Category Archives: Veterans Services

New VA Secretary Touts Fixes to Veterans Group

ABC News:  Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald addressed a veterans group for the first time -->

Combat Stress Among Veterans Is Found to Persist Since Vietnam

By Benedict Carey, NY Times:  Most veterans who had persistent post-traumatic stress a decade or -->

Obama signs landmark VA reform law

By Travis J. Tritten, Stars & Stripes: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday signed -->

VA blames ‘confusion’ for misstatements about deaths

By Drew Griffin, Scott Bronstein and Nelli Black , CNN The Department of Veterans Affairs -->

VA not rushing to fire inept, corrupt officials

By Pete Kasperowicz, The Blaze: The Department of Veterans Affairs has offered few indications in -->

VA reform act has catches

By Tom Philpott / Syndicated Columnist PUBLISHED: Monday, August 11, 2014 at 12:02 am …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. -->

Congress announces deal on veterans affairs health fix

BBC News America: Veterans affairs leaders in Congress have announced a compromise to help address -->

Veterans Organizations Back VA Funding

Veterans Today: WASHINGTON, July 23 – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today -->

Obama Nominee McDonald Pledges to ‘Transform’ VA

ABC News: President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs pledged Tuesday -->

Documents detail VA mistreatment of vets

By Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY, WASHINGTON — In 2003, a veteran who had served in -->

Vet Dies Outside VA Hospital Nothing New

This appeared in the Washington Times on the 11th of July. According to the Times;”911 -->

VA whistle-blower tells of manipulations, retribution

Tricia L. Nadolny, Inquirer Staff Writer;  WASHINGTON – A whistle-blower from Philadelphia’s Veterans Affairs regional -->

House hears evidence VA cooked books on claims backlog

Stars & Stripes, by Travis J. Tritten:WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs overstated progress -->

Agent Orange ingredients found at Okinawa military dumpsite

By Jon Mitchell, The Japan Times: Dozens of rusting barrels unearthed on former U.S. military -->

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-Record Published: 2:33 PM – 06/09/14 WAPPINGERS FALLS — The Castle -->

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 Smeltz The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review —  As the Department of -->