Number of veterans receiving disability compensation or pension payments: 67,911 Number of Wisconsin users of GI Bill® or other VA education benefits: 13,125 Number of home loans in Wisconsin backed by VA guarantees: 6,770 Value of Wisconsin home loans guaranteed by VA: $1.2 billion Number of VA life insurance policies held by Wisconsin residents: 20,373 Value of VA life insurance policies held by Wisconsin residents: $249 million Number of Wisconsin participants in VA vocational rehabilitation: 1,598 Number of veterans buried in VA national cemeteries: 164 Wisconsin’s Number of headstones and markers provided for graves of Wisconsin veterans and survivors: 6,424 Health Care One of the most visible of all VA benefits is . VA operates more than 1,700 sites of care, including 150 hospitals (or medical centers), 985 outpatient clinics, 300 Vet Centers, 70 Mobile Vet Centers, 135 community living centers (formerly, nursing homes), and 104 residential rehabilitation treatment programs. In 2013, VA treated more than six million patients during 86 million outpatient visits and nearly 700,000 inpatient admissions. VA is taking advantage of new technologies to expand access to care. For example, the largest and most comprehensive – in the nation are turning homes and communities into preferred sites of care. In – veterans’ 2013, telehealth programs provided care to more than 600,000 veterans in more than 1.7 VA’s million episodes of care. Outreach using mobile health clinics and partnerships is expanding access to veterans in rural areas like never before. Health Care - Wisconsin Inpatient admissions, statewide, fiscal year 2013: 16,067 : 5,391 : 8,658 : 2,018 Outpatient visits, statewide, fiscal year 2013: 1.4 million Outpatient clinic locations Appleton Hayward Rhinelander Baraboo Janesville Rice Lake Beaver Dam Kenosha Superior Chippewa Falls La Crosse (2) Union Grove Cleveland Madison (2) Wausau Green Bay Owen Wisconsin Rapids Veterans Centers (Vet Centers) : Green Bay Milwaukee La Crosse Wausau Madison Disabilities and Pensions Not all military service-related issues end when people are . About 3.7 million veterans received monthly VA disability compensation in 2013 for medical conditions related to their service in uniform. VA pensions went to about 308,000 wartime veterans with limited means. Disabilities and Pensions Wisconsin (Fiscal year 2013 data) – Number of veterans receiving monthly disability compensation: 62,431
Number of veterans receiving disability compensation or pension payments: 67,911 Number of Wisconsin users of GI Bill® or other VA education benefits: 13,125 Number of home loans in Wisconsin backed by VA guarantees: 6,770 Value of Wisconsin home loans guaranteed by VA: $1.2 billion Number of VA life insurance policies held by Wisconsin residents: 20,373 Value of VA life insurance policies held by Wisconsin residents: $249 million Number of Wisconsin participants in VA vocational rehabilitation: 1,598 Number of veterans buried in Wisconsin’s VA national cemeteries: 164 Number of headstones and markers provided for graves of Wisconsin veterans and survivors: 6,424 Health Care One of the most visible of all VA benefits is . VA operates more than 1,700 sites of care, including 150 hospitals (or medical centers), 985 outpatient clinics, 300 Vet Centers, 70 Mobile Vet Centers, 135 community living centers (formerly, nursing homes), and 104 residential rehabilitation treatment programs. In 2013, VA treated more than six million patients during 86 million outpatient visits and nearly 700,000 inpatient admissions. VA is taking advantage of new technologies to expand access to care. For example, – the largest and most comprehensive in the nation – are turning veterans’ homes and communities into preferred sites of care. In 2013, VA’s telehealth programs provided care to more than 600,000 veterans in more than 1.7 million episodes of care. Outreach using mobile health clinics and partnerships is expanding access to veterans in rural areas like never before. Health Care - Wisconsin Inpatient admissions, statewide, fiscal year 2013: 16,067 : 5,391 : 8,658 : 2,018 Outpatient visits, statewide, fiscal year 2013: 1.4 million Outpatient clinic locations Appleton Baraboo Beaver Dam Chippewa Falls Cleveland Green Bay Hayward Janesville Kenosha La Crosse (2) Madison (2) Owen Rhinelander Rice Lake Superior Union Grove Wausau Wisconsin Rapids Veterans Centers (Vet Centers) : Green Bay La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Wausau Disabilities and Pensions Not all military service-related issues end when people are . About 3.7 million veterans received monthly VA disability compensation in 2013 for medical conditions related to their service in uniform. VA pensions went to about 308,000 wartime veterans with limited means. Disabilities and Pensions – Wisconsin (Fiscal year 2013 data) Number of veterans receiving monthly disability compensation: 62,431
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