2 Points

2008 CRS Report to Congress on Veteran Suicides (www.hooah4health.com)

Numerous news stories in the popular print and electronic media have documented suicides among service members and veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom... More

Tags: veterans,veterans suicides,va,veterans for common sense,vcs,congressional report service,crs

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 2 Comments |

2 Points

Op-Ed: Fix VA's Broken Claims Process (www.veteransforcommonsense.org)

Significant deficiencies hamper the VA’s system for processing disability benefits claims, as evidenced by the nearly 1 million claims pending before the VA, an average processing time of 162 days,... More

Tags: veterans,veterans claims,va claims,veterans for common sense,vcs

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 2 Comments |

2 Points

Multiple Deployments Triple Risk of PTSD (www.veteransforcommonsense.org)

Soldiers with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan are more than three times as likely as soldiers with no previous deployments to screen positive for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and... More

Tags: military deployments,iraq,afghanistan,ptsd,veterans for common sense,vcs

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

3 Points

Breaking News: VA Reports Suicide Rate Among Young Veterans Jumps 26 Percent in Two Years (www.veteransforcommonsense.org)

The suicide rate among 18- to 29-year-old men who've left the military has gone up significantly, the government said Monday.

Tags: veterans,veterans suicides,va,veterans for common sense,vcs

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

2 Points

60 Minutes Gets an Honest Answer about Veterans defrauding the U.S. taxpayer! (www.veteranstoday.com)

Activist Paul Sullivan of Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) was on camera when CBS 60 minutes asked what can be called the Stolen Valor question. Listen to what Pitts asked something to the effect of... More

Tags: va,department of veterans affairs,veterans for common sense,vcs,veterans,stolen honor,stolen valor,video

Submitted 2 months ago by indythinker | 3 Comments |

2 Points

Special Report: VA Reports Reveal 250 new Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran Patients Seek Care at VA Every Day (www.veteranstoday.com)

Tags: department of veterans affairs,dva,iraq afghanistan veterans,veterans for common sense,vcs,paul sullivan

Submitted 6 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

3 Points

Opinion: Lawsuits against the VA achieved more by being thrown out of Court. (www.veteranstoday.com)

Despite the status of two historic lawsuits filed by four Veterans Service Organizations being thrown out by federal judges, these lawsuits have not been a total failure. They have resulted in law... More

Tags: va litigation,legal attacks on the va,department of veterans affairs,va,veterans united for truth,vcs

Submitted 8 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

4 Points