PTSD Care Inconsistent-- Geographically, some worse off--'It's on Purpose'

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VA Studies - PTSD Care Inconsistent The Department of Veterans Affairs,

which touts its special programs to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in

returning soldiers, spends little on those programs in some parts of the

country, and some of its efforts fail to meet some of the VA's own goals,

according to internal reports obtained by McClatchy Newspapers. Paul Sullivan,

a former VA official who works for the advocacy group Veterans for Common Sense,

said the numbers indicated that the VA wasn't prepared to treat the number of

soldiers who were coming home with PTSD. " If the ominous trend continues or if

all our Iraq soldiers return home quickly, VA's crisis may deteriorate into a

full-blown catastrophe, " he said.

 

Bush and VA Letting Our Veterans Down - 'It's on Purpose' The sorry state

of care of American veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan is not

accidental. It’s on purpose.

 

Will the Democrats Betray Us? " Sir, I don't know, actually. " The fact

that America's surrogate commander in chief, David Petraeus, could not say

whether the war in Iraq is making America safer was all you needed to take away

from last week's festivities in Washington. Everything else was a verbal

quagmire, as administration spin and senatorial preening fought to a numbing

standoff.

 

For Iraq War Veterans, Treatment Can Be A Challenge A national veterans

advocacy group filed suit in July, claiming veterans are not getting promised

care. The claim forms are too cumbersome, for one, said Paul Sullivan, executive

director of Veterans for Common Sense.

 

New Web Site Launched for VCS Lawsuit Against VA Veterans, family members

and others interested in our lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs

can now go to a new web site to learn more about our efforts and to join the

lawsuit.

 

Department of Defense Bush's Next War: Iran It's always looming. But has

our military learned the right lessons from this one to fight it and win?

 

Department of Veterans Affairs Patient Care for Veterans in Buffalo

Receives High Grades Concerned about overall patient care for veterans, U.S.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson visited Veterans Affairs Medical Center

in Buffalo on Friday for some firsthand impressions.

 

Editorial : Out Moral Duty - VA Should Admit Mistakes, Fix System News in

July about how poorly American veterans are being treated for war injuries,

particularly at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, was shocking. Now another

shock: the Department of Veterans Affairs has lied to Congress about how long it

takes for suffering veterans to be seen by physicans at V.A. medical centers.

 

Iraq War Planning for Defeat: How should we withdraw from Iraq? Gallipoli

or Stalingrad?

 

Mental Health Letter to the Editor: Veterans Served Us, Now We Must Help

Them I am writing you because there is a young man named Miguel Wynn. He

faithfully served his country in Iraq and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic

stress disorder by people in the Department of Veterans Affairs. But he is not

getting the financial help he was promised.

 

 

 

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