The text message is part of a new “paradigm shift at VA” pushed by President Joe Biden and VA Secretary Denis McDonough.
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – DECEMBER 11: Former Obama White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Queen Theater on December 11, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.
The number looked familiar, though. It looked an awful lot like the actual number for the Department of Veterans Affairs. As any modern-day journalist might, I turned to the Google for answers.Without clicking the certain-to-be scam text message, I called the Department of Veterans Affairs directly. If someone was trying to cheat veterans they would probably want to know.“That is not a scam,” the actual human who answered the phone at the VA said. He couldn’t see my visible confusion.
The text I’d received wasn’t the first the Department had sent. The veterans of Vietnam, whose exposure tois now presumed under the PACT Act, were contacted to apply for benefits in July. Those who served in Desert Storm were contacted after that. Afghanistan veterans are being contacted now, with Iraq War vets to follow.“All of those efforts are targeted at veterans who are not currently receiving care or compensation at VA,” Farina said.
Right now, Farina said, more veterans are receiving disability benefits and care through the VA than ever before. This fiscal year alone, VA has awarded $137 billion in benefits to more than 6.7 million veterans. This is the message VA is sending to veterans to encourage them to sign up. It’s not a texting scam, but an outreach effort from VA.
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