Tag Archives: Veterans Services

VA Boosts Mental Health Workforce

Time: Battleland Military Mental Health A Lagging Indicator By Mark Thompson April 20, 2012 |Even -->

Veterans Affairs’ mental-health system denounced at hearing

Wednesday’s hearing before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs followed the release of an inspector -->

Facts Veterans Should Know

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

Hotline available for soldiers, veterans over PTSD evaluations

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

VA Providing Credit Monitoring to Misidentified Veterans

US Dept of Veterans Affairs–WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering free credit -->

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 -->

Sleep Apnea Elevated in Veterans with PTSD

By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today VANCOUVER — Combat veterans with post-traumatic stress -->

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 -->

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 -->

Suit Targets Care at VA

November 20, 2011, by Terrie Morgan-Besecker (Times Leader) – To the U.S. Marines, former Sgt. -->

Gulf War Illness Washington Update

Written by Anthony Hardie There’s lot happening right now on behalf of veterans of the -->

Obama To Promote Ways For Veterans To Find Work

Associated Press by Ken Thomas: President Barack Obama is promoting new ways to help veterans -->

A Veteran Commits Suicide Every 80 Minutes

Center For A New American Security Study Reveals Startling Statistic.” by Ken Smith A veteran -->

VA Updates Information Sharing Rule with DOD

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 | Posted by Veterans Today The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) -->

Agent Orange: Nehmer and its Progeny

In 1986 a class action suit was filed against the VA by veterans and their -->

Veterans’ Legislation Passed in Congress

Last week, on October 10, 2011, the House of Representatives passed five veterans bills, H.R. -->

VA CREATES WOMEN VETERANS CALL CENTER

Major Outreach Effort Launched The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has embarked on a major -->

Agent Orange Update

The VA has just released an updated list of of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard -->

Federal Appeals Court Backs Veterans’ Complaints on Mental Health Services

Federal Appeals Court Backs Veterans’ Complaints on Mental Health Services. Read the following New York -->

Avastin Injections at VA Causing Blindness

A VA medical center in Los Angeles has reported that five patients who were treated -->