Category Archives: VCS Fact Sheets and Reports

The PACT Act – What Does it Do?

The Honoring Our PACT Act, bipartisan legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 10, 2022, includes many complex provisions. Below are a few takeaways on some of what the PACT Act does. File a VA disability claim … Continue reading

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VCS Presents on Gulf War Guidelines to Federal VA Advisory Committee, Provides New Public Education Documents

(Veterans for Common Sense – August 8, 2016) – Veterans for Common Sense Director Anthony Hardie today presented to a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) federal advisory committee regarding the impetus behind a new federal relook of clinical guidelines … Continue reading

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How For-Profit Colleges Hoodwink the G.I. Bill

Source: Affordable-Online-Colleges.net Veterans for Common Sense actively supports common sense efforts to regulate G.I. Bill use at for-profit schools.  Contact us at info@veteransforcommonsense.org .

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New Veterans for Common Sense Impact Report is Now Available

Veterans for Common Sense is the only organization making extensive use of the Freedom of Information Act to compile a regular and comprehensive report of this nature. Our concise report uses primary source data obtained from the Department of Defense … Continue reading

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VCS Releases Updated War Statistics

VCS Releases “Iraq and Afghanistan War Impact Report,” VA Confirms Nearly 712,000 Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran Patients October 1, 2011 (VCS Exclusive) – In an effort to document the severe and escalating human and financial consequences of the Iraq … Continue reading

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VCS Presents Briefing on Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans to DoD Officials

Rehabilitating Wounded Veterans to Enable Them to Improve Their Health Outcomes Written by Thomas Bandzul April 21, 2010, Washington, DC – Veterans for Common Sense presented the latest statistics about our Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans to more than 100 … Continue reading

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