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Advanced Technology Identifies “Core” Brain Abnormality in Gulf War Illness

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Team VCS

  Written by Anthony Hardie, 91outcomes.com (91outcomes.com) – A discovery by a Minneapolis medical researcher may lead to a new test to help identify Gulf War Illness, a unique disease that affects 250,000 veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, according … Continue reading →

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Skeptics doubt VA’s claim of breakthrough on claims backlog

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Team VCS

By LEO SHANE III Stars and Stripes Published: June 19, 2012 WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials say they’re poised to make a major breakthrough on the department’s massive claims backlog, but skeptical lawmakers and veterans advocates say they’ve heard such proclamations … Continue reading →

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Purple Hearts for PTSD debated

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Team VCS

  By BARRIE BARBER Dayton Daily News Published: June 18, 2012 With more than 2 million service members returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury have become the signature wounds of both conflicts. But while … Continue reading →

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Disabled vets’ families fight VA over fiduciaries

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Team VCS

By ERIC NALDER AND LISE OLSEN Houston Chronicle Published: June 18, 2012 Across the country, disabled veterans’ families are in bitter battles with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, trying to oust VA-appointed fiduciaries from their lives. Two attorneys, Doug Rosinski … Continue reading →

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Military, NFL team up to reduce shared stigma about concussions

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Team VCS

By RICK MAESE The Washington Post Published: June 15, 2012 Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is one of several current and former NFL players who have partnered with the military to try to change the way both players and troops … Continue reading →

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Suicides No. 2 cause of death in military

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Team VCS

From USA Today By Gregg Zoroya Photo By Rafiq Maqbool, AP Since 2010, suicide has outpaced traffic accidents, heart disease, cancer, homicide and all other forms of death in the military besides combat, the report says. One in four non-combat … Continue reading →

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VA clinicians offer guidelines for treating combat vets

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Team VCS

From the modern Physician By Rich Daly Posted: June 13, 2012 – 10:45 am ET A newly published review of the healthcare needs of recent combat veterans aims to help public and private providers who care for them. A group of … Continue reading →

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Health Net Federal Services Launches Veteran and Military Spouse Employment Initiative

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Team VCS

From marketwatch.com   ARLINGTON, Va., Jun 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — In an effort to help reduce Veteran unemployment, Health Net Federal Services, LLC, part of the Government Contracts segment of Health Net, Inc. HNT +3.00{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} , today announced the launch of the … Continue reading →

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Vets Lost in Translation: From the Battlefield to the Office

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Team VCS

    From Time’s Battleland blog By NATE RAWLINGS Read more: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/06/12/lost-in-translation-from-the-battlefield-to-the-office/#ixzz1xmsaFDPvPicture a young man who joined the military shortly after high school. As an infantryman, he shipped out several times over the past decade to a faraway country (sometimes to more … Continue reading →

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Report: Hiring veterans is good business

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Team VCS

From Stars and Stripes By Leo Shane   WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and White House officials for months have been espousing the virtues of hiring veterans, saying they make exemplary civilian employees. Now, a new study suggests that companies are getting … Continue reading →

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