Tag Archives: Veterans Services
Veterans May Receive Contamination Benefits
By Philip A. Janquart, WASHINGTON (CN) – The Department of Veteran Affairs has proposed rules -->
Congress, VA engage in dispute over records
By KEVIN BEGOS, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — In an unusual standoff, the U.S. Department -->
Salmonella Warning for Vegetarians
Scientists have recently traced a large outbreak of salmonella to tempeh, the popular meat substitute. -->
The painstaking effort to recover millions of burned military service records
By Wyatt Olson, Stars and Stripes “Forty years ago this summer, firefighters in St. Louis -->
VA offering retro benefits to encourage use of ‘developed’ claims
By Leo Shane III Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is -->
Newest veterans say suicide is their biggest challenge
Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY July 30, 2013 The nation’s newest combat veterans — those who -->
Congress Do What is Right for Our Nation’s Veterans
By John J. Bury – US Navy, retired, Vietnam War Veteran Each year as Congress -->
Two Marine Veterans Unite Decades Later to Win VA Appeals for Exposure to Agent Orange in Subic Bay, Philippines
Two veterans of the Vietnam War, who served Honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps., have -->
VA triples spending on homelessness problem
In an effort to end homelessness among veterans, the VA has awarded $300 Million in -->
As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge
By Jared Serbu Over the past several months, the Department of Veterans Affairs has taken -->
Researchers Find Biological Evidence of Gulf War Illnesses
Recent research has found neurological damage in gulf war veterans who report symptoms of the -->
Kingston House Readied to Assist Homeless Vets
By Michael Novinson Times Herald-Record 04/27/13 KINGSTON — By year’s end, Ulster veterans who’ve fallen -->
The VA announces new plan to address the Backlog
This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the 12th Judicial Conference for the -->
Time to shake up the dysfunctional VA
Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs is in an analogous quagmire as it struggles to -->
America’s Combat Veterans: The Waiting Wounded
The Economist IN WAR, it is said, there are no unwounded soldiers. Bombs that shatter -->
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds NOVA Position to Preserve Veterans’ Due Process Rights
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of NOVA against -->
A Pattern of Problems at a Hospital for Veterans – By JAMES DAO
The New York Times WASHINGTON — In an unusually strong letter sent to the White -->
Did VA withhold Health Studies on Soldiers’ Toxic Exposures?
Stephen Coughlin, former employee at the VA Office of Public Health, has alleged that the -->
City Changes Law to Enable Veterans to obtain Trade Jobs
Post 9/11 Veterans will now be able to apply for Trade Licenses in NYC. Up -->
Student Veterans: For Profit’s Offer New Guidelines
For Profit colleges and universities have come under scrutiny in the media for being “unfriendly” -->