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Important Claims Resources
We wanted to take a moment to share important information about claims applications. There are two relatively new options available. VA Releases Disability Benefits Questionnaires With Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) Veterans now have more control over the disability claims process. … Continue reading
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Researchers Wrestle with How Many Deployments are Too Many
Big take away over 100,000 have deployed 3 times or more. Without incident. According to our statistics about half went at least twice. ————————————— By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY After nearly 11 years of war and hundreds of millions of … Continue reading
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Veteran Unemployment: Jobless Rate Drops
Good news on veterans employment. The rate for veterans under 25 is still far and away above the national average. It is great to see the policies promoted by federal leadership aimed at promoting the hiring of veterans having an … Continue reading
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40{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} of PTSD diagnoses at Madigan were reversed
By Hal Bernton Seattle Times staff reporter A Madigan Army Medical Center screening team reversed more than 40 percent of the post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses of patients under consideration for medical retirement since 2007, according to information released by U.S. … Continue reading
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Army reviewing traumatic stress diagnostic practices
From Reuters By David Alexander WASHINGTON | Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:18am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Army has started a system-wide review to ensure its mental healthcare facilities are not engaging in the “unacceptable” practice of considering treatment costs … Continue reading
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P.T.S.D. Can Yield Positive, Yet Sometimes Deadly, Results
By JIM RENDON From http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/p-t-s-d-can-yield-positive-yet-sometimes-deadly-results/ Just as my story about the Army’s program designed to help boost resilience in soldiers was approaching its final edit for The Times Magazine, news broke of the killing of 16 Afghan civilians by an … Continue reading
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Sgt. Robert Bales-PTSD Link at Odds With Research
From KABC Talk Radio US Army(NEW YORK) — When Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was arrested last week for allegedly killing 16 men, women and children in Kandahar, Afghanistan, speculation swirled that post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, had caused … Continue reading
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Finding Jobs for Our Veterans
New possible resource for veterans looking for jobs. ————————- By John Pike CEO, America Wants You As March parades into spring, our economy continues to add jobs at a steady pace. But these tidings are tinged with the reality … Continue reading
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Six months after repeal, military says DADT died quietly
WASHINGTON — Sgt. Pepe Johnson was surprised by the reaction he received when his fellow soldiers learned that he is gay. “They’ve pretty much shrugged it off,” said Johnson, who rejoined the Army last fall after nearly a decade away. … Continue reading
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Some go extra mile to hire growing pool of jobless veterans
Thomas Garlic and Steve Castillo found that their time in combat in Iraq and their service in the Army added up to little or nothing when they became civilians looking for work. By John Smierciak, for USA TODAY “It was … Continue reading
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