Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Suicides Highlight Failures of Veterans’ Support System–VCS Lawsuit Discussed

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Team VCS

This article really shows the importance of our lawsuit. By AARON GLANTZ Published: March 24, 2012 Francis Guilfoyle, a 55-year-old homeless veteran, drove his 1985 Toyota Camry to the Department of Veterans Affairs campus in Menlo Park early in the … Continue reading →

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Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Team VCS

It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder – but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war. … Continue reading →

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Important Claims Resources

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Team VCS

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

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Team VCS

 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

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Team VCS

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

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Team VCS

  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

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Team VCS

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

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Team VCS

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

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Team VCS

  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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Some go extra mile to hire growing pool of jobless veterans

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Team VCS

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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