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Day Off – Presenting On Burn Pits Today
I’m not able to write much today since I am presenting on the topic of Gulf War Illness and burn pits during an annual CVSO…
What Does Hurricane Irma Have In Common With VA Disability Ratings?
Veterans have waited for years and years and years for an update to disability compensation rating criteria. Who would have thought VA would release those…
If You Could Teach VSOs About Burn Pits, What Would You Say?
I wanted to reach out to you, my readers, about burn pits and what you would like me to relay to a room full of…
Veteran Forced To Pay For Own Surgery Despite Choice Program Approval Due To Healthnet Hangups
Bureaucratic and contractor delays in paying health care bills for non-VA care via the Choice Program has forced one veteran to pay out of pocket…
Veterans Affairs Nurse Charged In Opioid Theft Scandal In Minneapolis
One Minneapolis VA Medical Center nurse was charged with stealing opioids from work according to a criminal complaint filed yesterday. The nurse, Matthew Leninger, told…
Data Suggests Veterans At Much Higher Risk Of Rare Eye Cancer Than Public
Records from the Department of Veterans Affairs suggest veterans are 17 times more likely to develop a rare eye cancer than the general population. The…
Marijuana Is Out, Ecstasy Is ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ For PTSD
After loads of lobbying, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA (aka Ecstasy aka Molly aka E), is now touted by FDA as the leading pharmacological treatment for PTSD….
Guilty: VA Clinician Sodomized, Molested Veteran Patients
A Kansas jury convicted sex abuser Mark Wisner of five sex-related charges committed while he worked as a physician assistant at Eisenhower VA Medical Center….
Police SWAT Kills Suicidal Veteran While Trying To Save Her
A police SWAT team shot and killed a suicidal veteran while trying to save her after she threatened suicide hours earlier. Army veteran Kristen Ambury…
Whistleblower, ‘Manipulations And Secret Wait Lists’ Go Unfixed, Unpunished
A prominent VA whistleblower just reported VA created a new backlog through manipulations and secret wait lists that have not been fixed with wrongdoers going…
Veteran To Get $550,000 After VA Doctors Ignore Heart Failure For Years
One Iowa veteran is set to receive a $550,000 settlement after VA doctors overlooked test result showing his heart was failing three years earlier. John…
Leading Veterans Rights Attorney Blasts New Appeals Legislation
Leading veterans rights attorney John Wells, through his organization Military-Veterans Advocacy, spoke out against new legislation that outstrips certain due process rights from the veterans…