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Vets with PTSD Tackle the Scars You Can't Seenew

New cases of PTSD are flooding the VA system. Some veterans of earlier wars know what those Iraq and Afghanistan vets are in for.
OC Weekly  |  Nick Schou  |  11-11-2008  |  War
Tags: mental health, violence, Iraq, military, PTSD, veterans, Vietnam, Afghanistan, crime, Veterans Administration, war & peace, Persian Gulf War

Donna Shalala: Veterans Benefits System is Brokennew

The former secretary of the U.S. Department Health and Human Services says veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars won't get proper health care until the U.S. government updates and simplifies the bureaucracy strangling benefits and outpatient care.
INDY Week  |  Juliana Hanson  |  03-27-2008  |  War
Tags: war in iraq, Iraq, Afghanistan, Veterans Administration, donna shalala, war & peace

Veterans Are Killing Themselves in Record Numbersnew

But at the VA, not much has changed.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Beth Walton  |  03-26-2008  |  War
Tags: suicide, war in iraq, Iraq, PTSD, veterans, Veterans Administration, VA, war & peace

The $99,999 Nursenew

After grossly miscalcuating a Vietnam veteran's annual salary, the VA turned over her debt to a collection agency and destroyed her credit.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Sam Eifling  |  01-10-2006  |  War
Tags: debt collectors, incompetence, Veterans Administration

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