Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

A beautiful Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Center, but is it enough?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Team VCS

VCS ED quoted.  By GARY PETERSON AND MARK EMMONS  Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Published: June 22, 2012 The new Mental Health Center at the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital in Palo Alto, opens Friday, June 22. The Mental Health Center … Continue reading →

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Army to Renew Efforts to Combat High Suicide Rates

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Team VCS

  by Jeremy Schwartz Austin American-Statesman FORT HOOD — The Army chief of staff on Friday said he will dispatch top Army officials to major installations across the country to study suicide prevention efforts in hopes of lowering record suicide … Continue reading →

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FINS: Hiring of Military Veterans May Reach 240,000 – White House

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Team VCS

VCS ED Quoted in the Wall Street Journal    By Damian Ghigliotty Since the Obama administration appealed to private companies to hire veterans, more than 70,000 vets and military spouses have found jobs, making President Barack Obama’s goal for industry … Continue reading →

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VA Continues Outreach for PTSD Awareness Month

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Team VCS

VA Continues PTSD Outreach with AboutFace Campaign Veterans Provide Video Testimonials on Experiences with PTSD WASHINGTON (June 20, 2012) – In observance of June as PTSD Awareness Month, the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) … Continue reading →

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VA Supports Family and Friends Seeking to Encourage Vets to Get Mental Health Services

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Team VCS

Media Campaign Promotes “Coaching Into Care” Program   WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs recently completed a media campaign for its call center “Coaching Into Care,” a telephone service which provides assistance to family members and friends trying to encourage their Veteran … Continue reading →

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Advanced Technology Identifies “Core” Brain Abnormality in Gulf War Illness

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Team VCS

  Written by Anthony Hardie, 91outcomes.com (91outcomes.com) – A discovery by a Minneapolis medical researcher may lead to a new test to help identify Gulf War Illness, a unique disease that affects 250,000 veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, according … Continue reading →

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Backlog of Disability Claims for Veterans Sends Democrat on a Tear

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Team VCS

  From the NYTimes At War blog By JAMES DAO   On Tuesday, the House Veterans Affairs Committee held one of its perennial hearings on the ever-growing backlog of disability compensation claimspending before the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The usual polite questioning … Continue reading →

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Skeptics doubt VA’s claim of breakthrough on claims backlog

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Team VCS

By LEO SHANE III Stars and Stripes Published: June 19, 2012 WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials say they’re poised to make a major breakthrough on the department’s massive claims backlog, but skeptical lawmakers and veterans advocates say they’ve heard such proclamations … Continue reading →

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Purple Hearts for PTSD debated

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Team VCS

  By BARRIE BARBER Dayton Daily News Published: June 18, 2012 With more than 2 million service members returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury have become the signature wounds of both conflicts. But while … Continue reading →

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Disabled vets’ families fight VA over fiduciaries

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Team VCS

By ERIC NALDER AND LISE OLSEN Houston Chronicle Published: June 18, 2012 Across the country, disabled veterans’ families are in bitter battles with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, trying to oust VA-appointed fiduciaries from their lives. Two attorneys, Doug Rosinski … Continue reading →

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