Right to Care

Voices of Swords to Plowshares’ Veteran Community

The Congressional Commission on Care was charged with examining the VA Healthcare System. Swords to Plowshares’ own executive director served on the Commission and we conducted our own examination of VA healthcare compared to private healthcare.

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Legal

VA Rulemaking Petition to Amend Regulations interpreting 38 USC 10122

Pettion asking the VA to amend its regulation restricting eligibility for VA benefits based on claimants' conduct in service and address Bad Paper disqualification

Mental Health

Veterans and Bad Paper Fact Sheet

This fact sheet covers circumstances that could lead to a servicemember being less than honorably discharged from the military, and subsequent issues with access to care from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Legal

Underserved

How the VA Wrongfully Excludes Veterans with Bad Paper

Swords to Plowshares, in conjunction with National Veterans Legal Services Program and the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School have published Underserved: How the VA Wrongfully Excludes Veterans with Bad Paper.

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