Posts tagged with ‘disability compensation’

  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans news update for Jan. 8

    By on January 8, 2015

    Iraq war veteran, now a West Point professor, seeks to rein in disability pay (The New York Times) Nearly...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans news update for Dec. 30

    By on December 30, 2014

    Troubled Marine vet featured in songwriting story found dead (Associated Press) A New York man featured in an Associated...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans news update for Dec. 2

    By on December 2, 2014

    Obama expected to nominate Ashton Carter to lead Pentagon (Reuters) President Obama is expected to nominate former Pentagon official...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans news update for Nov. 3

    By on November 3, 2014

    Marine veteran home safe after release from Mexico (USA Today) A U.S. Marine veteran who spent the past eight...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans news update for Oct. 28

    By on October 28, 2014

    VA disability claims soar (Wall Street Journal) Requests for disability pay by veterans have ballooned during the past five...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans news update for Oct. 22

    By on October 22, 2014

    Read the threatening emails sent by VA to a whistleblower (TheBlaze.com) The Department of Veterans Affairs last month tried...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans news update for Oct. 17

    By on October 17, 2014

    As disability awards grow, so does concern over veracity of veterans’ PTSD claims (Washington Post) The 49-year-old veteran explained...

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  • VetsHQ News Update

    Veterans news update for Sept. 25

    By on September 25, 2014

    Suicide by veterans remains a daunting problem as VA struggles to improve care (Hartford Courant) As with many suicides,...

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  • Veterans news update for Sept. 22

    By on September 22, 2014

    Group says it gave hundreds of veterans free pot (Associated Press) Hundreds of military veterans received free marijuana during...

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  • CBO takes aim at veterans disability payments

    By on August 8, 2014

    Veterans disability payments have skyrocketed since 2000, up 170 percent to $54 billion in 2013. Not surprisingly, Capitol Hill...

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