Tag Archives: Veterans Services

Combat veterans’ brains reveal hidden damage from IED blasts

Medicalxpress.com:  The brains of some Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans who survived blasts from improvised -->

The VA incorrectly reports suicide data and does a poor job of tracking vets at risk, GAO finds

By Mark Brunswick, Star Tribune: Despite heightened awareness of military suicides, the Department of Veterans -->

New Year’s Resolution for the VA: Lose the ‘ICARE’ pin, embrace real reform

By Pete Hegseth, Fox News:  Visit a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility and there’s -->

U.S. Attorney: Former Maryland VA official forged documents, obtained $1.4 million in benefits

By Amy Aubert:  BALTIMORE – A 68-year-old U.S. Army veteran and former Maryland Department of -->

The VA’s big problem: Who knew what, and when, in the D.C. office?

By Pete Kasperowicz:  A new report that says Department of Veterans Affairs officials in Washington -->

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Taps IBM Watson for Help With PTSD

By Darryl K. Taft, EWeek: With many veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the -->

Veterans Can Apply To Upgrade Discharge for PTSD

Army Times:  A special web page has been launched to assist veterans seeking to upgrade -->

Tom Coburn puts hold on veterans suicide prevention bill

By Jacqueline Klimas – The Washington Times – Tom Coburn said Friday a bill that -->

VA policy to disclose errors in medical care not always followed

By William R. Levesque, Tampa Bay Times: Department of Veterans Affairs leaders often talk proudly -->

Major messup: How the VA gave Congress and the media false information

By Josh Hicks:  The Department of Veterans Affairs this year issued false statements to Congress and -->

Capital Data: New York’s veteran unemployment problem

By Brendan Cheney:  More veterans in New York State are unemployed than non-veterans, according to -->

My view: Help for veterans with new program

By Sam McVey, Deseret News: On Monday, the Utah Judicial Council approved the first two -->

V.A. Creates Plans to Consolidate Services

By Richard A. Oppel, Jr.: The New York Times: The Department of Veterans Affairs announced -->

VA calls for more money for patient care

The Hill:  By Martin Matishak – The Veterans Affairs Department says the $16.3 billion lawmakers -->

HOSPITAL HORROR: VA patients treated with bogus medical equipment, supplies

By Jim McElhatton – The Washington Times -Unauthorized and potentially counterfeit, dangerous surgical devices and -->

Robert McDonald Announces Massive VA Health Overhaul

By Kimberly Leonard, US News & World Report:  The chief of the Veterans Affairs Department -->

Younger veterans heading to Congress in bigger numbers

The Navy Times, by Leo Shane III:  Next year’s Congress will boast the largest class -->

Joni Ernst: First Female Combat Vet in Senate

By Daniel Wiser, The Washington Free Beacon: Republican Joni Ernst became the first woman from Iowa -->

Justice Department undercuts VA explanations on not firing executives

Stars & Stripes, by Travis J. Tritten:  The VA says it has held off for -->

VA’s archaic archives give way to simpler computerized system

The Washington Post: By Amy Wax-Thibodeaux:Call it the demise of the old rubber thumb and -->

The Best Places For Veterans 2014

Forbes: You might not think of Pittsburgh, PA as the most promising place for a -->