Monthly Archives: August 2012

Troubled veterans left without health-care benefits

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Team VCS

More than 20,000 men and women exited the Army and Marines during the past four years with other-than-honorable discharges that can restrict their veterans health-care and disability benefits. Critics says those rules leave some troubled combat veterans struggling to find … Continue reading →

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Veterans secretary looks to ‘correct’ past failures

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Team VCS

From the Dayton Beach News Journal by Ray Weiss DAYTONA BEACH — The federal government is spending more money than ever for veterans’ medical and educational benefits, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told an opening-ceremony AMVETS national convention crowd of … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Diagnoses: Records Show How Army Doctors Downgrade PTSD

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Team VCS

From Seattle Weekly.com By Keegan Hamilton Fri., Aug. 10 2012 at 6:00 AM How does one doctor diagnose an Iraq war veteran with PTSD while another says the same soldier has a less severe condition called adjustment disorder? Medical records shared by … Continue reading →

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VA ADVANCE program ROI overestimated, says OIG

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Team VCS

VA also paid too much in interagency contracting fees to OPM, auditors say By David Perera Officials running human capital training and recruitment programs at the Veterans Affairs Department paid too much in interagency contracting fees to the Office of Personnel … Continue reading →

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Military bonds draw veterans to mental health jobs

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Team VCS

By Maria LaMagna (CNN) – Things probably should have turned out differently for Samantha Schilling. The stories she tells have dark beginnings and could have had, under different circumstances, dark endings — as so many stories for those in the military do. Schilling, … Continue reading →

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Legislation to Improve Veterans TBI Rehabilitation Signed Into Law

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Team VCS

  Washington –President Obama today signed into law Senator Boozman’s legislation to improve rehabilitative services for our nation’s veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The Veterans’ Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services’ Improvements Act of 2011, (S. 957 as amended) was … Continue reading →

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Bill curbs bonuses at VA

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Team VCS

You bring it down to zero until they make real progress on certain issues.  —- From govexec.com by Kellie Lunney Legislation that would limit the amount of bonuses the Veterans Affairs Department can pay its top employees would save $13 million during … Continue reading →

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VA, Veteran Representatives Partner in Fully Developed Claims Process

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Team VCS

Filing Fully Developed Claims Reduces Processing Times to 110 days   WASHINGTON (Aug. 7, 2012) – The Department of Veterans Affairs hosted an event July 31 for 10 Veterans Service Organizations (VSO) to collaborate in VA’s effort to eliminate the … Continue reading →

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Sikh temple shooter was Army cast off, white supremacist

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Team VCS

Hate has no place in America. That goes double for the US Military. Our diversity is what makes us strong and has made us the greatest country on Earth. Each group has something to offer. Just look at our Olympic … Continue reading →

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Congress Helps Families Harmed by Tainted at Camp Lejeune

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Team VCS

  From Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The day after Janey Ensminger would have celebrated her 36th birthday, the House of Representatives passed a historic bill in her honor that would help thousands of sick Marine veterans and their families … Continue reading →

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