Category Archives: Veterans Services

Pentagon Stays Silent on Whether Suspect in Afghan Massacre Took Controversial Anti-Malaria Drug

Democracy Now!, March 27, 2012: As Staff. Sgt. Robert Bales is charged with murdering 17 -->

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans’ Day

The U.S. Senate declared March 30th as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, agreeing unanimously to -->

Facts Veterans Should Know

The current VA manual that is used by VA employees is M21-IMR ( the manual -->

Free VA Healthcare for Combat Veterans

Important Information Veterans Should Know: A veteran who has other than a dishonorable discharge from -->

Army Focuses on Traumatic Brain Injuries

Ben Sherman: FORT SILL, Okla. — March is Brain Injury Awareness month, and the wars -->

Veterans, VA split over mental health expansion

By Kevin Freking – The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Two years after Congress passed a -->

Hotline available for soldiers, veterans over PTSD evaluations

Seattle Times, by Hal Bernton: The Army Medical Command has a hotline available for soldiers -->

Efforts Lag to Improve Care for National Guard

The Washington Post: By Lauren Everitt, Andrew Theen and Gulnaz Saiyed, Published: February 14 Despite -->

VA Introduces Text Messaging to Expand Efforts to Prevent Suicide

WASHINGTON (Feb. 15, 2012) – The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its efforts to -->

When Wars End, Don’t Forget the Wounded Veterans

“Afghanistan and Iraq have produced more than 47,000 physically wounded Americans. Far too often, they -->

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 -->

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 -->

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 -->