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VVA, Veterans for Common Sense Call for Peripheral Neuropathy Research

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Team VCS

(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

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Team VCS

(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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VCS Among 42 Organizations Urging Senate to Protect Veterans in Higher Education Act Reauthorization

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Team VCS

(Washington – October 10, 2019) – Yesterday, Veterans for Common Sense was among 42 organizations representing and advocating for students, families, taxpayers, veterans and service members, faculty and staff, civil rights and consumers, wrote to Senator Lamar Alexander to express … Continue reading →

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97 Members of Congress push for Gulf War Illness treatment research funds

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Team VCS

(Washington – April 4, 2019) – With scientific advances now regularly breaking related to Gulf War Illness, 97 members of Congress pushed this week for more treatment research for the debilitating condition that affects as many as one in three veterans of the 1991 Gulf War.

Led by Representatives Gregorio Sablan (D-N. Marianas) and retired Lt. General Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), the bipartisan group of 97 members of the U.S. House sent the letter to the defense appropriators calling for “the necessary resources to continue this vital and effective” Gulf War Illness treatment research funding.

“By congressional design, [it] is a unique medical research program narrowly focused on the vision of improving the health and lives of Veterans with Gulf War Illness,” they wrote, calling it “a model of how to conduct treatment­ oriented research to address a challenging illness” that “is succeeding where earlier programs failed.”

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U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Jerry Moran Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Chiropractic Health Care for Current and Former Military Personnel

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Team VCS

Bipartisan bill requires TRICARE to cover chiropractic services for military retirees and members of the National Guard and Reserve WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) today introduced bipartisan legislation to expand chiropractic health services … Continue reading →

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Home-health provider cuts off services to veterans when the VA fails to pay its bills; Veterans for Common Sense weighs in

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Team VCS

(Londonderry, N.H. – August 14, 2018) — The Boston Globe today highlighted the serious negative effects on veterans of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) failing to pay its bills from healthcare providers, in an article entitled, “Home-health provider … Continue reading →

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Veterans for Common Sense plus 41 VSO’s oppose VA plan to waive federal ethics law for for-profit colleges

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Team VCS

 (Washington, DC – June 20, 2018) — Today, 42 veterans and military service and other organizations including Veterans for Common Sense sent a letter (available here) to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) opposing VA’s plan to waive federal ethics law for … Continue reading →

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Attorney who led VCS lawsuit against VA for veterans honored in series of articles about his legacy

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Team VCS

A series of articles on toxic exposures in the June issue of The American Legion Magazine pays tribute to attorney Gordon Erspamer, whose many landmark cases in his distinguished career  included leading the Veterans for Common Sense lawsuit in 2007 against the … Continue reading →

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VCS Statement on Veterans Affairs Secretary

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Team VCS

VCS Statement on Veterans Affairs Secretary (Washington – March 22, 2018)  – Veterans for Common Sense, a Washington, DC-based veterans organization, today released the following 500-word statement in response to current public discussion regarding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs … Continue reading →

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VCS fighting to protect Defense medical research

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Team VCS

(Washington — February 28, 2018) — Veterans for Common Sense this week was among 111 organizations to send a letter to Congressional leadership of the Armed Services committees expressing concern about possible renewed efforts to that would have a detrimental impact … Continue reading →

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