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VCS Report for President-Elect Obama: Our VCS Vision for Vibrant VA in 2009
November 5, 2008 The Honorable Barack ObamaPresident-Elect Dear President-Elect Obama: Congratulations on your election. As our next President of the United States of America, you face a serious challenge in fixing a badly broken Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and … Continue reading
Posted in Gulf War Updates, VA Claims Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged backlog, Gulf War, TBI, VA Claims Crisis, voting rights
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Veterans Advocates Pin Hopes on New VA Leadership
January 20, 2009 – Veterans advocates are looking for sweeping changes in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs if President Barack Obama’s pick for taking control of that agency is confirmed as expected. Retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki is … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, TBI, VA Claims Crisis
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Jan 20, VCS in the News: U.S. Settles Lawsuit with Family of Iraq War Veteran Who Committed Suicide
January 20, 2009 – The federal government has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of an Iraq war veteran who hung himself in his parents’ basement in June 2005 after being turned away by doctors at a Veterans … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, TBI, VA Claims Crisis
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Editorial Column: Beyond the Yellow Ribbon – Ending Homelessness for Our Veterans
January 7, 2009 – One of the most tragic things about America’s homelessness population is the prevalence of veterans. Service men and women make up a quarter of our nation’s homeless. This is unacceptable. Frustrating. Sickening. We are a country … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, TBI, VA Claims Crisis
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Editorial Column: VA Failures on PTSD Exposed in Living Color
December 31, 2008, Austin, Texas – On Friday, December 19th, millions of Americans were exposed on the “Dr. Phil” show to the antithesis of service many of our wounded warriors have received upon their return to civilian life. The honorable … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, PTSD, TBI, VA Claims Crisis
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Dec 19: Dr. Phil Show Highlights CBS Investigation with VCS into VA’s Failures on PTSD and Suicide
December 19, 2008 – On Friday, the Dr. Phil television program became the first national mainstream talk show to devote an entire hour to the plight of veterans featuring an investigative report by CBS Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian that … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, PTSD, VA Claims Crisis
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Hearing Begins in Veterans’ Lawsuit Against VA for Delays in Processing PTSD Disability Claims
December 16, 2008 – A hearing begins Wednesday in a lawsuit aimed at cutting the time that the Department of Veterans Affairs takes to process disability claims to no more than 90 days. Vietnam Veterans of America and Veterans of … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, PTSD, VA Claims Crisis
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Editorial Column: General Shinseki is the Right Man to Reform VA
December 14, 2008 – President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to head the Department of Veterans Affairs is the smartest and best appointment he’s made so far. It sends a signal to millions of our … Continue reading
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Dec 14: A Good Soldier – General Shinseki an Inspired Choice for Obama’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs
December 14, 2008 – Since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and all of the resulting harms to soldiers, civilians, economies and constitutional principles, no segment of society has been more abused and neglected than returning U.S. … Continue reading
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A 21st Century Veterans Affairs
December 8, 2008 – Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama named ret. Army Gen. Eric Shinseki as his Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), promising “the kind of VA that will serve our veterans as well as they have served us.” Shinseki will … Continue reading
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