Author Archives: Team VCS

Latest Email Update

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Team VCS

Below is the text of the latest email update shared by VCS with our members. As we enter our second decade, we think it is important to reflect and remind people who we are and what we have done. Especially … Continue reading →

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VCS Release: Endorsement of Senator Durbin’s Protect Our Students and Taxpayers(POST)Act

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Team VCS

Below is the text of the a letter of support VCS sent to Senator Durbin’s Office. We appreciate his and congressional efforts to protect our veterans and service members education benefits from unscrupulous targeting for their education benefits. Please show … Continue reading →

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Important and Helpful Department of Veterans’ Affrairs Links

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Team VCS

  Here is a list of very important links for veterans to aid in obtaining your benefits. Quick List ·         Veterans ON–line Application (VONAPP) ·         Enroll/Update Medical Benefits (10–10EZ) ·         My HealtheVet ·         eBenefits ·         Life Insurance Online Applications ·         … Continue reading →

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Veterans, VA split over mental health expansion

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Team VCS

  By Kevin Freking – The Associated Press Posted : Saturday Mar 3, 2012 15:03:31 EST WASHINGTON — Two years after Congress passed a high-profile law to improve health care for military veterans, lawmakers and advocates are again raising alarms … Continue reading →

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Army focuses on traumatic brain injuries Army focuses on traumatic brain injuries Army focuses on traumatic brain injuries

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Team VCS

March 5, 2012 By Ben Sherman, Fort Sill Dr. Bart Winter, Fort Sill Traumatic Brain Injury clinic physician, examines a “H.E.A.D.S. UP Warrior” banner that lists the signs of a concussion with Dr. Jason Albano, TBI neuropsychologist, and Public Health … Continue reading →

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Veteran Suicide Rates – Accuracy is the Key to Improving Resources

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Team VCS

  Veteran Suicide Rates – Accuracy is the Key to Improving Resources by Levi Newman on March 3, 2012   An agreement between Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and 49 U.S. states could provide more consistent data on the suicide rates among veterans. … Continue reading →

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Hotline available for soldiers, veterans over PTSD evaluations

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Team VCS

The Army Medical Command has established a hotline for soldiers and veterans who have been screened by forensic psychiatric teams since 2007 as part of the evaluation for medical retirement. By Hal Bernton Seattle Times staff reporter The Army Medical … Continue reading →

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VA Aims to Get Better Data on Veterans Suicide Rates

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Team VCS

February 28, 2012 (Marine Corps Times) – Better data on suicide rates among veterans could be available by summer under an agreement forged between Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and 49 states. The figure often noted in press reports and … Continue reading →

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New Study Gives Scope and Cost of Combat-Related Conditions Among Veterans

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

February 24, 2012 (New York Times) – It’s difficult to know just how many of the two million people who have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been afflicted with two common combat ailments, post-traumatic stress disorder … Continue reading →

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Veterans Fight for Jobs They Left Behind

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

Battles and setbacks follow return to civilian posts, despite federal law. February 27, 2012 (Star Tribune) –  Michael Schutz came back to Truman, Minn., after being deployed to Kuwait with the Navy and expected to strap on his gun belt, … Continue reading →

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