Yearly Archives: 2008

New Disability Process to Expand

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Team VCS

November 25, 2008 – A limited test of a streamlined system to more speedily and equitably evaluate wounded and injured troops is tentatively set to expand over the next seven months from the Washington, D.C., area to 16 other bases … Continue reading →

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VA Has a History of Losing Papers

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Team VCS

November 30, 2008 – Air Force veteran David Chini has lost track of all the times the Department of Veterans Affairs lost records he sent to it. Registered mail? A VA worker signed, and the paperwork vanished. By fax? Chini, … Continue reading →

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Dec 1, VCS in the News: Struggle with Military Over Care Leaves Airman Feeling Abandoned as He Fights Leukemia

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Team VCS

November 30, 2008 – It’s not how Air Force enlistee Joseph Weston pictured either his military service or his country. Not long after he began basic training May 31 at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Weston figured something was … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Fixing VA Health Care

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Team VCS

December 1, 2008 – As a physician who proudly serves our veterans of war, I was deeply saddened by the recent revelation of deceptive practices at the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York. A Newsday article reported that hundreds … Continue reading →

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Army Deserter Seeks Asylum in Germany Over Iraq

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Team VCS

November 27, 2008, Frankfurt, Germany –  A U.S. soldier who deserted his unit to avoid returning to Iraq has applied for asylum in Germany, saying the Iraq war was illegal and that he could not support the “heinous acts” taking … Continue reading →

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Iraq Backs Deal that Sets End of U.S. Role

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Team VCS

November 27, 2008 – With a substantial majority, the Iraqi Parliament on Thursday ratified a sweeping security agreement that sets the course for an end to the United States’ role in the war and marks the beginning of a new … Continue reading →

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Dec 1: More than Two Thirds of Americans Unaware of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Team VCS

December 1, 2008 – In a survey conducted Oct. 24-27, most of the 1,008 respondents said they had never even heard of the acronym PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder.  Of the respondents, 9{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} answered “Yes, I have heard of it … Continue reading →

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Newspaper Editorial: Another Report Confirms Existence of Gulf War Illnesses

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Team VCS

Another report confirms the existence of Gulf War Syndrome; America owes the veterans suffering from it adequate care and treatment for their illnesses THE ISSUE: Another report confirms the existence of Gulf War Syndrome. November 21, 2008 – Birmingham News … Continue reading →

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Not Everything is Peachy at Gates’ Pentagon

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Team VCS

November 25, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert Gates has won plaudits all around for his stewardship of the Pentagon, enough so that (as Alex just noted) President-elect Barack Obama is reportedly likely to ask Gates to stick around for at … Continue reading →

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KY Widow Settles Lawsuit Against VA for $975,000

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Team VCS

November 29, 2008, East St. Louis, IL – A widow whose husband died at a Veterans Affairs hospital under fire for substandard care has agreed to settle her lawsuit against the government for $975,000, her attorney said. Katrina Shank had … Continue reading →

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