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Veterans Affairs Coordinator Suggested Staff "Refrain" From Diagnosing PTSD To Save Money

[SamThornton]

For a list of Veterans Service Organizations go to republicans.veterans.house.gov/links/ The current Democratic website lacks this information.

VSO veterans'' reps are pros who know the law and the system inside out and will fight tooth and nail to get a veteran the treatment and benefits they deserve. Representation is free.

[SamThornton]

When I worked for the VA briefly in the early 1980''s, it was official policy inside the agency to routinely deny claims and reduce benefits for veterans who were not represented by one of the Congressionally sanctioned Veterans Service Organizations. Unrepresented vets were deemed "easy pickings" by managers under pressure to reduce VA costs. Moral of the story: every veteran should sign up with a Veterans Service Organization such as the ARC, VFW, DAV, etc. BEFORE going to the VA.

[woodjd42]

For the life of me I can not understand why this country treats its vets the way they do. I can tell you first hand PTSD is REAL and has a giganic effect on these soldiers.
This country sends our soldiers into combat and then throws them away like used toilet papper. It is a crime.

[tulcak]

sigh... is there any part of our government that bush and the GOP hasn''t broken?
support our troops... right... maybe if the oil we were supposed to get from Iraq to pay for the war were available, we could afford to take care of our veterans. oops! wrong country, heh heh, oh well...
you know, i just thought of something... I think I know what the bush plan was. Iraq was just a staging area for invasions of Iran, Afganistan, name a country in the neighborhood, and the oil was going to finance it all... what a dumb f**k*ng plan!!