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Veterans Programs Get Boost from House Panels
June 13, 2008 – Two House panels on Thursday approved remarkably generous spending bills for the upcoming budget year, awarding veterans programs with record increases and restoring proposed cuts to local law enforcement subsidies. Veterans programs would receive a 12 … Continue reading
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Obama Outlines Broad Plan to Correct Lapses in VA Services for Montanans Suffering From PTSD
May 28, 2008, Missoula, MT – Senator Barack Obama released a report today on the major difficulties faced by Montana veterans in obtaining treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and outlined a broad agenda of investments and reforms to improve Montana’s … Continue reading
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Audit: Vets With Brain Injury Still Not Getting Proper Care
May 1, 2008 – Many Iraq war veterans with traumatic brain injury are not getting adequate health care and job assistance for their long-term recovery despite years of government pledges to do so, Veterans Affairs Department investigators say. “Significant needs … Continue reading
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After lengthy waits, North Carolina veterans receive due compensation from VA
After lengthy waits, North Carolina veterans receive due compensation from VA After 34 years of trying, waiting, giving up and trying again, Ray Thomas of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., now receives disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Thomas, … Continue reading
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Oakland VA office making strides to improve service to veterans
Oakland VA office making stridesBUSY CLAIM CENTER, ONCE AMONG NATION’S WORST, HAS TAKEN STEPS TO REDUCE ITS BACKLOG OF CASES Three years ago, the Oakland regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was among the nation’s worst at … Continue reading
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New VA Secretary Blames VA Workers for Disparities in Disability Payments
New VA Secretary Blames VA Workers for Disparities in Disability Payments Illinois’ wounded veterans are receiving among the lowest disability pay in the nation possibly because federal Veterans Affairs disability raters in Chicago are too harsh and inadequately trained, top … Continue reading
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President’s FY 2006 Budget Disappoints VFW
President’s FY 2006 Budget Disappoints VFW Washington, Feb. 7, 2005–“The president has delivered a disappointing funding request for the Department of Veterans Affairs,” said the leader of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., in reaction to the administration’s … Continue reading
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National Guard, Reserve troops not told of access to VA medical care
National Guard, Reserve troops not told of access to VA medical care When Darin Overstreet returned from Iraq in June, no one told him he was eligible for medical care and other veterans benefits. Overstreet, a technical sergeant in the … Continue reading
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Mental health care: need and value
Mental health care: need and value From Iraq veterans to the uninsured of Western Virginia, the need for and financial benefits of treatment are evident. Yet funding is a challenge. Sometimes, the evidence in support of improved access to mental … Continue reading
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Influx of Wounded Strains VA
Influx of Wounded Strains VA Claims Backlog Besets Returning U.S. Troops By Josh WhiteWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, October 3, 2004; Page A01 Thousands of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with physical injuries and mental health problems are encountering … Continue reading
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