Author Archives: Team VCS

Businesses Backing Vets: How Companies Are Putting Veterans to Work

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Team VCS

From the Huffington Post By Ryan Scott Founder and CEO, Causecast Part of a Memorial Day series by Causecast that examines how Corporate America is finding new ways to help veterans. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that “the unemployment rate for veterans … Continue reading →

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Better Business Bureau warns of scams targeting troops, veterans

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Team VCS

By DAVE DEWITTE The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Published: May 22, 2012 The Better Business Bureau this week released a list of active scams targeting military veterans and their supporters. Scams include those that target service personnel and their families, but … Continue reading →

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Angry vets demand end to backlog of disability claims

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Team VCS

More than 200 veterans attend a forum organized by lawmakers seeking to expedite stalled or bungled disability claims. One attendee filed his claim in 1947. Veteran Douglas Briggs throws up his arms in frustration as he makes his feelings known … Continue reading →

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We Pretend the Vets Don’t Exist’

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Team VCS

  VCS in the news From the Daily Beast and Newsweek May 21, 2012 1:00 AM EDT Author and former marine Anthony Swofford gets to the bottom of an epidemic.   I was sitting next to Melissa, a call responder … Continue reading →

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Appeals court blocks overhaul of VA mental health system

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Team VCS

VCS Lawsuit in the news,Executive Director Quoted From American Medical News GOVERNMENT Judges say they have no authority to decide whether the agency provides adequate medical care, despite an earlier panel’s finding of “unchecked incompetence.” By ALICIA GALLEGOS, amednews staff. Posted May 21, … Continue reading →

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MENTAL ILLNESS IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR ACTIVE-DUTY TROOPS

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Team VCS

  From NextGov Health JAE C. HONG/AP   The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have spent almost $2 billion since 2001 to buy drugs to treat mental illness and post-traumatic stress disorder despite growing evidence some of those drugs exacerbate PTSD symptoms, … Continue reading →

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THE IMPEDIMENTS STANDING IN THE WAY OF TIMELY DELIVERY OF BENEFITS

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Team VCS

Editorial Prepared by Gordon Erspammer JD lead Attorney for VCS-VUFT vs Eric K. Shinseki I frequently am asked the fundamental question of why the benefit and health care delivery systems for veterans administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs are … Continue reading →

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Oakland Veterans Affairs’ Office Mishandled Claims, Inspector General Finds

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Team VCS

By Aaron Glantz Staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Oakland office regularly made incorrect decisions when evaluating disability claims and failed to inform veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan that they are entitled to free mental health care, … Continue reading →

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USA Today Editorial: Veterans are not dollar signs in uniform

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Team VCS

The 1944 GI bill helped catapult a generation of veterans into the middle class and beyond, financing the education of three future Supreme Court justices, three presidents and thousands of doctors and scientists while democratizing many of the nation’s leading universities. … Continue reading →

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A welcome-home gift for veterans: Jobs

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Team VCS

Opinions   By Mike Mullen and Steven A. Cohen, Published: May 6 Adm. Mike Mullen served from 2007 to 2011 as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Steven A. Cohen is founder of S.A.C. Capital Advisors. They are co-chairs of the Robin … Continue reading →

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