Student Veterans Organization at LSUS

07/28/2023

Meet the All of Us Research Program. All of us have a unique genetic code. Inside that code holds the answers to what makes you YOU. By studying our unique genetic codes with the genetic codes of others, researchers can look for patterns to better understand what affects people's health. What makes us all unique, makes us invaluable to medical research.

We are excited to share that the All of Us Research Program is enrolling at the Shreveport VA! We need your help to continue to ensure that Veterans are represented in this historic effort. You can find us at the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center. To learn more about the program or to enroll, visit Veterans.JoinAllofUs.org or (833) 805-0426.

02/27/2023

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We will be having our group meeting this Wednesday to discuss future events ( fundraisers and what we will want to do with the money raised...ect). We will be providing Jimmie John's subs for lunch this week. Christina Verner (Veteran's Assistance Counselor) will be coming in for the following meeting (15 March) and I would ask that everyone please bring any list of any questions that you may have concerning your VA benefits. This way I can compile them and have them forwarded to her, that way she can be better prepared to answer all of your benefits needs.

As always the meeting is at 11:00am and we will have video availability. I apologize for the video last week as we did not get that up and running in a timely manner.

Respectfully,

Jordan Barron

10/31/2022

SVO Meeting

VRC Conference Room in Technology Center
Wednesday, November 2nd
11:00am CDT

10/03/2022

SVO Meeting

VRC Conference Room in Technology Center
Wednesday, October 19
11:00am CDT

09/12/2022

SVO Meeting

VRC Conference Room
Wednesday September 21
11:00 am CDT

Food will be provided; see you there!

02/16/2022

Just so Everyone is aware the Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing new changes to how they rate disabilities.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing changes to the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities specifically pertaining to the respiratory, auditory and mental disorders body systems.
The proposed updates to the rating schedule for these conditions will enable VA to incorporate modern medical data and terminology to provide Veterans with more accurate and consistent decisions.
Veterans who currently receive compensation for a service-connected condition in these body systems will not have their disability rating impacted when the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities is updated. Updating the rating schedule allows Veterans to receive decisions based on the most current medical knowledge relating to their condition.
By incorporating modern medical data in the assessment of disabilities and how they impact earning capacity, Veterans will receive evaluations which more accurately compensate them for their service-connected disabilities. Proposed updates include:
• Modernizing the evaluative rating criteria for sleep apnea, using developments in medical knowledge to evaluate it based on its responsiveness to treatment, bringing the rating criteria for sleep apnea more closely in line with the stated purpose of the rating schedule.
• Evaluating tinnitus (ringing in the ears) as a symptom of the underlying disease which causes it, rather than as a stand-alone disability.
• Evaluating mental health conditions based on a more robust and holistic approach that assesses how impactful the disability is to cognition, interpersonal relationships, task completion, life activities and self-care. Additionally, the proposed evaluation criteria include a 10% minimum evaluation for having one or more service-connected mental health conditions and will no longer require “total occupational and social impairment” to attain a 100% evaluation.
No change to a Veteran’s current rating would occur due to these proposed changes. If the proposed changes are finalized, Veterans who currently receive compensation for a service-connected condition can apply for increased compensation, but no reductions shall be made unless an improvement in the Veteran’s disability is shown to have occurred.
The public has 60 days to provide comments to VA regarding the two proposed updates via the Federal Register notices located here and here.
Thomas J. Murphy
Director, Northeast District
Performing the Delegable Duties of the Under Secretary for Benefits

11/08/2021

Barksdale afb is looking for student interns:

The actual Directorate and major desired are TBD. Please encourage all majors to apply!

- Because of COVID, the student may be on Situational Telework (some part days or whole days working from home) depending on their assigned tasks and office requirements.
- The student may work part time and attend school OR coordinate with their supervisor to modify their work schedule so they can attend classes. Pay is just over $15/hour.
- The selecting Directorate will review all the applicants then give me their prioritized list of desired students, with a primary selectee and alternates.

Here is the ad link: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/618439700. As always, the students’ start date is flexible based on the class schedule.

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11/02/2021

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10/06/2021

For Terms starting after December 17th 2021 while using the post 9/11 GI Bill.

04/29/2021

Openings to start immediately if possible to be trained before summer session starts. Send resumes to [email protected]

04/21/2021

Today @ 11!

Please Join us today at 1100 in the VRC Meeting room or via Zoom

Topic: SAPR informational session
Time: Apr 21, 2021 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3187984178?pwd=eEs5UmpienpmdHhLVENRUENIZ2tsZz09

Meeting ID: 318 798 4178
Passcode: Meeting1