Yearly Archives: 2017

Injured Contractors Sometimes Caught in Legal Wrangling for Disability Compensation

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Team VCS

November 28, 2007 – For some injured workers returning from Iraq, seeking disability compensation through insurance companies is a battle they did not anticipate. They are employees of the private contractors commissioned by the U.S. government to provide such services … Continue reading →

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VCS Testimony: “Examining VA’s Processing of Gulf War Illness Claims”

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Team VCS

A July 13, 2017 Congressional hearing focused on a June 2017 Government Accountability (GAO) report related to Gulf War Illness (GWI) issues, with bottom line findings of an 87 percent overall denial rate that is three times worse than any … Continue reading →

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An Increase in “Bad Paper” Discharges Since 9/11 Leaves Many War Veterans Without Help

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Team VCS

New report highlights how veterans with higher needs may be adversely impacted PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – A new report released this week examines the lives of war veterans who are issued “bad paper,” or Other Than Honorable discharges from … Continue reading →

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VCS Expresses Concern about End to VA Data Report

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Team VCS

(Washington, DC – June 9, 2017) — In a news story published this week, Veterans for Common Sense expressed concern regarding plans by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to end a national data report used internally and by … Continue reading →

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VCS Calls for Continued Defense Medical Research Funding

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Team VCS

(Washington, June 8, 2017) – Veterans for Common Sense today joined with more than 100 organizations in calling on Congress to provide continued support for the “critical and highly successful defense health research programs” of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) directed … Continue reading →

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VA Claims Errors Leave One in Every Seven Veterans Shortchanged

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Team VCS

(Washington – June 7, 2017) — The Boston Herald today reported higher than average error rates on veterans’ disability claims at one regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs  (“Errors Leave Veterans Shortchanged“, June 7, 2017, by Jack Encarnacao). The … Continue reading →

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VCS Urges a Strong Borrower Defense Regulation to Protect Veterans and Servicemembers

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Team VCS

(Washington, June 6, 2017) – Veterans for Common Sense today joined with nearly 30 national veterans service organizations and other education coalition allies in calling on Congress that the Borrower Defense Regulation not be watered down or delayed. The regulation, scheduled to … Continue reading →

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VCS Calls on Education Secretary for For-Profit School Reforms

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Team VCS

(Washington, May 4, 2017) – Veterans for Common Sense today joined with more than two dozen veterans service organizations and other education coalition allies in calling on U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to provide openness, transparency, and an … Continue reading →

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BOSTON HERALD: “VA errors ‘an absolute travesty’”

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Team VCS

(Washington, April 30, 2017) — The first of a Boston Herald two-part series published today highlighted ongoing errors in processing of veterans’ service-connected disability claims at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office in Boston, Mass. According to the … Continue reading →

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VCS Supports the Veterans Back to Work Act

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Team VCS

(Washington – April 25, 2017)  — Veterans for Common Sense today authored the following letter in support of legislation to help reduce veteran unemployment.   The bill is authored by Rep. Ted Poe (R-Tex.). The full text of the letter follows:

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