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Aug 6, Whistleblower Update: VA Doctor Responds to VA IG Report About Wasted TBI Research Money
Dr. Robert Van Boven, hired by the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct research into traumatic brain injuries to develop treatments for veterans, filed a whistleblower complaint with VA’s Office of the Inspector General in February 2008. Dr. Van Boven’s … Continue reading
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Aug 2, Victory for Veterans, Chairman Hall’s Legislation to Expedite VA Disability Payments Passes House 429 to 0
Veterans for Common Sense filed a lawsuit against VA and testified four times before Congress during 2007 and 2008 about the need to reform VA’s broken claims system at the Veterans Benefits Administration. VCS also offered many progressive solutions. The legislation … Continue reading
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Strained by War, US Army Promotes Unqualified Soldiers
July 30, 2008,Fort Hood, TX – America’s military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan is certain to remain a key issue in the presidential race — and soon that could include renewed focus on a “stretched thin” U.S. Army. According to … Continue reading
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New Research Shows PTSD Leaves Physical Footprints on the Brain
July 27, 2008 -At a recent conference for some of the area’s leading neurologists, San Francisco physicist Norbert Schuff captured his colleagues’ attention when he presented colorful brain images of U.S. soldiers who had returned from Iraq and Afghanistan and … Continue reading
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A Soldier Shares His Life After Combat Deployment
July 30, 2008 – It was a lost high-school class ring that eventually put me in touch with Mark Sewell, a 1980 graduate of Union High School in Tulsa, Okla. The ring had been stolen in a burglary more than … Continue reading
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July 30 Lawsuit Update: VCS and VUFT Press Release: Veterans Appeal Court Decision Against Overhauling VA
Veterans Appeal Court Decision Against Overhauling VA On June 25, 2008, Senior Federal District Court Judge Samuel Conti issued his decision in the landmark case brought on behalf of veterans suffering from PTSD and traumatic brain injury. In his decision, … Continue reading
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Conference Targets War-Born Stresses
July 26, 2008 – Confronted with rising rates of suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, hundreds of Marine and Navy officers meet in San Diego next month to address ways to limit war-born physical and psychological … Continue reading
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Joint VA-DoD Pilot Program May Overhaul Treatment of Veterans
July 18, 2008 – The influx of wounded troops from Afghanistan and Iraq has burst the seams of the military health care system. The much-publicized scandal in 2007 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which kick-started reforms, has proved to … Continue reading
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July 10 Media Advisory: Military and Veteran Advocates Invite Senators Obama and McCain to Fort Hood Texas
Media Advisory: Military and Veteran Advocates Invite Senators Obama and McCain to Fort Hood Texas Presidential Town Hall to Focus on Military and VeteransFor Immediate Release: July 10, 2008 Contact: Carissa Picard, Managing Director, 2008 Fort Hood Presidential Town Hall Consortium, … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: The Simple Arithmetic of a Fraudulent Surge
July 4, 2008 – How many troops do we have to replace the ones deployed in Iraq today? You can make a good case the number is zero. But any stab at answering the question punctures the fantasy that the … Continue reading
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