Category Archives: Veterans Services

To head VA, Obama selects former CEO of consumer products giant

By Chris Carroll Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nominee to take over -->

8 years for psych eval a ‘harmless error,’ VA says

by Travis J. Tritten Stars & Stripes: WASHINGTON — A veteran admitted to a long-term -->

Study: Lack of progress prompts a third of veterans with TBI, PTSD to drop out of treatment

Stars & Stripes: WASHINGTON — Nearly a third of veterans seeking care for post-traumatic stress -->

Home/News/VeteransAudit: 57,000 veterans waiting more than 90 days to be seen at VA

By Travis J. Tritten, Stars & Stripes: WASHINGTON — More than 57,000 veterans have been -->

Audit cites Castle Point VA Medical Center for further investigation

By James Nani, Times Herald-RecordPublished: 2:33 PM – 06/09/14WAPPINGERS FALLS — The Castle Point campus -->

Nancy Y. Morgan, Esq., discusses plight of Veterans in New York Post Article

F&P  Director of Legal Operations and Founding Partner of the Veterans Services Group, Nancy Y. -->

Cultural change critical to rescuing VA, experts say

By Mike Wereschagin, Carl Prine and Adam SmeltzThe Pittsburgh Tribune-Review —  As the Department of Veterans -->

Eric Shinseki Resigns Amid Veterans Affairs Controversy

By Paige Lavender, Huffington Post: Eric Shinseki, U.S. secretary of Veterans Affairs, resigned Friday amid -->

How VA clinics falsified appointment records

By Pauline Jelinek, WASHINGTON — Fake appointments, unofficial logs kept on the sly and appointments -->

Veterans’ representation in Congress has fallen drastically since post-Vietnam years

By Chuck Raasch, St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  WASHINGTON — As the federal government struggles with problems -->

Government Awards Full Benefits To Wife Of Female Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

By Amanda Terkel, Huffington Post:  Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Tracy Dice Johnson, whose wife -->

American Music Project: Voices for Veterans

The American Music Project: Voices for Veterans, an initiative of Give US Your Poor, is -->

Obama Administration, Congress Move to Address Growing Veterans Affairs Firestorm

By Matthew Daly, WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration and Congress are moving quickly to -->

The Department of Delay, Deceit and Dumb Disorder

by Charles G. Mills – fitzgerald griffin foundation  GLEN COVE, NY  — The two largest -->

DOJ: Student loan entity penalized for cheating veterans

By Chris Carroll, Stars & Stripes: WASHINGTON — The student lender Sallie Mae, which in -->

Group opens office to address growing needs of female veterans

By Wesley Brown, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle:  It took time, but female veterans now have -->

Veterans Group, government watchdog create VA whistleblower site

By Chris Carroll, Stars & Stripes:  WASHINGTON — As Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki prepared -->

Second VA doctor blows whistle on patient-care failures

Dr. Katherine Mitchell talked about a “perfect storm” in the ER and her fears that -->

VA sued over PTSD claims related to sexual assault

By Jennifer Hlad, Stars & Stripes:  Two veterans organizations are suing the Department of Veterans -->

The enemy at home: Veterans addicted and dying from VA pain pills

Whistleblowers say military doctors and VA have overprescribed powerful narcotics for more than a decade. -->

A fatal wait: Veterans languish and die on a VA hospital’s secret list

(CNN) — By Scott Bronstein and Drew Griffin:  At least 40 U.S. veterans died waiting -->