Tag Archives: Veterans Services

VA eases rules for claims on some TBI-related health problems

By Leo Shane III Stars and Stripes Published: December 16, 2013 WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs -->

The 15 Jobs That Are Most Damaging to Your Health

Some jobs have more health risks than others. Is yours? Check out this list of -->

More veterans eligible for benefits as agent orange perimeter expands

Daily Register, By DEB KUNKLE OELWEIN — More veterans of the Vietnam War were recently -->

COMING HOME: PTSD affects veterans, family, friends in different, drastic ways

Idaho Press, by Nick Groff: HOW DOES PTSD HAPPEN? Dr. Julie Sharrette, a psychologist at -->

For Assaulted Veterans, a Second Battle

New York Times, By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Published: November 17, 2013 For military veterans, the -->

‘Not all injuries bleed’: prevent military’s silent epidemic

By Lydia Denworth Bloomberg News The toll from a decade of war in Iraq and -->

Lawmakers push for 100 percent advance funding for VA

Read Article Here By Leo Shane III Stars and Stripes Published: October 29, 2013 WASHINGTON -->

Veterans with Gulf War Illness show brain changes linked to memory deficits

New research illuminates definitive brain alterations in troops with Gulf War Illness (GWI) thought to -->

VA blaming claims backlog uptick on shutdown

By Leo Shane III Stars and Stripes Published: October 7, 2013 WASHINGTON — Department of -->

3 WINS this week for our Veterans

Our Veterans’ Services Group is celebrating the following wins this week: 1) Veteran awarded benefits -->

We are looking to hire a Veteran for our Veterans Services Group

 We are seeking to hire a military veteran (non-attorney) to join our staff. Veterans with disabilities -->

VA: Most Employees to Stay On, But Shutdown Will Halt Some Services

By Leo Shane III Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — More than 95 percent of Veterans -->

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 -->