Author Archives: Team VCS

St. Paul office has top claims-approval rateWomen and minority veterans in Minnesota weren’t applying for U.S. government benefits promised to them for injuries suffered in the service of their country. The same was true for Vietnam veterans with diabetes and … Continue reading →

Lawyers look for errors in VA claims Mistakes occur at every level, they sayTracy Capistrant and Becca Wong know they can win government checks for the disabled veterans who visit their law office after years of fighting the Veterans Administration. … Continue reading →

Georgia Veteran’s Advice: Get documentation on military injury to get VA benefits Ned Reese is considerably more successful helping other veterans get disability benefits than he has been with his own case. After having trouble with a claim he filed … Continue reading →

A Fighting Strategy for Veterans Military veterans are crying foul over President Bush’s budget proposals to cut spending on their health care. The budget must not be balanced “on the backs of veterans,” wrote Stephen P. Condon, the chairman of … Continue reading →

Vanishing News: “VA’s red tape squelches veterans’ long-overdue disability claims”   Knight Ridder investigative reporters Chris Adams and Alison Young wrote a lengthy news article claiming more than 13,000 veterans died during the past ten years while awaiting word from the … Continue reading →

“This Decalogue of monologues has shocking force and awesome honesty…candid, uncensored, and blistering…heart-clutching, eye-witness mosaic…” —Los Angeles Times In remembrance of the two-year anniversary of the war in Iraq, a private Operation Truth benefit show will launch the play on … Continue reading →

Key Iraq War Wound: Brain Trauma A growing number оf U.S. troops whоѕе bоdу armor helped thеm survive bomb аnd rocket attacks аrе suffering brain damage аѕ a result оf thе blasts. It’s a type оf injury ѕоmе military doctors … Continue reading →