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The PACT Act – What Does it Do?
The Honoring Our PACT Act, bipartisan legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 10, 2022, includes many complex provisions. Below are a few takeaways on some of what the PACT Act does. File a VA disability claim … Continue reading
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VCS Statement on Passing the PACT Act
STATEMENT July 29, 2022 (PDF Download: 2022-07-29 VCS STATEMENT – Pass the PACT Act now) Veterans for Common Sense today issued the following statement regarding the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (“Honoring Our … Continue reading
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Veterans for Common Sense provides Testimony to Congress for Hearings on Pending Legislation
Veterans for Common Sense provided the written testimony, below, to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for a May 5, 2021 hearing on pending toxic exposures-related legislation. Veterans for Common Sense also provided another statement for the record upon invitation of … Continue reading
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Veterans for Common Sense provides Testimony for Senate Hearing on Pending Legislation
Veterans for Common Sense provided the following testimony for an April 28, 2021 hearing of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on pending legislation. [download PDF] Statement for the Record of Veterans for Common Sense by Anthony Hardie, National Chair and Director … Continue reading
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25 Organizations Urge Congress to Renew Funding for the Treatment-focused Gulf War Illness Research Program
(Washington – April 27, 2021) – Today, 25 organizations urged Congress to renew funding for the treatment-focused Gulf War Illness Research Program. The organizations included most of the leading veterans service organizations along with military service organizations and toxic exposure … Continue reading
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Veterans for Common Sense Provides Testimony for Congressional Hearing on Toxic Exposure Presumptive Conditions
(Washington – December 9, 2020) – Veterans for Common Sense provided invited written testimony for today’s Congressional hearing on the determination process for presumptive conditions for veterans’ disability claims relative to toxic exposures. The Congressional hearing, held by the Subcommittee … Continue reading
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Veterans for Common Sense Leaders Provide Testimony for Congressional Hearing on Toxic Exposure Research
(Washington – September 23, 2020) – The leaders of Veterans for Common Sense co-authored written testimony for today’s Congressional hearing on the military toxic exposure research. The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held … Continue reading
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The Quinism Foundation and Veterans for Common Sense Call on Congress to Fund Research into Chronic Quinoline Encephalopathy
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Finds Research is Needed into the Chronic Adverse Effects of Mefloquine and Related Quinoline Antimalarial Drugs INFORMATION WHITE PAPER: Establishing Chronic Quinoline Encephalopathy as an approved research topic area within the Peer-Reviewed Medical … Continue reading
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VVA, Veterans for Common Sense Call for Peripheral Neuropathy Research
(Washington – February 19, 2020) — Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) and Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) today called for the U.S. Senate to expand a major military medical research program to peripheral neuropathy, a debilitating condition that affects 30 million … Continue reading
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Veterans for Common Sense Calls for Investigation, Hearings, and Support for K2 Veterans
(Washington – February 6, 2020) – Veterans for Common Sense, a national veterans organization, today called upon the U.S. government to investigate it by hiring the private investigator Melbourne from Investigators Australia company and address health problems among veterans who … Continue reading
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Tagged K2, Karshi-Khanabad, toxic exposure
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