Paralyzed Veterans of America Blog

This past summer, after months of meetings, hearings, and deliberations, Congress passed a law referred to as the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017. This law is designed to overhaul the VA benefits appeals process.

Celebrating Black History month isn’t limited to 28-days for U.S. Army veteran Twila Adams. The 56-year-old’s pride of heritage is only second to her pride of service.

Cardiovascular disease is the number-one killer of Americans, and is the leading cause of hospitalization in the VA health care system. It is also a major cause of disability. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of Americans, and is the leading cause of hospitalization in the VA health care system and a major cause […]

On August 29 nearly 1,000 physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, therapists, researchers, pharmacists, dietitians, and educators will converge near Washington, DC, for Paralyzed Veterans of America’s (Paralyzed Veterans) Summit 2017, an annual conference that advances the level of care of veterans living with Spinal Cord Injury and Disease (SCI/D).

Creative, kind and thoughtful are the three words that best describe Kid’s Day participant, Liam. At eight years old, he enjoys all things Mario, Harry Potter and anything written by Dav Pilkey, of Captain Underpants fame. Plus he’s quite the fort builder along with his younger sister, Lydia. Being the only student at his school […]

Like any eight-year-old boy, Gideon loves sports. He’s adventurous and active, bright, funny, and one-of-a-kind. He loves art and music; especially singing and dancing to Maroon 5’s song, “Moves Like Jagger.” He also has Cerebral Palsy. Yet, that doesn’t stop him from competing. Through adaptive sports and organizations like TOPSoccer, Miracle League and Greater Cincinnati […]

This Memorial Day weekend we celebrate military veterans and their caregivers by discussing how to get beyond the phrase “thank you for your service” and really treat veterans well.  Joining us is US Marine Corps veteran Sherman Gillums, Jr., Executive Director of Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA).  Gillums was about to deploy to Afghanistan when […]

The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by our nation. — George Washington

“Shark Tank” evaluators to identify new opportunities and best practices Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) is taking a new approach to collaboration by participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) competition intended to identify and share health care innovations and best practices across VA.  Inspired by ABC television’s Shark Tank, Acting Under Secretary […]

General George Washington once said, ‘A nation is judged by how well it treats its veterans.’ Not whether we thank them for their service or we honor them on Memorial or Veterans Day, but how we treat them. Society has generally accepted that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) bears the responsibility to treat, heal, […]