The Veteran Watchdog » Veterans Affairs (VA) Blog Posts http://www.veteranwatchdog.com Regardless of your feelings about war or the current administration, you should respect the sacrifices made by the men and women of the United States Armed Forces while fighting honorably under the U.S. Flag. As a nation, we have a duty to make sure that they are taken care of properly when they return to civilian life. We must make sure that they are not subjected to the horrors of war, in our name, and then subjected to abandonment and abuse when they return home. This website will record their lives as veterans using news reports, blog posts and video. Hopefully, it will show more good than bad. Hopefully, the bad will be seen as a national disgrace and acted upon. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:35:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 One Old Vet » Veterans Affairs Faces Surge of Disability Claims http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/one-old-vet-%c2%bb-veterans-affairs-faces-surge-of-disability-claims/ http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/one-old-vet-%c2%bb-veterans-affairs-faces-surge-of-disability-claims/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:35:27 +0000 webmaster Veterans Affairs Faces Surge of Disability Claims. By JAMES DAO. He jumped at loud noises, had unpredictable flashes of anger and was constantly replaying battle scenes in his head. When Damian J. Todd, who served two tours in Iraq with …

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]]> http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/one-old-vet-%c2%bb-veterans-affairs-faces-surge-of-disability-claims/feed/ 0 PTSD Treatment For Veterans To Improve, White House Says http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/ptsd-treatment-for-veterans-to-improve-white-house-says/ http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/ptsd-treatment-for-veterans-to-improve-white-house-says/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:35:27 +0000 webmaster A senior official at the Department of Veterans Affairs said the agency doesn’t expect the number of veterans receiving benefits for PTSD to rise dramatically, as most veterans with legitimate applications for benefits do eventually get …

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]]> http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/ptsd-treatment-for-veterans-to-improve-white-house-says/feed/ 0 PTSD claims made easier for veterans http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/ptsd-claims-made-easier-for-veterans/ http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/ptsd-claims-made-easier-for-veterans/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:35:27 +0000 webmaster Washington (CNN) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is making it easier for veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder to get benefits, a development President Barack Obama calls a “long overdue step.” …

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]]> http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/veterans-affairs-to-relax-ptsd-evidence-requirements-political-punch/feed/ 0 Veterans Affairs to streamline PTSD claims process | DEMOCRAT.GNOM.ES http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/11/veterans-affairs-to-streamline-ptsd-claims-process-democrat-gnom-es/ http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/11/veterans-affairs-to-streamline-ptsd-claims-process-democrat-gnom-es/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:35:14 +0000 webmaster The Veterans Affairs Department will ease its standards for awarding benefits to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, senior agency officials said Friday. Under current regulations, noncombat veterans must wait for extensive …

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]]> http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/11/veterans-affairs-to-streamline-ptsd-claims-process-democrat-gnom-es/feed/ 0 SoapZone: Veterans affairs is making it easier to prove PTSD … http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/11/soapzone-veterans-affairs-is-making-it-easier-to-prove-ptsd/ http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/11/soapzone-veterans-affairs-is-making-it-easier-to-prove-ptsd/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:35:14 +0000 webmaster After already increasing VA funding and signing a bill to insure advanced funding for the Department, President Obama’s Department of Veterans Affairs plans to announce next week that it is removing the speed-bumps that hindered PTSD …

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]]> http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/11/soapzone-veterans-affairs-is-making-it-easier-to-prove-ptsd/feed/ 0 Spend Matters: Friday Rant: US Department of Veterans Affairs… http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/11/spend-matters-friday-rant-us-department-of-veterans-affairs/ http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/11/spend-matters-friday-rant-us-department-of-veterans-affairs/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:35:12 +0000 webmaster Spend Matters: Friday Rant: US Department of Veterans Affairs Advances a Total Cost of War Calculation.

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]]> http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/11/spend-matters-friday-rant-us-department-of-veterans-affairs/feed/ 0 The Compass: News | Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/10/the-compass-news-minister-of-veterans-affairs-commendation/ http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/10/the-compass-news-minister-of-veterans-affairs-commendation/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:35:11 +0000 webmaster Spaniard’s Bay veteran humbled by recognition Two days before Memorial Day in Newfoundland, Jack Mercer of Spaniard’s Bay was one of two Newfoundlanders presented with the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation during a ceremony in …

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]]> http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/10/ie-business-school-approved-for-us-veterans-affairs-education/feed/ 0 UPDATES IN MICHIGAN FAMILY LAW: Department of Veterans Affairs to … http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/10/updates-in-michigan-family-law-department-of-veterans-affairs-to/ http://www.veteranwatchdog.com/2010/07/10/updates-in-michigan-family-law-department-of-veterans-affairs-to/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:35:10 +0000 webmaster Family law attorneys are seeing so much pain in our military families. Iraq-US Soldier Here is some news about veteran’s benefits for PTSD that we should send on to our military clients, past and present. Many of them may be aware of …

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