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VA Preparing to Launch Media Campaign Advertising Veterans’ Health Care Services and Benefits (www.usmedicine.com)
Bolstered by the reported success of a pilot media campaign highlighting its suicide prevention hotline, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is gearing up to begin constructing media campaigns... More
Submitted about 18 hours ago by SpencerKent on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
VA needs to inform veterans (www.times-standard.com)
Too many veterans are unaware of the benefits and services that are available to them. Many of those veterans have health issues and need medical care. Others may be eligible for benefits, but they... More
Submitted about 18 hours ago by SpencerKent on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Vets' Corner: PTSD diagnostics change for the better (www.saratogian.com)
Interim final rule eliminates the need to develop evidence of occurrence of an in-service stressor in claims in which the veteran’s post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is diagnosed during... More
Submitted 2 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Akaka wants DoD, VA to review war-zone toxins (www.militarytimes.com)
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has asked that the co-chairs of the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Oversight Committee begin a review of... More
Submitted 2 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Fixing VA health care (washingtontimes.com)
As a physician who proudly serves our veterans of war, I was deeply saddened by the recent revelation of deceptive practices at the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York. A Newsday article... More
Submitted 3 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
New disability process to expand (www.airforcetimes.com)
A limited test of a streamlined system to more speedily and equitably evaluate wounded and injured troops is tentatively set to expand over the next seven months from the Washington, D.C., area to 16... More
Submitted 8 days ago by SpencerKent on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
VA sued over Marine’s suicide (www.militarytimes.com)
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is being blamed for the suicide of a 24-year-old Michigan man who served with the Marines in Iraq.
Submitted 8 days ago by SpencerKent on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
'Culture of Dishonesty' At Department of Veterans Affairs (www.pubrecord.org)
The economic meltdown that has dominated media coverage over the past several months has overshadowed a crisis at the Department of Veterans Affairs, an agency in dire need of new leadership, veterans... More
Submitted 9 days ago by SpencerKent on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
VA Document Shredding No Surprise To Vets (corksphere.blogspot.com)
The shredding of important documents by the Veterans Administration doesn't come as a shock to most veterans who have waiting a long time for their benefits.
Submitted 15 days ago by CORKSPHERE on Iraq | 0 Comments |
VA offers support to veterans (www.tuscaloosanews.com)
Departing as one person and returning as another is a story more and more returning war veterans share. The suffering they endure extends beyond what meets the eye. It's the invisible maladies—post... More
Submitted 16 days ago by cdoherty on PTSD | 0 Comments |

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