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27 Jun 2008, 12:30 pm
The first program would certify and train family caregivers of veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury as personal care attendants, qualifying them to receive compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 8:54 am
Don Young (PDF 65 KB)Letter Regarding House Natural Resources Majority Staff Report Titled, "The Truth About America's Energy: Big Oil Stockpiles and Pockets Profits"06/26/2008
Letter to Senate Veterans' Affairs Chairman Daniel Akaka From CBO Director Peter Orszag (PDF 42.5 KB)Letter Addresses the Budget Scoring of Section 802 of the Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act (S. 1315)06/26/2008
Letter to South Korean Officials From… [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 2:57 pm
"Judge rejects court order to improve VA's treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder; Despite 'significant' delays, inadequate care or benefits for veterans was not done systematically, he rules; An appeal is planned": The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, "A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that although the Department of Veterans Affairs might have provided inadequate care or benefits to some… [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 8:35 am
" Judge Samuel Conti ruled that veterans should instead ask Congress, the head of Veterans Affairs and the federal court in Washington, D.C., to improve the system. [read post]
22 Jun 2008, 9:06 am
These include the Department of Veterans Affairs, FEMA, US Coast Guard, Transportation Safety Administration, and Department of Energy.While identity theft is a growing problem and no one can protect themselves 100 percent, MyTruston offers a platform to do so that is at least as good (if not better) than anything else in the industry. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 5:28 am
The Veterans Affairs Department will mail out notices to nearly 33,000 veterans who are taking the anti-smoking drug Chantix, warning them about possible side effects, including thoughts of suicide.VA Secretary James Peake said VA doctors will continue to prescribe the drug because they are seeing no serious problems or trends with its use.Source: Here. [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 12:40 pm
John Conaty, a veteran homicide detective and former patrol officer in Pittsburg, Ca., said that in interviews of witnesses to violence, 'the common thing you hear is, 'I was frozen in fear. [read post]
18 Jun 2008, 11:46 pm
They allege that the Department of Veterans Affairs is unable to provide timely mental health treatment for returning veterans. [read post]
18 Jun 2008, 5:33 pm
Veteran AP Texas death row reporter Michael Graczyk, whose story gets the most mileage nationwide (and even in major Texas papers such as the Houston Chronicle and Fort Worth Star-Telegram), doesn't touch on this basic question. [read post]
18 Jun 2008, 11:56 am
She soon discovered just how acrimonious those affairs were. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 3:29 pm
Sanders Issue: Whether courts must presume the failure of the Department of Veterans' Affairs to give notice to benefits' claimants to be prejudicial. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 3:02 pm
Sanders - whether the Federal Circuit erred in finding that a failure of the Department of Veterans' Affairs to give notice to benefits' claimants must be presumed to be prejudicial. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 2:32 pm
In other developments, this past week the House Committee on Veterans Affairs held an important hearing on implementing the Wounded Warrior provisions contained in last year's defense authorization bill, including several BIAA-supported provisions focused specifically on TBI care for returning servicemembers.On Wednesday, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs also approved H.R. 2818, legislation endorsed by BIAA which would establish Epilepsy Centers of… [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 2:16 pm
Department of Veterans Affairs’ duty to give a veteran full notice of the information that will be needed in order to weigh a benefits claim (Peake v. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 1:44 pm
Sanders (07-1209) where the Federal Circuit found the failure of the Department of Veterans' Affairs to give notice to benefits' claimants must be presumed to be prejudicial (filings available here). [read post]
15 Jun 2008, 4:54 pm
On Wednesday, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs also approved H.R. 2818, legislation endorsed by BIAA which would establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence within the VA. [read post]
13 Jun 2008, 10:02 pm
Russert, a Buffalo native, was a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law graduate and a veteran political affairs journalist. [read post]
13 Jun 2008, 1:36 pm
AlterNet reports: An attorney for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs hospitals and homeless shelters for veterans, told a federal appeals court Thursday that the VA could not conceive of any circumstance where voter registration drives could occur at... [read post]
13 Jun 2008, 1:27 pm
The New York Times reports: Voting rights groups are criticizing the Department of Veterans Affairs for its decision to ban registration drives among the veterans living at federally run nursing homes, shelters for the homeless and rehabilitation centers across the... [read post]
12 Jun 2008, 5:47 am
This is similar to findings by researchers in Israel who found that "cannabinoid drugs are helpful in cases of nerve damage and trauma" and by the US Department of Veteran Affairs which "found similar results working with veterans suffering from PTSD in the 1980s and suppressed the results. [read post]
