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If you shop Amazon during the holidays, please check out their Smile page.  You can choose Nevada Paralyzed Veterans of America as your charity and we will receive 0.5% of purchases made.  Help support our chapter.

You may find the attached article worthwhile reading before you purchase a vehicle.  This was written by a student at SDSU. Click to read her article.

Thanks to The Grand Canyon Tour Company for being our Presenting Sponsor for our Annual Walk, Run and Roll.  For more information on their tours click.

PVA launched www.AirAccess30.org.  The purpose of this website is to collect stories from PVA members and the disability community about their air travel experiences. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA). As you know, PVA played a leading role in the passage of the ACAA. Now, we are working with the broader…

New Ancillary Benefit Rates The Veterans Benefits Administration recently came out with the new rates for Ancillary Benefits; which became effective October 1, 2015 (FY 2016). Ancillary benefits are grants to certain Service members and Veterans with severe service-connected disabilities to assist them with home adaption and a one-time auto grant. The new Automobile Grant…

Paralyzed Veterans of America is the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of veterans with spinal cord injury or disease. For nearly 70 years, we have ensured that veterans have received the benefits earned through their service to our nation; monitored their care in VA spinal cord injury…

Don’t forget to attend our SCI/D Support Group Meeting.  The first meeting will be held on the first Wednesday of every month from 12-1 p.m at the VA Medical Center, 6900 N. Pecos Road.  We will meet in Room 1A139 (across from Rehab Med).  This is open to all SCI/D veterans and their caregivers.