Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Were the Problems at Walter Reed Identified in 2004?

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Team VCS

Meet Michael Kussman, the man Bush is slated to promote to Undersecretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Today Salon’s Mark Benjamin takes a look at a survey, designed to identify problems in veterans’ health care, … Continue reading →

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How the U.S. Is Failing Its War Veterans

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Team VCS

March 5, 2007 issue – After returning from Iraq in late 2005, Jonathan Schulze spent every day struggling not to fall apart. When a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic turned him away last month, he lost the battle. The 25-year-old … Continue reading →

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Poplar Bluff VA Responds to Plight of Local Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Team VCS

June 13, 2007 – The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., took several steps in the last week to make sure newly discharged veterans don’t miss out on promised medical benefits, hospital administrator Nancy Arnold said … Continue reading →

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Fort Leavenworth Chaplains Accused of Anti-Semitic Publishing

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Team VCS

June 11, 2007 – At the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Army base, military chaplains have been holding Bible classes for US soldiers using study guides that appear to be anti-Semitic. The Fort Leavenworth chaplains have posted these lesson plans on the … Continue reading →

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The War Comes Home: Covering the Plight of the Badly Wounded

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Team VCS

When a local service member dies in Iraq newspapers cover the family and community reaction. But what happens — or should happen — when the victim is horribly injured but survives? A former embed, editor, and father of an Iraq … Continue reading →

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Iraq War Veteran Pleads Guilty in Death of Infant Son

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Team VCS

June 8, 2007 – VISTA, California —- A two-time Iraq war veteran with a history of domestic violence is likely to spend seven years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to reduced charges in connection with the death of his … Continue reading →

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Area Veterans Coping with PTSD

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Team VCS

June 9, 2007 – GLADSTONE, Michigan — Robert Stade, 59, Gladstone, says he is working hard to get his life together. After decades of living with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the Vietnam veteran has sought help for his symptoms and … Continue reading →

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Concerns Grow About War Veterans’ Misdiagnoses

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Team VCS

Brain injuries can defy easy detection June 10, 2007 – As the medical community learns more about the brain impairments afflicting troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, concern is growing back home that these battle-weary soldiers may be facing yet … Continue reading →

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Congressional Hearing — Investigators: Improve VA bonus process

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON —  June 12, 2007, The VA needs to do a better job of handing out department bonuses based on performance after it awarded $3.8 million to senior budget officials who put health care at risk, investigators said Tuesday. Testifying … Continue reading →

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Report: Veterans Affairs significantly overstates its success over ‘appointments’

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON –  June 12, 2007 – The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to significantly overstate its success in getting patients to see doctors for timely appointments, undercutting one of its key claims of success, according to a draft report obtained … Continue reading →

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