Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

How Iraq War Veteran Jon Town Lost His VA Benefits

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Team VCS

April 9, 2007 – Jon Town has spent the last few years fighting two battles, one against his body, the other against the US Army. Both began in October 2004 in Ramadi, Iraq. He was standing in the doorway of … Continue reading →

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Senator Dick Durbin Meets Veterans with PTSD at North Chicago VA Hospital

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Team VCS

Michael Johnson can’t go one day without sweating profusely, experiencing night terrors and venting his anger. It has been almost a year since the 40-year-old finished his tour of duty in Afghanistan, where he was left with many scars from … Continue reading →

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A Shock Wave of Brain Injuries

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Team VCS

“We can save you. But you might not be what you were.” Neurosurgeon, Combat Support Hospital, Balad, Iraq This is the new physics of war. Three 155mm shells, linked together and combined with 100 pounds of Semtex plastic explosive, covered … Continue reading →

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Delayed Benefits Frustrate Veterans

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Team VCS

Hundreds of Thousands of Disability Claims Pending at VA; Current Wars Likely to Strain System Further In his last years, World War II veteran Seymour D. Lewis would stand at the door of his home in Savannah, Ga., waiting for … Continue reading →

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Insult to Injury: Veterans’ Disabilities Are Being Downgraded

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Team VCS

Insult to InjuryNew data reveal an alarming trend: Vets’ disabilities are being downgraded In the middle of a battle in Fallujah in April 2004, an M80 grenade landed a foot away from Fred Ball. The blast threw the 26-year-old Marine … Continue reading →

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Injured in Iraq, a Soldier Is Shattered at Home

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Team VCS

DUNBAR, Pennsylvania — Blinded and disabled on the 54th day of the war in Iraq, Sam Ross returned home to a rousing parade that outdid anything this small, depressed Appalachian town had ever seen. “Sam’s parade put Dunbar on the … Continue reading →

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Senator Rockefeller says problems at Beckley veterans hospital ignored

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Team VCS

BECKLEY, West Virginia — Senator Jay Rockefeller has asked Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson to investigate complaints of chronic staffing shortages and low morale at the Beckley VA Medical Center. Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said he has received numerous complaints about the hospital. … Continue reading →

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Five Deaths at a V.A. Complex Draw Lawmakers’ Concern

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Team VCS

LOS ANGELES, April 2 — Five deaths in recent months at the nation’s largest Veterans Affairs medical complex are troubling and could be a further sign of a system badly in need of closer oversight, two members of Congress said … Continue reading →

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Lorry Bomb Kills Children in School

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Team VCS

A newborn baby was one of at least 14 children and adults killed when a suicide bomber detonated a lorry laden with explosives close to a primary school in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk yesterday. The latest massacre of … Continue reading →

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Arizona Veterans Navigate a Medical & Benefits Maze at VA

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Team VCS

It took 15 months and a phone call to U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell before Iraq war veteran Ruben Gallego could get treatment for his injured knee. Gallego left the Marines in September 2005 and didn’t seek help right away. Once … Continue reading →

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