses, by nature, are general; programs discussed are complicated and most rules will have exceptions and caveats. If you have a question about your specific situation, please visit our secure question and answer site.
Users who identify themselves as VA employees must make clear that their comments are made by each user as an individual and not as an employee, agent, or representative of the Department. Further, they must state that they are speaking on behalf of themselves, that their comments and views are their own, and that they are not authorized to speak on behalf of the Department.
While VA will not collect or retain these comments in our records, this is a public forum and any information provided in comments may be publicly available on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Internet website and the privacy policies of www.va.gov apply. Please remember that any information provided in comments will be available to the general public. As such, do not include personal identifying information or personal health information such as a Veteran file number, social security number, or any other information you do not want available to the general public. If you choose to post personal information, you do so at your own risk. VA disclaims any liability for any loss or damage resulting from any comments posted on this page.
This forum may not be used for the submission of any claim, demand, informal or formal complaint, or any other form of legal and/or administrative notice or process, or for the exhaustion of any legal and/or administrative remedy. If you have specific questions regarding a VA program that involves details you do not wish to share publicly, please contact the program point of contact or send a secure electronic message at iris.va.gov.
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