Contact Amanda Farnan Press Secretary (774) 571–3639 afarnan@ourpublicservice.org How the VA is Using Customer Feedback to Support Veteran’s Mental Health November 13, 2019 45,390 American adults died from suicide in 2017, including 6,139 U.S. Veterans. Our nation is understandably grieving with each suicide, prompting our collective and tireless pursuit of evidence-based clinical interventions and expansion of community prevention strategies to reach each Veteran.