In his weekly radio and Internet address on July 20, 1010, President Obama says the government will make it easier for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to receive federal benefits. Watch his entire address.

July 9, 2010, San Francisco, California (Bay Citizen / New American Media) - When Walter Williams came home from his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2006, one of the first things he did was file a disability claim with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

July 9, 2010 (The Washington Post) - Veterans organizations are eagerly anticipating changes in government policy designed to ease the burden of proof for receiving disability benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder, saying new rules should help veterans receive fair compensation for the mental scars of war.

Veterans Affairs to Ease Claim Process for Disability

July 7, 2010 (New York Times) - The Federal government is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits for the illness, a change [based on scientific research] that could affect hundreds of thousands of veterans from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.