VA Disability Blog
Research is Now Being Conducted on Marijuana as a New Treatment for PTSD
Roberto Pickering, an infantry marine, struggled to become acclimated to civilian life after returning from the war....
Lowering the rate of homelessness among Veterans
It has been 6 years since President Obama set his goal to end homelessness among all veterans. As the...
EMDR Therapy for Veterans
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, it is a new form of therapy encouraged by the...
National Vietnam Veterans Foundation Closes
The National Vietnam Veterans Foundation closes its doors after an in-depth CNN report last May. The report showed...
Top VA official cited by Agency Investigators
Melanie Murphy was cited by agency investigators for consistently arriving to work late and for unexcused absences....
Phone scam targets Elderly Central Texas Vets
A group has been targeting veterans who have been receiving benefits from the VA. The caller states that they are from...
Mefloquine Symptoms Mimic PTSD
A case study published by the Drug Safety Case Reports linked a Malaria drug given to service members to symptoms that...
A New Shopping Option For Our Veterans
Exchanges are like discounted department stores for military communities. The Pentagon is in process of allowing...
The VA Quickly Integrates the Rule of Two
“The rule of two,” this phrase has been mentioned a lot lately in the VA. What does it mean? The rule of two was...
A Step in the Right Direction: Study Shows Lower Veteran Suicide Rate
A study was conducted by the VA to monitor the suicide rate in veterans from the years of 2001 to 2014. In this study...
1 inch difference cost Va hospital $300,000.
A minor purchasing adjustment cost the Detroit VA hospital $300,000. After having agreed to a design for a 15 inch TV...
VA Secretary Robert McDonald stands by his employees
Despite the aggressive influence from Capitol Hill to hold VA employees’ accountable, McDonald feels that the few who...
The wait for assistance grows as Vietnam Veteran is still 12,396 in line
Pinellas County Vietnam veteran, Tom Jenkins, fights for disability benefits. After being exposed to Agent Orange Tom...
COLA Act becomes Advocate
President Obama signed the COLA Act of 2016 on Friday July 22nd. This advocate allows disabled veterans to receive an...
Toxic water found in military communities
Every mothers hope is for their child to be born strong a healthy. For new mother Carmen Soto, fear outweighs that...
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