Category Archives: Veterans Services
Veterans and PTSD Treatment
E.C. Hurley, PhD–Many veterans never dreamed of needing help coping with life following combat deployments. -->
Underestimating the True Prevalence of War Stress Injury in the Military
Mark C. Russell, PhD, ABPP–Media and official reports on prevalence rates of military war stress -->
VA Providing Credit Monitoring to Misidentified Veterans
US Dept of Veterans Affairs–WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering free credit -->
For a Veteran, Disability Payment Is Long in Coming
NY Times, by James Dao: The year Leroy MacKlem lost his veterans disability compensation for -->
VA Expands List of Ships with Agent Orange Risk
Military Times: By Patricia Kime – Staff writer The Veterans Affairs Department has added 47 -->
VA Expands Benefits for Veterans with Genitourinary Injuries
US MEDICINE: WASHINGTON — VA has expanded traumatic injury benefits to include servicemembers who suffered -->
Veterans For Common Sense: Iraq and Afghanistan Impact Report January 2012
Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) has issued its quarterly report which combines findings taken from -->
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to receive health care for life
Bee Washington Bureau. By Michael Doyle — A federal judge has quietly approved a settlement -->
Sleep Apnea Elevated in Veterans with PTSD
By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today VANCOUVER — Combat veterans with post-traumatic stress -->
First Lady to Announce Initiative to Help Veterans with PTSD
Associated Press–WASHINGTON – Michelle Obama has gotten a new commitment from medical schools to boost -->
Judge awards $5.7 million to veteran in medical negligence case
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, by Lawrence Buser: A construction manager has been awarded $5.7 million -->
VA Deploying 20 New Mobile Vet Centers Additions to Fleet Will Expand Veterans’ Access to VA Services Across U.S.
Veterans for Common Sense–Patrick–COLUMBUS, Ohio (January 4, 2012) — The Department of Veterans Affairs today -->
PTSD Symptoms: Families of Veterans Should Be Aware
Rapid City Journal: By Loran Harris Loran Harris and Timothy Flaskamp, co-facilitators of the NAMI -->
Congress Approves $10 Million for Gulf War Illness Research
USA Today, by Kelly Kennedy – Congress has approved dedicating $10 million to research the -->
More Women in Combat Means More Mothers with PTSD
The percentage of women in the military has doubled in the last 30 years, with -->
Rise in Vets with PTSD From Two Wars Strains Resources
By Greg Zoroya, USA Today: Ten thousand combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder flooded into -->
Groundbreaking Research Looks at how Blasts Injure Brain
Can servicemembers who are near explosions, but don’t receive a blow to the head, still -->
Suit Targets Care at VA
November 20, 2011, by Terrie Morgan-Besecker (Times Leader) – To the U.S. Marines, former Sgt. -->
Setback for Veterans: Mental Health Ruling is Withdrawn
L.A. Now, by Carol Williams: A federal appeals court Wednesday withdrew its May ruling that -->
Gulf War Illness Washington Update
Written by Anthony Hardie There’s lot happening right now on behalf of veterans of the -->